Colohan Called into U-20 U.S. Camp

The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team will be gathering to Sunrise, Fla. this Saturday for a week long training camp. Among the 24 players invited is Utah's own Cloee Colohan from West Point.

Colohan is a veteran of the U.S. Soccer system, captaining both the U-17 and U-20 WNT in previous tournaments. After playing two years for Syracuse High School, Colohan turned her soccer focus to her club, Black Diamond SC, and the national team. She began her NCAA career with the Portland Pilots this last fall. Although her freshman season for the Pilots was shortened to just five appearances due to a leg injury that she suffered early on. Her Pilots team-mate, Eli Reed from Park City, appeared in all 22 of Portland's games, scoring three goals while assisting two others.

United States head coach Jillian Ellis will use the camp to make some final decisions on a roster that will represent the United States at the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Qualifying Tournament that will send three nations to Germany for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The qualifying tournament will be held in Guatemala from Jan. 19-30, at the 17,000-seat Estadio Cementos Progreso. The roster is filled with players coming off excellent college seasons, including UCLA forward Sydney Leroux, the only holdover from the U.S. team that won the 2009 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile. Leroux, who won the Golden Ball as the best player in that tournament, scored 23 goals for the Bruins this season. The roster includes just five players not yet in college in defender Crystal Dunn, midfielders Elizabeth Eddy, Samantha Mewis and Jenna Richmond and forward Maya Hayes. Dunn, Eddy and Mewis represented the USA in New Zealand. Richmond would have made that roster if not for a knee injury. Ellis will add two more players to the roster before camp begins.