Vanessa DiBernardo
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Vanessa Sue DiBernardo | ||
| Date of birth | May 15, 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Naperville, Illinois, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Perth Glory (on loan from Chicago Red Stars) |
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| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008 | Chicago Red Eleven | ||
| 2000–2010 | America’s Soccer Club | ||
| 2007–2010 | Waubonsie Valley | ||
| 2011 | Chicago Red Stars (WPSL) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Chicago Eclipse Select | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | University of Illinois | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Chicago Red Stars | 65 | (3) |
| 2015– | → Perth Glory (loan) | 22 | (12) |
| National team‡ | |||
| United States U-17 | |||
| 2011–2012 | United States U-20 | 20 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | United States U-23 | 7 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 5, 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 25, 2014 |
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Vanessa DiBernardo (born May 15, 1992) is an American soccer player. She plays for Perth Glory on loan from Chicago Red Stars and was a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team.
DiBernardo was raised in Naperville, Illinois where she attended Waubonsie Valley High School and helped lead the soccer team to state championship wins in 2007, 2008, and 2010. In 2009, she was named to the ESPN Rise All-American Third Team and earned Beacon News Girls Soccer Player of the Year and Chicago Sun-Times All-Area honors. During her senior year in 2010, she was named Gatorade Illinois Player of the Year, IHSSCA Illinois Player of the Year, and was ranked fifty-first in the country for high school seniors by Top Drawer Soccer.
As a freshman in 2010, DiBernardo led the Big Ten Conference in goals and points and was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. During her sophomore year, she led her team with 17 goals and was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List. Despite missing a portion of her junior season due to the 2012 U-20 World Cup, DiBernardo still led the Illini in points, goals, and shots. In October 2012, she was named Player of the Week by the Big Ten Conference, Top Drawer Soccer and College Sports Madness after scoring a hat-trick and helping the team defeat the University of Michigan. Unable to play the full season again due to a knee injury which kept her out for seven games, she tallied seven goals in 15 games and had a career high seven assists. DiBernardo finished her Illini career setting the school's record for most career assists and tying the school's record for most career shots. She was named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List for a third time.
In 2008, DiBernardo played for the Chicago Red Eleven in the W-League.
DiBernardo was selected as the fourth overall pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft by the Chicago Red Stars. She previously played for Red Stars' head coach Rory Dames with the Red Stars' WPSL team in 2011 and with the Chicago Eclipse Select in 2012–2013. Of her and Julie Johnston's signing, Coach Dames said, "In Julie and Vanessa, we picked up the best holding midfielder and the best attacking midfielder in the draft. They will form the spine of our team down the middle for years to come. With both of them having the experience of winning the U20 World Cup, they are both proven winners at the highest level."
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