Wisconsin Soccer Central

After drawing rave reviews for her performance in her first cap earlier this month, Boston Breakers rookie midfielder Rose Lavelle (UW) is headed back into training camp with the U.S. women's national team.

The 21-year-old Lavelle was one of 24 players named to the camp roster by coach Jill Ellis, whose team will play host to Russia in a pair of friendlies in Texas – April 6 in Frisco (7:30 p.m., FS1) and April 9 in Houston (1 p.m., ESPN). Ellis will select 18-player game-day rosters for each game.

Lavelle was named Woman of the Match in her debut for the full national team, a 1-0 loss to England in a SheBelieves Cup match March 4 in Harrison, N.J. It's believed that she is the first former UW women's player to earn an international cap.

She also started and played the first half as the U.S. closed out the SheBelieves Cup with a 3-0 loss to France on March 7 in Washington, D.C.

The last-place finish in the four-team tournament dropped the U.S. out of the top spot in the FIFA Women's World Rankings for the first time since Feb. 28, 2015. The Americans fell to second place with Germany taking over the top spot; the U.S. has never been lower than No. 2 in the FIFA rankings, which started in 2003.

On Twitter: @roselavelle

• Sunderland Under-23 defender Sam Brotherton (UW) was an unused sub as New Zealand blanked host Fiji 2-0 in a third-round Oceania World Cup qualifier Saturday in Lautoka. The All Whites (2-0-1) lead Group A and can clinch a spot in the two-leg regional final with a win or draw in Tuesday's  match against Fiji in Wellington. The Oceania champion will play the fifth-place team from South America qualifying in November for a berth in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. On Twitter: @SamBrotherton96
• Midfielder Wira Wama (Maranatha Baptist) wasn't on the game-day roster for Papua New Guinea, which dropped a 3-1 decision to visiting Tahiti in an Oceania World Cup third-round qualifier Thursday in Port Moresby. Wama was part of the 23-man training camp squad ahead of the home-and-home series against Tahiti (2-1-0), which plays host to PNG (0-1-0) in its Group B finale Wednesday in Papeete. PNG also will face the Solomon Islands (1-1-0) in home-and-home matches in June, with the group winner advancing to the Oceania final.