SOUTH BEND – Two more Notre Dame women’s soccer players received a plane ticket to jet off to Colombia, the site of the U20 World Cup. Sophomore defender Clare Logan and freshman forward Annabelle Chukwu will represent Team Canada at the U20 World Cup from August 31-September 22.
That brings the total to three Irish competing in Colombia with junior midfielder Leah Klenke representing the United States.
Both Logan and Chukwu are no strangers to the Canadian Youth National Team system.
Logan was 16 years old when she debuted on the Canadian Youth scene in 2021. She won a bronze medal at the 2022 CONCACAF Women’s U17 Championship. She later helped the U20 squad win bronze as well at the U20 CONCACAF Championships, helping Canada qualify for said U20 World Cup.
Chukwu was 15 years old when she made her debut and has left her mark across the youth programs. Chukwu now ranks second all-time in most goals scored through Canadian Youth International competition. Her 25 goals rank second to Canadian great Christine Sinclair (27 goals).
Other highlights include Chukwu winning a CONCACAF silver medal with U15 in 2022, scoring in Canada’s opening match at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, receiving a National Team call-up in 2022 at the age of 15 and scoring twice in extra time in the bronze medal game to help Canada win and qualify the squad for the U20 World Cup.
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 occur 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.
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