Tobin Heath
Heath with the United States Women's National Team in 2016
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| Full name | Tobin Powell Heath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | May 29, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Portland Thorns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 93 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | New Jersey Wildcats | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues | 5 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Pali Blues | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Atlanta Beat | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Sky Blue FC | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | New York Fury | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Paris Saint-Germain | 15 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Portland Thorns | 42 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008– | United States | 131 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 8, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 11, 2017 |
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Tobin Powell Heath (born May 29, 1988) is an American professional soccer player. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women's World Cup silver medalist and gold medalist who plays for the United States women's national soccer team. According to the United States Soccer Federation, Heath is "perhaps the USA's most skillful player", and she was voted the United States' best player in 2016. Heath usually plays as a flank midfielder or the attacking midfielder. Heath was the first overall pick in Women's Professional Soccer 2010 draft. She currently plays professionally for the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
Heath was born in Morristown, New Jersey to parents Jeff and Cindy Heath. She grew up in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Heath has a younger brother, Jeffrey, and two older sisters, Perry and Katie, who are active in Athletes in Action and Champions for Christ. Heath started playing soccer at the age of 4 in the back of a YMCA. Heath has said herself she is a proud and devout follower of her Christian faith and is very close to her family Her oldest sister, Katie, played NCAA Division I tennis for the University of Delaware.
Heath graduated from Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 2006, where she was four-year letter winner and a three-time Parade All-American in soccer. She also played for the PDA Wildcats team that won the 2003 Club National Championship.
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