Jan. 11, 2008 - The US Women’s National team will return to China for their first competition under head coach Pia Sundhage and their seventh appearance in the annual Four Nations Tournament. The Americans will play Canada, Finland, and China at the round-robin competition, which runs Jan. 16-20 in Foshan, China.
The squad includes most of the starters from last year’s World Cup except Kristine Lilly, who announced her pregnancy earlier this week. There is also room for four uncapped players who will be hoping to earn a place in the Olympic squad: defender Becky Sauerbrunn (Virginia) and midfielders Tina DiMartino (UCLA), Tobin Heath (North Carolina), and Ali Krieger (Penn State).
The Four Nations matches will be the first of 2008 for the U.S. women and first under Sundhage, who was hired in November.
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