Three Bruins have been selected to the U.S. roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, which takes place in France from June 7-July 7. Former UCLA head coach Jill Ellis named three Bruins to their first World Cup squads - defender Abby Dahlkemper, midfielder Sam Mewis and forward Mal Pugh.

Dahlkemper is one of just two Bruin players ever to earn NSCAA All-America honors all four years at UCLA (2011-14). In 2013, she became UCLA's first-ever Honda Award winner for soccer after helping lead the Bruins to their first NCAA team championship. During her senior season in 2014, she was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and led a UCLA defense that recorded a school record-tying 19 shutouts and team goals against average of 0.245. Dahlkemper plays with the reigning NWSL champion NC Courage and, at age 24, was the youngest player ever to be voted the NWSL Defender of the Year in 2017. A member of the U.S. Women's National Team since 2016, Dahlkemper has compiled 37 caps.

Mewis followed Dahlkemper as the Honda Award winner in 2014 and was also named the espnW National Player of the Year and Pac-12 Player of the Year. As a junior she helped lead UCLA to its first NCAA title, and as a senior, she led the Pac-12 in scoring with 16 goals, 13 assists, 45 points and seven game-winning goals. She also earned first-team Academic All-America honors that season. Mewis finished her UCLA career with 28 goals, 29 assists and 85 points. She now plays for the 2018 NWSL champion NC Courage and was a finalist for the NWSL MVP award. Mewis earned her first U.S. women's National Team cap in 2014 and has totaled 47 caps and nine goals. She was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic team.

Pugh enrolled at UCLA in Winter 2017 and played for the Bruins in three spring games before turning pro. She made her U.S. Women's National Team debut in 2016 when she was just 17 years old and became the sixth-youngest goal scorer in U.S. history when she scored in her debut game. She played in three games at the 2016 Olympics and became the youngest American to play and score in the Olympic Games. At age 21, she already has 50 caps and 15 goals. Pugh currently plays for the washington Spirit in the NWSL.

Dahlkemper and Mewis are the second and third members of the 2014 senior class to be named to 2019 Women's World Cup rosters. Forward Rosie White, who totaled 17 goals, 12 assists and 46 points at UCLA from 2011-14, was named to New Zealand's squad last weekend. This will be White's third World Cup appearance.

The defending Women's World Cup champion U.S. squad will begin group play against Thailand on June 11 and will face Chile on June 16 and Sweden on June 20.

2019 USA FIFA WOMEN'S WORLD CUP ROSTER POSITION (CLUB)

GOALKEEPERS (3): Adrianna Franch* (Portland Thorns FC), Ashlyn Harris** (Orlando Pride), Alyssa Naeher** (Chicago Red Stars)

DEFENDERS (7): Abby Dahlkemper* (NC Courage), Tierna Davidson* (Chicago Red Stars), Crystal Dunn* (NC Courage), Ali Krieger*** (Orlando Pride), Kelley O'Hara*** (Utah Royals FC), Becky Sauerbrunn*** (Utah Royals FC), Emily Sonnett* (Portland Thorns FC)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Morgan Brian** (Chicago Red Stars), Julie Ertz** (Chicago Red Stars), Lindsey Horan* (Portland Thorns FC), Rose Lavelle* (Washington Spirit), Allie Long* (Reign FC), Samantha Mewis* (NC Courage)

FORWARDS (7): Tobin Heath*** (Portland Thorns FC), Carli Lloyd**** (Sky Blue FC), Jessica McDonald* (NC Courage), Alex Morgan*** (Orlando Pride), Christen Press** (Utah Royals FC), Mallory Pugh* (Washington Spirit), Megan Rapinoe*** (Reign FC)

* First Women's World Cup
** Second Women's World Cup
*** Third Women's World Cup
**** Fourth Women's World Cup