CHICAGO – Santa Clara women's soccer midfielder Sally Menti has been named one of 20 players chosen to represent the US at the 2022 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship February 15-March 12 in the Dominican Republic.

Menti has been a key member of the Broncos back-to-back College Cup teams. During the 2020 run to the championship, she was named the WCC Freshman of the Year in addition to Second Team All-WCC and WCC All-Freshman when she scored two goals, including the lone tally in the national quarterfinal match with Clemson, and added six assists. She converted one of the team's penalty kicks against Florida State in the National Championship game.

In 2021, Menti appeared in 21 games and scored a goal with two assists.

The USA will take aim at one of three berths to the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and a record seventh Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship after a dominant run to the confederation crown in 2020. The U-20s kick off the tournament on Friday, Feb. 25 vs. Nicaragua, take on Puerto Rico on Sunday, Feb. 27 and wrap up the group stage vs. host Dominican Republic on Tuesday, March 1.

The 2022 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship features 20 teams -- 16 divided into four groups of four, and four who have already advanced to the Round of 16 via pre-tournament qualifying.

The top three finishers in the four groups will advance to the Round of 16 and join the four teams already qualified for the knockout round. From there, the teams will play a single-elimination tournament with the two finalists and third-place game winner qualifying for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. As host of the U-20 WWC, Costa Rica qualified automatically and will not participate in the Concacaf Championship.

Before heading to the Dominican Republic, the team will train in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. from Feb. 16-21.

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