Carla Overbeck
Overbeck in 2007
|
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carla Werden Overbeck | ||
| Date of birth | May 9, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Pasadena, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1989 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Carolina Courage | ||
| National team | |||
| 1988–2000 | United States | 168 | (7) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1992– | Duke Blue Devils (assistant) | ||
|
Medal record
|
|||
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
|||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Carla Werden Overbeck (born May 9, 1968) is a retired American soccer player and longtime member and captain of the United States women's national soccer team. She is currently an assistant coach of Duke University's women's soccer team, where she has been coaching since 1992, overseeing Duke's defensive unit principally. She was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006.
Born in Pasadena, California, Overbeck grew up in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where she attended Richardson High School. She began playing soccer at the age of 11 – playing for club soccer team, the Dallas Sting. With the Sting, she won two national championships.
Overbeck played college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1986 to 1989, where she won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship each of her four seasons. She was an NSCAA All-America selection three times. During her time as a central defender with the Tar Heels, the team tallied a 95-match unbeaten streak (89–0–6).
In her collegiate coaching debut, Carla Overbeck made an immediate impact on the Duke University women’s soccer program, helping the 1992 Blue Devils advance to the NCAA title game. Over the last 24 years, she has continued her work with the Blue Devils as Duke has advanced to the NCAA Tournament 21 times, including a second NCAA College Cup appearance in 2011 and a third NCAA College Cup trip in 2015.
A three-time All-America selection at the University of North Carolina, Overbeck was a member of four unbeaten Tar Heel national title squads from 1986–89. North Carolina posted a phenomenal 95-match unbeaten streak (89–0–6) during her career.
Overbeck was a four-time member of the NCAA All-Tournament Team and a two-time All-ACC selection. In addition, she was a member of the 1986 Soccer America All-America Freshman Team and was the Most Valuable Defensive Player of the 1988 NCAA Tournament.
...
Wikipedia