Katie Fraine Heads to California for U.S. U-23 National Soccer Team Training Camp
Thursday, June 10, 2010 | Soccer
University of Florida redshirt senior Katie Fraine (Titusville, Fla.) joins 23 of the nation's top college players in California next week for a U.S. Under-23 Women's National Team training camp. The camp, held at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., runs from June 13-19.
U.S. U-23 Women's National Team head coach Bill Irwin will narrow the 24 player roster to 18 at end of the training camp. Those 18 will represent the U.S. at the Four Nations Tournament 2010 taking place in Leicester, England from July 7-12.
The U.S. team will leave for Europe on July 3 and face the England U-23s on July 7, the Norway U-23s on July 9 and the Sweden U-23s on July 12.
During the 2009 season, Fraine earned National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-South Region first-team honors. She was the All-Southeastern Conference first team goalkeeper selection and named goalkeeper for the first team on TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Season. She led the SEC with her goals-against-average of 0.61 in league play. Fraine registered a career-high 10 shutouts in 2009. She shared the 2009 lead in shutouts in SEC matches (6) with LSU's Mo Isom.
| US National Team U-23 Camp Roster GOALKEEPERS (4): Kristin Arnold (Texas A&M; Centennial, Colo.), Katie Fraine (Florida; Titusville, Fla.), Alexa Gaul (Texas; Naperville, Ill.), Natalie Kulla (Marquette; St. Louis, Mo.). |
| DEFENDERS (7): Jackie Carron (Michigan; Rochester Hills, Mich.), Katie Deines (Washington; Issaquah, Wash.), Lauren Fowlkes (Notre Dame; Lee's Summit, Mo.), Meghan Klingenburg (UNC; Gibsonia, Pa.), Mariah Nogueira (Stanford; Westminster, Calif.), Mollie Pathman (Duke; Durham, N.C.), Jessica Schuveiller (Notre Dame; Plano, Texas). |
| MIDFIELDERS (6): Kelly Conheeney (Virginia Tech; Ridgewood, N.J.), Colleen Flanagan (Virginia; Philadelphia, Pa.), Katy Frierson (Auburn, Homewood, Ala.), Tori Huster (Florida State; Cincinnati, Ohio), Kat Reynolds (Santa Clara; San Clemente, Calif.), Rachel Shipley (Texas A&M; Plano, Texas) |
| FORWARDS (7): Katie Bethke (Minnesota; Eau Claire, Wis.), Kayla Grimsley (South Carolina; Lakeland, Fla.), Sarah Hagen (Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Appleton, Wis.); Melissa Henderson (Notre Dame; Garland, Texas), Laura Heyboer (Michigan State; Hudsonville, Mich.), Christen Press (Stanford; P.V. Estates, Calif.), Molly Thomas (Nebraska; Omaha, Neb.). |
