Carla Overbeck

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Carla Overbeck
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Overbeck in 2007
Personal information
Full name Carla Werden Overbeck
Date of birth (1968-05-09) May 9, 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Pasadena, California, U.S.
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Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1986–1989 North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Carolina Courage
International career
1988–2000 United States 168 (7)
Managerial career
1992– Duke Blue Devils (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carla Werden Overbeck (born May 9, 1968)[1] 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.

Early life

Born in Pasadena, California, Overbeck grew up in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where she attended Richardson High School.[2] 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.[2][3]

North Carolina Tar Heels

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).[2][4]

Playing career

Club

Overbeck played for the Raleigh Wings of the W-League in 1998 and helped the team finish with a 14–0 record and clinch the league's championship title.[5][6]

From 2001 to 2002, Overbeck played for the Carolina Courage in the WUSA, the first professional soccer league for women in the United States. She was also on the WUSA Board of Governors.[7] In August 2002, her overtime goal in the semifinal match helped lift the Courage to the WUSA Founders Cup II, the league's championship game against the Washington Freedom, led by Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach.[8] The Courage defeated the Freedom 3–2 to clinch the championship title on August 24, 2002.[9]

International

Overbeck first appeared with the U.S. national team on June 1, 1988, and was a member of the U.S. team that won the first-ever FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991. Playing central defender, she led a defense that allowed five goals in six matches.[2]

She was one of two players to play every minute of each of the team's games at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1999 Women's World Cup. In 1998, she captained the national team to win the first-ever Goodwill Games.[2]

Overbeck retired from international competition following the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing her career with 168 caps.

Coaching career

Overbeck has been an assistant coach for Duke University's women's soccer team since 1992.[4]

Honors and awards

Individual

Team

  • Sports Illustrated Sportswomen of the Year, December 1999[13]
  • WUSA Founders Cup II, 2002

Media coverage

Overbeck appeared with her national team teammates on the cover Sports Illustrated's December 20, 1999 issue.[13] She was featured in the film, Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team in 2007.[14]

Overbeck was featured in the ESPN series, "Nine for IX" during "The 99ers" episode.[15]

Personal life

In late 1999, Carla was diagnosed with Graves' disease.[16] In December 2009, Carla Overbeck became an official spokesperson for Instaflex.[17]

See also

References

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