STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford's Elise Evans and Shae Harvey have been selected for a U.S. Under-20 Women's Youth National Team training camp, set for January 15-22 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif., it was announced by U-20 head coach Tracey Kevins.
The camp, which will include 24 players, marks the first steps toward the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, to be held in Colombia in September, for which the USA qualified last June at the Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship in the Dominican Republic.
Evans and Harvey had previously represented the U.S. on that Concacaf qualifying roster. Harvey was also a part of the squad that won the 2022 Concacaf Women's U-17 Championship in the Dominican Republic, a tournament in which she scored four goals.
Stanford is one of three colleges to feature multiple players on the upcoming training camp roster, joined by North Carolina and Florida State.
Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2004, are age-eligible for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. For this camp, Kevins selected 16 players born in 2004, six born in 2005 and two born in 2006, those being defender Nicki Fraser and midfielder Claire Hutton, who recently captained the U.S. U-19 WYNT to a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile. From this roster, defenders Fraser and Gisele Thompson and midfielder Lauren Martinho were also on that Pan Am squad.
The training camp roster features three professional players, 18 college players and three youth club players. The three pros – Thompson (Angel City FC) and midfielders Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage) and Hutton (Kansas City Current) -- will all be looking to make their NWSL debuts this spring.
U.S. U-20 Women's Youth National Team
January Training Camp Roster by Position (College or Club; Hometown)
Goalkeepers (3): Mackenzie Gress (Penn State; Lyndhurst, N.J.), Jordan Nytes (Colorado; Aurora, Colo.), Teagan Wy (California; Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Defenders (7): Elise Evans (Stanford; Redwood City, Calif.), Gracie Falla (South Carolina; Hattiesburg, Miss.), Nicki Fraser (Real Colorado National; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Heather Gilchrist (Florida State; Boulder, Colo.), Savannah King (North Carolina; West Hills, Calif.), Leah Klenke (Notre Dame; Houston, Texas), Gisele Thompson (Angel City FC; Studio City, Calif.)
Midfielders (7): Sam Courtwright (Texas Tech; Dallas, Texas), Danielle Davis (Clemson; Port Washington, N.Y.), Shae Harvey (Stanford; Hermosa Beach, Calif.), Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current; Bethlehem, N.Y.), Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage; Roswell, Georgia), Ally Lemos (UCLA; Glendora, Calif.), Lauren Martinho (North Carolina Courage Academy; Cary, N.C.)
Forwards (7): Madeline Dahlien (North Carolina; Edina, Minn.), Jordynn Dudley (Florida State; Milton, Ga.), Kat Rader (Duke; Stuart, Fla.), Giana Riley (Gonzaga; Manteca, Calif.), Ally Sentnor (North Carolina; Hanson, Mass.), Taylor Suarez (Charlotte Soccer Academy; Charlotte, N.C.), Pietra Tordin (Princeton; Doral, Fla.)