McCormack Named To U.S. Roster For U20 Women’s World Cup

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Sophomore Yuna McCormack, a midfielder on the Virginia women’s soccer team, has been named to the U.S. roster for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, US Soccer announced on Thursday (Aug. 8).

The FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup will be held in Colombia from Aug. 31-Sept. 22.

The USA roster is composed of eight professional players currently in the National Women’s Soccer League, 12 college players and one player still in youth soccer. The eight pros are the most ever for a U.S. team in a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2004, are age-eligible for the World Cup and the USA roster features 13 players born in 2004, four born in 2005 and four born in 2006.

The 24 participating nations were drawn into six groups of four teams. The top two finishers in each group along with the four best third-place teams will advance to the Round of 16 to be played on Wednesday, Sept. 11 and Thursday, Sept. 12. The winners of those matches advance to the Quarterfinals on Sunday, Sept. 15, from which the winners will advance to the Semifinals on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The Third-Place Match will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 with the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup Final taking place on Sunday, Sept. 22.

Matches will take place at four stadiums in three Colombian cities: Bogotá’s El Campín Stadium and El Techo Stadium, Cali’s Pascual Guerrero Stadium and Medellin’s Atanasio Girardot Stadium.

The USA will open the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on Sunday, Sept. 1 (4 p.m. ET) against reigning FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup champions Spain, will face Morocco on Wednesday, Sept. 4 (9 p.m. ET) and will finish the group stage vs. Paraguay on Saturday, Sept. 7 (7 p.m. ET). The U.S. will play its first two group games at Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Cali and its third at El Techo Stadium in the capital of Bogotá.