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Andrija Novakovich (Muskego) reportedly scored both goals as the U.S. Under-20 national team closed out a nine-day training camp in Raleigh, N.C., with a 4-2 loss to USL PRO's Wilmington Hammerheads in a friendly Saturday night.

Game details come from Neil Morris' match report for Top Drawer Soccer. Read full article

The 18-year-old Novakovich, who signed with English club Reading earlier this year, scored on a volley off a cross from right back Kris Reaves just before halftime to cut the Hammerheads' lead to 3-1. The striker then converted a penalty kick early in the second half to pull the U.S. team within a goal, but Wilmington slotted home its own penalty in the 73rd to regain its two-goal cushion.

The Under-20 team, which also included Marquette's Louis Bennett II (Shorewood), finished 1-2-0 during the camp. The Americans dropped a 2-1 decision to the Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League on Tuesday, then posted a 1-0 victory over the RailHawks' Under-23 team – which plays in the National Premier Soccer League – on Thursday.

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• University of Wisconsin midfielder Rose Lavelle was named to the U.S. Under-20 women's national team's roster for two away friendlies against France next month. The American and French sides, both preparing for this summer's FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Canada, will meet June 10 in Plabennec and June 13 in Plougastel. The U.S. team will hold its final domestic training camp in July before the Under-20 Women's World Cup, which is Aug. 5 to 24 in Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal and Toronto.