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Mewis, DiMartino Named To US Under-20 National Team
January 12, 2010 | Women's Soccer
Jan. 12, 2010
Chestnut Hill, MA - Kristen Mewis and Victoria DiMartino were named to the U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team by head coach Jillian Ellis on Monday, Jan. 11. Twenty players will attempt to earn a berth to the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany through the CONCACAF qualifying tournament being held Jan. 19-30 in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Mewis and DiMartino are no strangers to the tournament. Mewis earned the Bronze Ball, while DiMartino was the Silver Shoe winner when the two played for the Under-17 US team in 2009.
Mewis, a native of Hanson, MA, demonstrated team play as she graciously stepped in to play three different positions in her first season. Mewis, an ACC All-Freshman team honoree, did manage to score five goals and had six assists for 16 points. She earned spot on the 2009 NSCAA All-Southeast Region first team and was named to the Soccer America Freshman Team.
DiMartino, a native of Massapequa Park, New York, was the ACC Freshman of the Year and named to the NSCAA 2009 All-Southeast Region first team. She led the Eagles in scoring with 14 goals and six assists for 34 total points. DiMartino was also an All-ACC first team selection. She led BC in shots taken (101) and game-winning goals (6). DiMartino, a 2009 NSCAA Division 1 All-America second team, was also named the Soccer America Freshman of the Year, ECAC Offensive Player of the Year and just earned the New England Soccer News Player of the Year honor.
The 2010 CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship is an eight-team tournament that will send three nations to Germany. The qualifying matches will be played at the 17,000-seat Estadio Cementos Progreso. This is the first time a qualifying tournament for this age group has been held in Central America.
The event will consist of two groups of four teams each with the top two finishers after group play crossing over into the semifinals. The reigning U-20 world champion USA is up against Jamaica (4:30 p.m. ET) on Thursday, Jan. 21, live on Fox Soccer Channel. The team will face Trinidad & Tobago (4:30 p.m. ET) on Saturday, Jan. 23, and Mexico on Monday, Jan. 25 (at 4:30 p.m. ET), in Group B. Group A consists of Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba and host Guatemala.
The group winners will play the runners-up from the opposite group on January 28, with the championship and third-place matches set for Saturday, Jan. 30.
The winners of the semifinal matches and of the third-place match will qualify for the U-20 Women's World Cup being held in four German cities (Bochum, Bielefeld, Augsburg and Dresden) from July 13-Aug. 1. The age cut-off date for this Women's World Cup is players born on or after Jan. 1, 1990.
