Chicago Red Stars Christen Press Called into January U.S. WNT Training Camp

January 3, 2014 - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Chicago Stars FC News Release

CHICAGO, IL (January 3, 2014) - U.S. Soccer announced today that newly allocated Chicago Red Stars player Christen Press has been called into the U.S. Women's National Team training camp running from Jan. 8-15 in Carson, Calif.

Press is one of five players on the training camp roster that were allocated today to other NWSL clubs for the upcoming season, including: Yael Averbuch (Washington Spirit), Stephanie Cox (Seattle Reign FC), Whitney Engen (Houston Dash), and Meghan Klingenberg (Boston Breakers).

The camp, which will consist of six full days of training, will be the final event before head coach Tom Sermanni chooses a roster for the first match of 2014, taking place on Jan. 31 against Canada at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Kickoff for the match is 8 p.m. CT and it will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1.

Twenty-five of the players called up for January camp attended the USA's two-week December camp, with midfielders Megan Rapinoe and Morgan Brian and goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris being added.

"Our two-week December training camp was extremely productive and valuable, and the week in January will help sharpen our players up after the holiday break," said Sermanni. "Fortunately, we had quite a few players who performed well in 2013 and we head into 2014 with a lot of options all over the field. We're looking forward to getting a quality start to a year that will end with World Cup qualifying."

The full roster is as follows:

U.S. Women's National Team Roster - GOALKEEPERS (5): Nicole Barnhart (FC Kansas City), Ashlyn Harris (Washington Spirit), Jill Loyden (Sky Blue FC), Alyssa Naeher (Boston Breakers), Hope Solo (Seattle Reign FC)

DEFENDERS (9): Rachel Buehler (Portland Thorns FC), Stephanie Cox (Seattle Reign FC), Crystal Dunn (North Carolina), Whitney Engen (Tyresö), Meghan Klingenberg (Tyresö), Ali Krieger (Washington Spirit), Kristie Mewis (Boston Breakers), Christie Rampone (Sky Blue FC), Becky Sauerbrunn (FC Kansas City)

MIDFIELDERS (9): Yael Averbuch (Washington Spirit), Morgan Brian (Virginia), Amber Brooks (Portland Thorns FC), Lauren Holiday (FC Kansas City), Julie Johnston (Santa Clara), Carli Lloyd (WNY Flash), Heather O'Reilly (Boston Breakers), Megan Rapinoe (Lyon), Erika Tymrak (FC Kansas City)

FORWARDS (5): Sarah Hagen (Bayern Munich), Sydney Leroux (Seattle Reign FC), Christen Press (Tyresö), Amy Rodriguez (FC Kansas City), Abby Wambach (WNY Flash)

National Women's Soccer League Stories from January 3, 2014

• Four Reign FC Players Selected to USWNT Training Camp - Seattle Reign FC
• Sermanni Names Five FC Kansas City Players to Training Camp - FC Kansas City
• Chicago Red Stars Christen Press Called into January U.S. WNT Training Camp - Chicago Stars FC
• Brooks, Buehler Called up by U.S. Women's National Team - Portland Thorns FC
• Wambach, Lloyd Return to USWNT for January Camp - Western New York Flash
• Loyden, Rampone Named to U.S. WNT Roster for January Training Camp - Sky Blue FC
• Flash Allocated Canadian Selenia Iacchelli - Western New York Flash
• Sky Blue FC Allocated Six National Team Players - Sky Blue FC
• National Women's Soccer League Announces 2014 Allocated Players - FC Kansas City
• Chicago Red Stars Acquire Christen Press in 2014 NWSL Allocation - Chicago Stars FC
• Washington Spirit Announce 2014 Allocated National Team Players - Washington Spirit
• Thorns FC Add Jackie Acevedo Through 2014 NWSL Allocation of National Team Players - Portland Thorns FC
• NWSL Announces 2014 Allocated National Team Players - NWSL
• NWSL Announces Allocated Players for 2014 Season - Seattle Reign FC

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