The U.S. U18 Women’s National Team will hold a training camp at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., from May 9-16 that will run concurrently with the first week of the U.S. U20 WNT camp.

U.S. U18 WNT head coach Dave Chesler has named 22 players and could add two more before the camp begins.

This group will form the core of the players competing for spots on the team that will attempt to qualify for the 2012 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, which has an age cutoff of players born on or after Jan. 1, 1992.

As U.S. U20 WNT head coach Jill Ellis has narrowed down her player pool for this summer’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Germany, Chesler has begun to call in players from this year’s U17 WNT that failed to qualify for the 2010 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup despite outscoring opponents 38-0 across five games at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Costa Rica.

Chesler has named seven players from that squad, including midfielder Morgan Brian, the all-time leading scorer in U.S. U17 history with 14 goals in 18 U17 caps.

The U.S. U18s will play three matches during the camp at The HDC, taking on the U.S. U20s on May 9 at 6:30 p.m. PST, facing the women’s club Ajax of Los Angeles on May 12 at 7 p.m. and then taking on the LAFC women’s team on May 15 at 3 p.m.

U.S. U18 WNT Roster By Position
GOALKEEPERS (3): Rachel Boaz (So Cal Blues; Murrieta Calif.), Anna Sieloff (Verder; Troy, Mich.), Caroline Stanley (KCFC Alliance; Kansas City, Mo.)

DEFENDERS (5): Arin Gilliland (Ohio Elite; Wilmore, Ky.), Laura Liedle (San Diego Surf; San Diego, Calif.), Riliegh McHugh (Hershey Attack SC; Hummelstown, Pa.), Dominique Richardson (Legends FC; Fullerton, Calif.), Cari Roccaro (Albertson Fury; East Islip, N.J.)

MIDFIELDERS (9): Morgan Brian (Ponte Vedra Storm; St. Simons Island, GA.), Alexandra Doll (Bethesda SC; Bethesda, Md.), Lindsay Elston (Crossfire Premier, Sammamish, Wash.), Brooke Gilbert (Emerald City; Snohomish, Wash.), Julie Johnston (Sereno SC; Mesa, Az.), Sarah Killion (Fort Wayne Fever; Fort Wayne, Ind.), Kylie McCarthy (San Diego Surf; Rancho Sante Fe, Calif.), Meagan Morris (Montclair Aristocrates; Montclair, N.J.), Mollie Pathman (Triangle FC; Durham, N.C.)

FORWARDS (5): Shea Groom (KCFC; Liberty, Mo.) Lindsey Horan (Colorado Rush; Golden, Colo.), Ariana Martinez (So Cal; Moore Park, Calif.), Ashley Spivey (Baltimore Soccer Bays; Baltimore. Md), Chioma Ubogagu (D’Feeters; Coppell, Texas)