U.S. Beach Women’s National Team Roster – ANOC World Beach Games Qualifying
DEFENDERS (4): Bethany Haynes (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Paxton Scott (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Jeane Sunseri-Warp (San Jose, Calif.), Megan Wharton (Columbus, Ohio)
MIDFIELDERS/FORWARDS (4): Elizabeth Eastman (Gilford, N.H.), Kelly Fitzgerald (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Lauren Leslie (San Clemente, Calif.), Samantha Witteman (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
Additional Notes:
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Most of the roster (seven of the 10 players) hails from Southern California and has extensive experience playing in beach soccer tournaments in the USA or abroad.
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Midfielder/forward Samantha Witteman, a former U.S. U-23 WNT player, was a star at UC Berkeley and played almost 30 matches in the NWSL over two seasons, one with the Orlando Pride and one with the North Carolina Courage.
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Midfielder/forward Kelly Fitzgerald also played collegiately at UC Berkeley.
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Goalkeeper Christine Yount played collegiately at San Diego State and goalkeeper Melissa Lowder played at Santa Clara, where she was a consistent three-year starter.
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Defender Paxton Scott played collegiately at Cal-State Monterey Bay before deciding to focus on beach soccer.
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Midfielder/Forward Lauren Leslie played at San Diego State San Diego State and Point Loma Nazarene University, and has experience playing for clubs in Netherlands and Spain. She is currently a youth coach in the SoCal Blues Soccer Club out of Orange County, Calif.
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Defender Megan Wharton played collegiately at NAIA Ohio Dominican.
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Midfielder/forward Elizabeth Eastman lives in Europe where she plays beach soccer in Switzerland and won the 2016 European Beach Soccer title with Swiss Grasshoppers.