The U.S. Women’s U20 National Team discovered the trail it will take to carry house its second consecutive gold medal. The schedule for the 2024 World Lacrosse Women’s U20 Championship, to be held in Hong Kong, China from August fifteenth to twenty fourth, has been introduced.
The schedule might be completely different than in previous years as all of the favorites is not going to be positioned in the identical pool as in earlier years. The U.S. will compete in Group A with China, Germany, Israel and Puerto Rico, which means it will not play the opposite two international locations that received the event, Australia and Canada, till the medal spherical.
Australia received the primary Junior Championship in 1995, the United States has received 5 instances (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2019), and Canada received in 2015.
The United States’ pool play schedule begins on August sixteenth in opposition to Germany, adopted by video games in opposition to Puerto Rico on August seventeenth, China on August 18th and Israel on August twentieth.
The United States has a restricted historical past of enjoying all 4 international locations in a pool at this stage, defeating Germany within the first spherical on the 2011 World Championship and Israel on the 2015 World Championship.
The championship can have 20 groups divided into 4 teams, with the highest two groups from every of the 4 swimming pools advancing to the quarterfinal spherical. Teams have been snake-seeded primarily based on their efficiency within the 2019 championships and balanced by the Continental Confederation. The quarterfinals might be held on August twenty first, the semifinals on August twenty second, and the championship sport on August twenty fourth.
For the second yr in a row, the U.S. nationwide group might be led by head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller, a former U.S. senior group participant and head coach at Northwestern University. Amonte Hiller led the United States previous host Canada on the 2019 U19 World Championship in Peterborough, Ontario. World Lacrosse has elevated the age group to U20 for this summer time’s championships, which means the ultimate roster will embody extra gamers with school expertise.
The U.S. at the moment has a coaching squad of 42 gamers, which might be lowered to the ultimate roster dimension of twenty-two mandated by World Lacrosse forward of the championship.
The U.S. Women’s U20 National Team trains and competes with revolutionary, high-performance gear from Cascade/Maverik, Gait Lacrosse and STX, in addition to best-in-class merchandise (sports activities bracing) from Enovis.
In addition to those companions, Gatorade, MedStar Health and Stryker are additionally official sponsors of the U.S. National Team program. Athletic Republic merchandise are additionally used to coach the group.
Funding for the varsity group additionally comes from beneficiant donors to the USA Lacrosse Foundation. Help assist our group.
The full schedule is on the market from World Lacrosse.