Mallory Pugh of Mountain Vista High School (9), control the ball against Jacqueline Pepper of Arapahoe High School (10) in the 2nd half of the game at Shea Stadium. Highlands Ranch, Colorado. March 29. 2014. Mountain Vista won 5-4. (Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post)
Mountain Vista/Real Colorado standout and Under-20 U.S. Women’s National Team midfielder U.S. WNT head coach Jill Ellis named to the first training camp roster of 2016 leading into the first match.
Pugh, one of the youngest field players called into the full U.S. WNT in the past 15 years, recently captained the U-20’s to a 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup berth and CONCACAF title at the qualifying tournament in Honduras.
She will turn 18 in April.
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The UCLA pledge and reigning Gatorade Colorado and National girls soccer player of the year was also recently voted the .
The team will train for 17 Days at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, Calif., and then will play the Republic of Ireland on Jan. 23 at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.
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