2010 Women's U-20 World Cup / Colombia

This article covers the Colombian U-20 women's national soccer team at the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup .

Test matches

The Colombian selection arrived early in order to be able to hold test matches before the World Cup in Germany.

On July 4th, the Colombians defeated Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1: 3. The game against Bundesliga club Herford SV on July 8th ended in a 0-0 draw.

Contingent

No.	player	society	Date of birth	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Paula Forero	Liga de Fútbol de Bogotá	Jan 25, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
12	Catalina Perez	Team Boca	0Nov 8, 1994	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Alexandra Avenado	League Antioqueña de Fútbol	July 23, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Lina Taborda	Liga de Fútbol del Quindío	0Nov 2, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
3	Natalia Gaitan Laguado	Liga de Fútbol de Bogotá	0Apr 3, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Jackeline Fonseca	Liga de Fútbol de Bogotá	Apr 17, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
13	Yulieh Dominguez	Liga de Fútbol del Tolima	06 Sep 1993	0	0	0	0	0
midfield
5	Natalia Ariza Diaz	Liga de Fútbol de Bogotá	Feb 21, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
6th	Daniela Montoya	Liga de Fútbol del Quindío	22 Aug 1990	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Paola Sanchez	Liga de Fútbol de Bogotá	Sep 11 1991	0	0	0	0	0
10	Yoreli Rincon	Liga de Fútbol de Bogotá	July 27, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
11	Liana Salazar	Liga de Fútbol de Bogotá	16 Sep 1992	0	0	0	0	0
14th	Melissa Cepeda	Liga Vallecaucana de Fútbol	0Jan. 4, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Tatiana Ariza Diaz	Liga de Fútbol de Bogotá	Feb 21, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Carolina Arias	Liga Vallecaucana de Fútbol	0Sep 2 1990	0	0	0	0	0
18th	Ana Maria Montoya	Lake Oswego SC	Sep 24 1991	0	0	0	0	0
19th	Vanessa Aponte	Florida Rush	Oct 25, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
attack
7th	Ingrid Vidal	Liga Vallecaucana de Fútbol	Apr 22, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
9	Cat Castro	Liga de Fútbol del Tolima	Nov 21, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
16	Lady Andrade	Liga de Fútbol de Bogotá	Jan. 10, 1992	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Melissa Ortiz	Lynn University	Sep 24 1990	0	0	0	0	0

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in Germany, the Colombian U-20 women's national football team met in Group A against France , Costa Rica and Germany .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	011: 400	+7	09
2.	Colombia	3	1	1	1	005: 400	+1	04th
3.	France	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
4th	Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	002: 900	−7	00

• Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 2:30 p.m. in Bochum

Colombia - France 1: 1 (0: 1)

• Friday, July 16, 2010, 6 p.m. in Bochum

Germany -Colombia 3: 1 (1: 0)

• Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 11:30 a.m. in Dresden

Costa Rica - Colombia 0: 3 (0: 2)

Finals

As the runner-up in Group A, they qualified for the quarter-finals. There they defeated the Swedish selection 2-0. In the semi-finals, the team lost to Nigeria 0-1, as well as South Korea in the small final .

Quarter finals

• Saturday, July 24, 2010, 11:30 a.m. in Bielefeld

Sweden - Colombia 0: 2 (0: 2)

Semifinals

• Thursday, July 29, 2010, 6:30 p.m. in Bielefeld

Colombia - Nigeria 0: 1 (0: 1)

3rd place match

• Sunday, August 1, 2010, 12:00 p.m. in Bielefeld

South Korea -Colombia 1: 0 (0: 0)