The United States women's freestyle team will receive a pair of tough early tests when the two-day World Cup kicks off Saturday in Taiyuan, China. The U.S. will face Ukraine and Japan to open the dual-meet event that includes the top six finishers from the 2007 World Championships. The American squad is scheduled to face Ukraine in Pool A on Saturday morning at 10:30 China time before meeting the powerful team from Japan on Saturday afternoon. Japan won the 2007 World Cup and rolled to the team title at the 2007 World Championships. Ukraine tied for second in the team race at the World Championships while the U.S. team placed fifth. Pool B includes China, Canada and Kazakhstan. The winners of each pool will meet in the finals on Sunday night. The second-place finishers in each pool will meet for third place on Sunday. The third-place finishers in each pool will wrestle for fifth. Olympic and World silver medalist Sara McMann and two-time World bronze medalist Katie Downing headline a strong U.S. team. 2008 WORLD CUP SCHEDULE Pool A-Ukraine, Japan, USA Pool B-China, Canada, Kazakhstan Saturday-January 19 Round 1-9:30 a.m. Ukraine vs. Japan China vs. Canada Round 2-10:30 a.m. Ukraine vs USA China vs Kazakhstan Round 3-5 p.m. Japan vs USA Canada vs Kazakhstan Sunday-January 20 5th Place Dual-10:30 a.m. 3rd Place Dual-5 p.m. 1st Place Dual-6 p.m. WORLD CUP ROSTERS United States 48 kg/105.5 lbs.-Stephanie Murata, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) 51 kg/112.25 lbs.-Jenny Wong, Gaffney, S.C. (Sunkist Kids) 55 kg/121 lbs.-Marcie Van Dusen, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) 59 kg/130 lbs.-Leigh Jaynes, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) 63 kg/138.75 lbs.-Sara McMann, Gaffney, S.C. (Sunkist Kids) 67 kg/147.5 lbs.-Katie Downing, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) 72 kg/158.5 lbs.-Stephany Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sunkist Kids) Coaches-Terry Steiner (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Tadaaki Hatta (Elyria, Ohio) Japan 48 kg/105.5 lbs.-Makiko Sakamoto and Chiharu Icho 51 kg/112.25 lbs.-Hitomi Sakamoto 55 kg/121 lbs.-Chikako Matsukawa and Saori Yoshida 59 kg/130 lbs.-Kei Yamana 63 kg/138.75 lbs.-Mio Nishimaki and Kaori Icho 67 kg/147.5 lbs.-Mami Shinkai 72 kg/158.5 lbs.-Yuki Sano Ukraine 48 kg/105.5 lbs.-Irina Merleni 51 kg/112.25 lbs.-Aleksandra Kohut 55 kg/121 lbs.-Natalya Sinishin 59 kg/130 lbs.-Katerina Dombrovska 63 kg/138.75 lbs.-Yulia Ostapchuk 67 kg/147.5 lbs.-Katerina Burmistrova 72 kg/158.5 lbs.-Svetlana Sayenko Canada 48 kg/105.5 lbs.-Carol Huynh 51 kg/112.25 lbs.-Jessica Bony 55 kg/121 lbs.-Jazzie Barker 59 kg/130 lbs.-Amanda Gerhardt 63 kg/138.75 lbs.-Justine Bouchard 67 kg/147.5 lbs.-Megan Buydens 72 kg/158.5 lbs.-Pamela Wilson Kazakhstan 48 kg/105.5 lbs.-Tatyana Bakatyuk and Elenora Abutalipova 51 kg/112.25 lbs.-Ishimov and Abdildina 55 kg/121 lbs.-Saltanat Abdrakhmanova 59 kg/130 lbs.-Olga Smirnova 63 kg/138.75 lbs.-Elena Shalygina 67 kg/147.5 lbs.-Olga Kalinina 72 kg/158.5 lbs.-Darya Karpenko China 48 kg/105.5 lbs.-Xiaomei Li and Liu 51 kg/112.25 lbs.-Xuecheng Ren and Huang 55 kg/121 lbs.-Lihui Su and Dongmei Sun 59 kg/130 lbs.-Fengliu Zhang 63 kg/138.75 lbs.-Haiyan Xu and Lili Meng 67 kg/147.5 lbs.-Rui Xue Jing 72 kg/158.5 lbs.-Xu Wang and Xu