U-21 Women in Camp in San Diego for Pre-Nordic Cup Training

CHICAGO (Monday, June 11, 2001) - U.S. Under-21 Women's National Team head coach Jerry Smith will begin a week-long training camp with 24 players on Thursday, June 14, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in San Diego, Calif., as he finalizes preparations for the 2001 Nordic Cup. Without

CHICAGO (Monday, June 11, 2001) - U.S. Under-21 Women's National Team head coach Jerry Smith will begin a week-long training camp with 24 players on Thursday, June 14, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in San Diego, Calif., as he finalizes preparations for the 2001 Nordic Cup. Without a FIFA-sanctioned tournament for this age group, the annual Nordic Cup tournament serves as the top competition in the world for U-21 women. It will be contested this summer in Norway at the end of July. This will be Smith's first Nordic Cup at the helm of the U-21's after taking over for Jillian Ellis last March. The USA has won three out of the last four Nordic Cup tournaments, last year winning 1-0 in a classic final against Germany in Germany as Jena Kluegel scored the winning goal.

Following is the training camp roster with hometowns and colleges:

Goalkeepers: Emily Oleksiuk (Willow Grove, Pa./Penn State), Liz Wagner (Houston, Texas/Notre Dame);
Defenders: Danielle Borgman (Cincinnati, Ohio/North Carolina), Anna Kraus (Sunnyvale, Calif./Santa Clara), Ally Marquand (Irvine, Calif./Stanford), Lauren Orlandos (Lake Forest, Calif./Portland), Vanessa Pruzinsky (Trumbull, Conn./Notre Dame), Catherine Reddick (Birmingham, Ala./North Carolina), Casey Zimney (Coventry, Conn./Connecticut);
Midfielders: Betsy Barr (Granite Bay, Calif./Portland), Aleisha Cramer (Lakewood, Colo./BYU), Jena Kluegel (Mahtomedi, Minn./North Carolina), Lori Lindsey (Indianapolis, Ind./Virginia), Erin Misaki (Valencia, Calif./Portland), Mary-Francis Monroe (East Northport, N.Y./UCLA), Jill Oakes (West Hills, Calif./Harvard-Westlake), Aly Wagner (San Jose, Calif./Santa Clara);
Forwards: Katie Barnes (Mason, Ohio/West Virginia), Susan Bush (Houston, Texas/North Carolina), Alyssa Ramsey (Charlotte, N.C./North Carolina), Stephanie Rigamat (Los Angeles, Calif./UCLA), Abby Wambach (Pittsford, N.Y./Florida), Christie Welsh (Massapeaqua Park, Pa./Penn State), Veronica Zepeda (Riverside, Calif./Santa Clara).