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St. John Bosco High senior soccer standout Derek Vogel has been invited to try out at a U.S. U-20 national team camp April 9-16. If coach Tab Ramos likes what he sees, Vogel will be placed in the national player pool and be on call for games/tournaments with the team.

It's the first time Vogel, the 2011 Dream Team Player of the Year, has received a call from the national team.

"It's really, really exciting," he said. "I hope for the best to come out of it. It's a great opportunity. It'd be awesome if I made it. It's a big deal just to make the tryout. A whole week, it'll be good just to go and learn."

Boys Soccer
1. Paramount
2. Millikan
3. Artesia
4. Warren
5. Los Alamitos
6. St. John Bosco
7. Poly
8. Cabrillo
9. Mayfair
10. Dominguez

Girls Soccer
1. Poly
2. Wilson
3. Millikan
4. La Mirada
5. St. Joseph
6. Los Alamitos
7. Valley Christian
8. Downey
9. Mayfair
10. Firebaugh

Boys Soccer
Saturday
Division 1
Millikan vs. Ventura at Warren HS, 7:30 p.m.
Division 3
Paramount vs. Channel Islands at Warren HS, 5 p.m.

Girls Soccer
Saturday
Division 5
Downey vs. La Serna at Mission Viejo HS, 9:30 a.m.

P-T TOP 10
Boys Soccer
1. Millikan
2. Artesia
3. Warren
4. Paramount
5. Poly
6. Cabrillo
7. Los Alamitos
8. Mayfair
9. St. John Bosco
10. Dominguez

Girls Soccer
1. St. Joseph
2. Poly
3. Wilson
4. Millikan
5. Los Alamitos
6. La Mirada
7. Valley Christian
8. Downey
9. Mayfair
10. Firebaugh

The boys rankings got a slight juggle this week, but the top six teams stayed intact. That could change next week as Paramount-Warren, Artesia-Mayfair, Poly-Cabrillo and Poly-Millikan games on tap.

The girls rankings got a big shakeup. With Wilson losing to Poly and Los Alamitos just getting by, it was time to bring up a smooth-playing team from St. Joseph to No.1 and undefeated Millikan to No. 2. Millikan's stay will either be short-lived or cemented as the Rams face Poly and Wilson this week.

P-T TOP 10
Boys Soccer
1. Millikan
2. Artesia
3. Paramount
4. Warren
5. Cabrillo
6. Mayfair
7. Los Alamitos
8. Poly
9. Dominguez
10. St. John Bosco

Girls Soccer
1. St. Joseph
2. Millikan
3. Poly
4. Wilson
5. Los Alamitos
6. Valley Christian
7. Mayfair
8. La Mirada
9. Lakewood
10. Downey

P-T TOP 10
Boys Soccer
1. Millikan
2. Artesia
3. Paramount
4. Warren
5. Cabrillo
6. Dominguez
7. Poly
8. Los Alamitos
9. St. John Bosco
10. Mayfair

Girls Soccer
1. Wilson
2. Los Alamitos
3. St. Joseph
4. Millikan
5. Poly
6. La Mirada
7. Valley Christian
8. Lakewood
9. Mayfair
10. Warren

Nadia Link, a junior and the Big West Conference's leading scorer so far this season, received a call-up to the U-23 U.S. national team camp Sunday.

The workouts, which will be overseen by U.S. Soccer Women's Development Director Jill Ellis, U.S. Soccer Women's Technical Director April Heinrichs and U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage, will take place today through Friday at Home Depot Center.

The reason for the camp is to evaluate a group of 24 players, including some of the top college players and young professionals, for possible call-ups to U.S. Women's National Team camps heading into the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in January and the 2012 Olympics in London.

Link will rejoin the 49ers in time for Sunday's home match against CS Fullerton.