Bridgewater Goalie Named To National Team Camp 2017

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Bridgewater local and Rutgers women’s soccer junior goalkeeper Casey Murphy continues to make headlines.

Murphy was recently invited as one of 30 players to the first U.S. Under-23 Women’s National Team camp of 2017 from Jan. 6 to 13 at the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, California.

Murphy had previously been selected as one of the 21 players who will represent the United States at the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup.

The roster is a mixture of top players from the U.S. Youth National Teams, elite college players and four NWSL players. The camp features players from seven different birth years, ranging from 1994 (which is the age cut-off for this year’s U-23 WNT) to 2000.

U.S. WNT head coach Jill Ellis and her staff will observe several training sessions to evaluate players for potential full Women’s National Team call-ups.

Murphy, who started for the Scarlet Knights from 2014-15, redshirted last season to participate in the FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup in Papua New Guinea with the U.S. U-20 National Team. Murphy started all six matches for Team USA and boasted the most saves, 21, and highest save ratio, 77.8 among all goalkeepers in the tournament.

The U.S. went 2-2-2 and finished fourth in the tournament, falling by a 1-0 final in the third place match against Japan.

Also invited was former All-American defender Erica Skroski (2012-15), who excelled last season as a member of Sky Blue FC in the National Women’s Soccer League. Skroski helped Rutgers to a banner College Cup season in 2015, which included program records in wins (19), shutouts (19), home wins (13), and fewest goals allowed (10).

U-23 Women’s National Team Roster by Position:

GOALKEEPERS (4): Laurel Ivory (West Florida Flames; Surfside, Fla.), Casey Murphy (Rutgers; Bridgewater, N.J.), Madalyn Schiffel (Seattle Reign FC; Citrus Heights, Calif.), Hannah Seabert (Pepperdine; Riverside, Calif.)

DEFENDERS (8): Maddie Bauer (Stanford; Newport Beach, Calif.), Mandy Freeman (USC; Royal Palm Beach, Fla.), Tavia Leachman (Utah; Long Beach, Calif.), Kayla Mills (USC; West Covina, Calif.), Sydney Miramontez (Nebraska; Lenexa, Kan.), Gabrielle Seiler (Florida; Peachtree City, Ga.), Erica Skroski (Sky Blue FC; New Brunswick, N.J.), Samantha Witteman (Orlando Pride; Redondo Beach, Calif.)

MIDFIELDERS (11): Morgan Andrews (USC; Milford, N.H.), Tierna Davidson (Stanford; Menlo Park, Calif.), Jordan DiBiasi (Stanford; Littleton, Colo.), Meggie Dougherty Howard (Florida; Largo, Fla.), Tyler Lussi (Princeton; Lutherville, Md.), Ifeoma Onumonu (California; Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Toni Payne (Duke; Birmingham, Ala.), Brianna Pinto (CASL; Durham, N.C.), Margaret Purce (Harvard; Silver Spring, Md.), Morgan Proffitt (Marquette; Columbus, Ind.), Ashley Sanchez (So Cal Blues; Monrovia, Calif.)

FORWARDS (7): Makenzy Doniak (Western New York Flash; Chino Hills, Calif.), Danica Evans (Colorado; Lakewood, Colo.), Ashley Hatch (BYU; Gilbert, Ariz.), Sarah Luebbert (Missouri; Jefferson City, Mo.), Savannah McCaskill (South Carolina; Chapin, S.C.), Hailey Skolmoski (Utah; Riverton, Utah), Crystal Thomas (Georgetown; Elgin, Ill.)

(Image via Rutgers Athletic Communications: Casey Murphy)

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