US Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage Tuesday announced the names of 26 players invited to participate in a training camp September 21-October 2 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, CA ahead of an October 29 friendly against Germany.
It is the first training camp the world's top-ranked women's team has held since the recent end of the first season of Women's Professional Soccer, where all but three members of the roster have been playing.
The USWNT will train and play without two longtime stalwarts of the team.
Midfielder Lindsay Tarpley is out eight to ten weeks after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament while training with the WPS' Chicago Red Stars, and defender Christie Rampone, who recently was named player/head coach of the league champion Sky Blue FC, is three months pregnant with her second child due in March 2010.
Here are those players invited to the USWNT training camp:
USWNT TRAINING CAMP ROSTER
GOALKEEPERS
Nicole Barnhart (FC Gold Pride)
Ashlyn Harris (North Carolina)
Hope Solo (St. Louis Athletica)
DEFENDERS
Brittany Bock (Los Angeles Sol)
Rachel Buehler (FC Gold Pride)
Lori Chalupny (St. Louis Athletica)
Stephanie Cox (Los Angeles Sol)
Amy LePeilbet (Boston Breakers)
Heather Mitts (Boston Breakers)
Meghan Schnur (Sky Blue FC)
Cat Whitehill (Washington Freedom)
MIDFIELDERS
Yael Averbuch (Sky Blue FC)
Shannon Boxx (Los Angeles Sol)
Tina DiMartino (FC Gold Pride)
Tobin Heath (North Carolina)
Angela Hucles (Boston Breakers)
Brittany Klein (Chicago Red Stars)
Lori Lindsey (Washington Freedom)
Carli Lloyd (Chicago Red Stars)
Heather O'Reilly (Sky Blue FC)
Leslie Osborne (FC Gold Pride)
Megan Rapinoe (Chicago Red Stars)
Kacey White (Sky Blue FC)
FORWARDS
Lauren Cheney (UCLA)
Amy Rodriguez (Boston Breakers)
Abby Wambach (Washington Freedom)
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