May 6, 2008
The U.S. U-23 Women's National Team will travel to Germany from May 16-24 for several matches against the Germany U-23 Women¹s National Team and a women¹sBundesliga club team. The U-23s will play a promoted friendly in Crailsheimagainst TSV Crailsheim on May 20, followed by the clash with the GermanU-23s on May 22 in Wangen, and will finish with another as yet confirmedscrimmage on May 24. U.S. head coach Bill Irwin will bring 18 players toGermany for the trip as he continues to prepare the squad for the 2008Nordic Cup to be held in Sweden from July 15-21. The U-23s are coming off atraining camp in Portland where they trounced the University of Portland bya 7-1 score.
Marisa Abegg is one of the 18 named to the roster and is coming off a junior season in which she was a major part of a defense that allowed just .74 goals per game. She also scored a goal and recorded three assists from the backline.
U.S. U-23 Women's National Team Roster
Goalkeepers (2): Cori Alexander (Portland), Val Henderson (UCLA);
Defenders (6): Marisa Abegg (Stanford), Nikki Krzysik (Virginia), Casey Moore (Texas), Becky Sauerbrunn (Virginia), Brittany Taylor (UConn), Elise Weber (Notre Dame);
Midfielders (4): Yael Averbuch (North Carolina), Kiki Bosio (Santa Clara), Brittany Klein (Santa Clara), Lorraine Quinn (Duke);
Forwards (6): Ameera Abdullah (Florida), Amanda Cinalli (Notre Dame), Kerri Hanks (Notre Dame), Katie Larkin (BYU), Allison Mallams (Marquette), Ella Masar (Illinois)