Trojan A-Rod, Bruin Cheney and Veteran Lilly Added to U.S. Squad for China Game at Home Depot Center

U.S. Women's National Team Coach Pia Sundhage has called in 22 players for the 6 p.m. Dec. 13 game against China in Carson and a Dec. 17 match against the same opponents in Detroit.

Added to the squad were forward Amy Rodriguez, who recently finished her senior season at USC and started the last five games at the Olympics; UCLA striker Lauren Cheney, who last weekend helped UCLA to a sixth consecutive NCAA Final Four appearance; and veteran Kristine Lilly, the world's all-time leader in caps with 340, but who has not played for the U.S. in over a year, taking time off for the birth of her daughter.

The match at Home Depot Center will also be the fifth in U.S. colors for midfielder Shannon Boxx, who grew up in Torrance. Boxx has scored in all four of her previous appearances with the U.S. in Carson and was recently named as a FIFA Women's Player of the Year candidate along with U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo.

Tickets range in price from $18 to $60 for the game in the South Bay.

The full U.S. roster includes all the players who won the gold at the Olympics against Brazil: goalkeepers Nicole Barnhart, Hope Solo, Briana Scurry; defenders Rachel Buehler, Lori Chalupny, Stephanie Cox, Marian Dalmy, Tina Ellertson, Kate Markgraf, Heather Mitts, Christie Rampone; midfielders Shannon Boxx, Carli Lloyd, Heather O'Reilly, Lindsay Tarpley, Aly Wagner, Kacey White; forwards Lauren Cheney, Angela Hucles, Natasha Kai, Kristine Lilly, Amy Rodriguez.