FIFA Under-20 (U-20) Women’s World Cup Chile 2008

‘Tis the season for women’s football (or soccer if you prefer). Shortly after the conclusion of the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand this weekend, our friends at FIFA are at it again. This time, they bring us the FIFA Under-20 or U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008. The tournament starts tomorrow with the following clashes (all times are Chilean):

New Zealand-Nigeria (15.00)
Chile-England (21.00)
China PR-Argentina (12.00)
France-USA (15.00)

We’ll be following the tournament here and providing you with daily updates.

Here’s just about everything that you need to know but were afraid to ask about the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Chile 2008:

Participating teams by regional football association:

Africa
Congo DR
Nigeria

Asia
China PR
Japan
Korea DPR

Europe
England
France
Germany
Norway

North and Central America
Canada
Mexico
USA
Oceania
New Zealand

South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile

The teams will be grouped as follows:

Group A
Chile
England
New Zealand
Nigeria

Group B
China PR
Argentina
France
USA

Group C
Canada
Japan
Congo DR
Germany

Group D
Mexico
Norway
Brazil
Korea DPR

US U-20 WWC Roster by Position
GOALKEEPERS (3): Chantel Jones (Virginia), Alyssa Naeher (Penn State), Cat Parkhill (Minnesota)
DEFENDERS (6): Kiersten Dallsteam (Washington State), Kaley Fountain (Wake Forest), Lauren Fowlkes (Notre Dame), Liz Harkin (Arizona State), Meghan Klingenberg (North Carolina), Nikki Marshall (Colorado)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Gina DiMartino (Boston College), Becky Edwards (Florida State), Christine Nairn (Bowie, Md.), Elli Reed (Portland), Ingrid Wells (Georgetown), Keelin Winters (Portland)
FORWARDS (5): Michelle Enyeart (Portland), Sydney Leroux (UCLA), Alyssa Mautz (Texas A&M), Alex Morgan (California), Nikki Washington (North Carolina)

Squad Lists for All Teams in PDF

Group Standings

Match Highlights (Updated Daily)

Television / Webcasts
- All games will be broadcast live on ESPN360.com in the USA.
- Some USA games will be broadcast live on the networks of ESPN. This includes tomorrow’s opener against France @ 6 PM ET. Here is the TV schedule for the US’ first round games.

Date	Opponent	Venue; City	Time / ET	TV (Galavision taped delay)
Nov. 19	France	Chillán, Chile	3 p.m. / 1 p.m.	ESPN2 (Galavision, 6 p.m. ET/PT)
Nov. 22	Argentina	Chillán, Chile	12 p.m. / 10 a.m.	ESPN360.com (Galavision, 1 p.m.)
Nov. 26	China PR	Tamuco, Chile	4 p.m. / 2 p.m.	ESPNU (Galavision, 7 p.m.)

- Live feeds of all games are available at FIFA.com TV in most of Europe and Africa.

November 2008 Match Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
17	18	19 [3] CHN – ARG [4] FRA – USA [2] NZL – NGA [1] CHI – ENG	20 [5] CAN – JPN [7] MEX – NOR [6] COD – GER [8] BRA – PRK	21	22 [12] USA – ARG [11] CHN – FRA [10] NGA – ENG [9] CHI – NZL	23 [16] PRK – NOR [15] MEX – BRA [14] GER – JPN [13] CAN – COD
24	25	26 [20] ARG – FRA [19] USA – CHN [18] ENG – NZL [17] NGA – CHI	27 [24] NOR – BRA [23] PRK – MEX [22] JPN – COD [21] GER – CAN	28	29	30 [25] 1A – 2B [26] 1B – 2A

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