Us u-17 women's national team travel to argentina in december for four matches

The U.S. Under-17 Women?s National Team will travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina from Dec. 4-14 to play four international matches. U.S. head coach Kazbek Tambi will bring 18 players to face the Argentina U-17 and U-20 Women?s National Teams as well as combined U-17 and U-20 squads from Chile and Uruguay. The matches will be valuable preparation for the U.S. U-17s, who are getting ready for CONCACAF qualifying for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women?s World Cup which will be held in Trinidad & Tobago from Sept. 5-25. The qualifying tournament is being held in Costa Rica next March with the USA going for one of three spots from CONCACAF. As host, T&T has an automatic berth.

The U.S. roster features one hold-over from the squad that took second place at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women?s World Cup in New Zealand in team captain Morgan Brian. The USA opens its four-match run in Buenos Airs against a combined Chile team on Dec. 7. The USA will face the Argentina U-17s on Dec. 8 and the U-20s on Dec. 11 before finishing with the combined Uruguay team on Dec. 13.

The USA has played three international matches so far this year, all against an older Germany in Florida last February, losing twice and tying once.