US announces roster for CONCACAF championship to determine 3 World Cup qualifiers

Published February 05, 2015

Goalkeeper Hope Solo and veterans Christine Rampone and Abby Wambach are among the players on the U.S. national team's roster for the upcoming CONCACAF championship, which serves as qualifying for the World Cup next year in Canada.

The championships for soccer's North and Central American and Caribbean region, an eight-team, round-robin tournament that will be played in four U.S. cities, opens Oct. 15 in Kansas City, Kansas. The championship will be played Oct. 26 at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.

The two finalists and the winner of the third-place match will qualify for the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada.

The roster also includes goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris; defenders Crystal Dunn, Whitney Engen, Meghan Klingenberg, Ali Krieger, Kelley O'Hara, and Becky Sauerbrunn; midfielders Morgan Brian, Tobin Heath, Lauren Holiday, Carli Lloyd, Heather O'Reilly and Megan Rapinoe; and forwards Sydney Leroux, Alex Morgan, Christen Press and Amy Rodriguez.

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