2010 Women's U-20 World Cup / United States

The American team before the quarter-finals against Nigeria in the Augsburg Impuls Arena .

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

qualification

The USA team was set for the finals of the U-20 North American Championship. The Americans won all games and became North American champions.

Qualification for the U-20 World Cup 2010 at the U-20 North American Championship

Preliminary round
United States	-	Jamaica	6: 0 (3: 0)
United States	-	Trinidad and Tobago	4: 0 (4: 0)
United States	-	Mexico	2: 1 (1: 0)
Semifinals
United States	-	Costa Rica	2: 1 (0: 0)
final
United States	-	Mexico	1: 0 (0: 0)

Contingent

Toni Pressley (2) on the free kick in the quarter-finals against Nigeria, in the background Crystal Dunn (4)

Kendall Johnson (5) with Nigerian striker Desire Oparanozie

Maya Hayes (16) with the Nigerian defender Helen Ukaonu

No.	player	society	Date of birth	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Bianca Henninger	Santa Clara University	Oct 22, 1990	2	0	0	0	0
18th	Adrianna Franch	Oklahoma State University	Nov 12, 1990	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Bryane Heaberlin	Clearwater Chargers	0Nov 2, 1993	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Toni Pressley	Florida State University	19 Feb 1990	2	0	0	0	0
3	Rachel Quon	Stanford University	May 21, 1991	2	0	0	0	0
4th	Crystal Dunn	University of North Carolina	03rd July 1992	2	0	0	0	0
5	Kendall Johnson	University of Portland	Apr 24, 1991	2	0	0	0	0
13	Mollie Pathman	Duke University	0July 1, 1992	1	0	0	0	0
14th	Meg Morris	University of North Carolina	May 11, 1992	1	0	1	0	0
midfield
8th	Samantha Mewis	Scorpions SC	0Oct 9, 1992	1	0	0	0	0
9	Kristie Mewis	Boston College	Feb 25, 1991	2	1	0	0	0
10	Teresa Noyola	Stanford University	Apr 15, 1990	1	0	0	0	0
11	Christine Nairn	Penn State University	25 Sep 1990	2	0	0	0	0
12	Zakiya Bywaters	UCLA Bruins	July 24, 1991	2	1	0	0	0
15th	Jenna Richmond	UCLA Bruins	Dec 18, 1991	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Casey Short	Florida State University	23 Aug 1990	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Amber Brooks	University of North Carolina	Jan. 23, 1991	2	0	0	0	0
attack
6th	Vicki DiMartino	Boston College	04th Sep 1991	1	0	0	0	0
7th	Courtney Verloo	Stanford University	0May 9, 1991	1	0	0	0	0
16	Maya Hayes	Penn State University	26th Mar 1992	2	0	0	0	0
19th	Sydney Leroux	UCLA Bruins	0May 7, 1990	2	4th	0	0	0

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round of the 2010 World Cup in Germany, the US women's U-20 national soccer team met in Group D against Ghana , Switzerland and South Korea . After a draw against Ghana at the beginning, the world champions of the U-20 World Cup in Chile 2008 were able to qualify for the quarter-finals with two wins.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	2	1	0	007: 100	+6	07th
2.	South Korea	3	2	0	1	008: 300	+5	06th
3.	Ghana	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
4th	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	000:110	−11	00

• Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 6:00 p.m. in Dresden

USA - Ghana 1: 1 (0: 1)

• Saturday, July 17th 2010, 6:00 p.m. in Dresden

USA - Switzerland 5: 0 (3: 0)

• Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 6:00 p.m. in Bielefeld

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

Finals

Star striker Sydney Leroux (19) sealed her team's elimination on penalties

As group winners of group D, the USA met in the quarter-finals against group runners-up in group C , Nigeria . After a 1-1 draw after extra time, the team around Sydney Leroux , the top scorer and best player of 2008, failed on penalties at the Nigerian selection, as Nigerian goalkeeper Abala Jonathan held captain Christine Nairn's shot and Sydney Leroux finally shot over the goal .

• Sunday, July 25, 2010, 11:30 a.m. in Augsburg

USA - Nigeria 1: 1 aet (1: 1, 1: 0), 2: 4 p. E.