RICHMOND, Ky. – With the 2020 Olympics on the horizon, Eastern Kentucky University soccer players Alyssa Julien and Zoe Aguirre have earned invitations to their respective national team camps.
 
Julien – a junior midfielder – has been invited to Jamaica's U-20 National Team camp later this month.
 
A criminal justice major from Mississauga, Ontario, Julien became eligible to play for Jamaica's national team through her grandmother, who was born and raised on the island.
 
Julien played for Jamaica's U-20 team at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship in Trinidad and Tobago.
 
She has appeared in 43 games over her EKU career, starting 27 of them.
 
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Aguirre – a sophomore goalkeeper – has been invited to Mexico's U-20 National Team camp.
 
A special education major from Corona, California, Aguirre represented Mexico at the 2018 U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2019 Sud Ladies' Cup, both of which were held in France.
 
She was also a member of Mexico's first-ever beach soccer National Team.
 
Aguirre has started 29 games in goal at EKU, recording nine shutouts.