DURHAM – The quest for Duke sophomore
Kat Rader and the United States Under-20 Women's Youth National Team begins Wednesday for the 2023 Concacaf Championship in the Dominican Republic. The first match for the USA will be Wednesday at 7 p.m., live on FS1 against Panama.
Qualifying will take place May 24 through June 3. The United States will next face Jamaica on Friday, May 26 (6 p.m. ET on FS2) and finish the group stage vs. Canada on Sunday, May 28 (6 p.m. ET on FS2). All of the USA's Group A matches will be played at Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic.
The USA is taking aim at one of three berths to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (for which a host has yet to be named) and a record eighth Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship, after dominant runs to the confederation crown in 2020 and 2022 during tournaments also played in the Dominican Republic.
Rader, a native of Stuart, Fla., is coming off an impressive freshman campaign with the Blue Devils as she ranked tied for second nationally among freshmen with 12 goals, while leading all freshmen nationally in points with 29. She earned TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News All-Freshman honors, while garnering ACC Freshman of the Year.
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