Rae Dower has finalised her 23-players to attend the first Junior Matildas Camp this month.
Overall, there will be three camps between August and September in Canberra.
The camps are set to prepare the player ahead of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Qualifiers which will take place in Kyrgyz Republic.
Two players selected, Paige Zois (U15) and Tijan McKenna (U14), were the Players of the Tournament at the recent National Youth Championships while Holly McNamara went away with the Young Matildas to Indonesia for the AFF Women's Championships.
"I'm really excited to bring together this group of players for the first camp of the new cycle for the Junior Matildas,” said Dower.
“The selection process was highly competitive across the talent ID tournaments and it's fantastic to see that the depth and quality of female players at 13, 14 and 15 years of age has risen again.
“I'm certain the girls will come into camp today extremely excited, with a few expected nerves and want to impress to the coaching staff that they deserve a spot in the final team.”
Australia will face Chinese Taipei, host nation Kyrgyz Republic, Palestine and Indonesia in Group D as 30 teams compete for eight spots in the second round of qualifying.
The 23-player invited to Camp One:
Capital Football: Steffi Lejins
Emerging Jets Academy: Tegan Douglas, Josie Morley, Kirsty Fenton and Tiahna Robertson (GK)
Football Federation Victoria: Claudia Mihocic, Grace Taranto, Paige Zois, Nia Stamatopolous
Football New South Wales: Olivia de la Harpe, Darcey Malone, Holly McNamara, Sarah Hunter, Kahli Johnson
Football New South Wales Country: Jordan Jasnos
Football Queensland: Kezia Pritchard (GK), Jamilla Rankin, Georgia Beaumont, Charlotte Farmer, Jorja Thomson and Mia Bailey (GK)
Football West: Isabella Wallhead and Tijan McKenna
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