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Carla Werden Overbeck (born May 9, 1968)[2] 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.

Carla Overbeck

Overbeck in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Carla Werden Overbeck
Birth name	Carla Werden[1]
Date of birth	(1968-05-09) May 9, 1968 (age 54)[1]
Place of birth	Pasadena, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	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	170	(7)
Teams managed
1992–	Duke Blue Devils (assistant)
Medal record Women's football (soccer) Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team competition 2000 Sydney Team competition FIFA Women's World Cup 1991 China Team competition 1999 USA Team competition 1995 Sweden Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Youth

Overbeck began playing soccer at the age of 11, playing for club soccer team the Dallas Sting. With the Sting, she won two national championships.[3][4]

College

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).[3][5]

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.[6]

On May 6, 2006, Overbeck was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame and was a 2010 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inductee.

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.[7][8]

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.[9] 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.[10] The Courage defeated the Freedom 3–2 to clinch the championship title on August 24, 2002.[11]

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.[3]

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.[3]

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.[5]

Media coverage

Overbeck appeared with her national team teammates on the cover of Sports Illustrated's December 20, 1999 issue.[12] She was featured in the film Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team in 2007.[13]

Overbeck was featured in the ESPN series Nine for IX in "The 99ers" episode.[14]

Personal life

Born in Pasadena, California, Overbeck grew up in Richardson, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where she attended Richardson High School.[3] She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in psychology in 1990. In late 1999, Overbeck was diagnosed with Graves' disease.[15] In December 2009, she became an official spokesperson for Instaflex.[16] She and her husband, Greg Overbeck, have one son, Jackson, and a daughter, Carson Elizabeth.[6]

Honors and awards

Individual

• National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee, 2006[17][18]
• North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inductee, 2010[19]

Team

• Sports Illustrated Sportswomen of the Year, December 1999[12]
• WUSA Founders Cup II, 2002

See also

• List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians
• List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers
• List of Olympic medalists in football
• List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of members of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

References

External links

• Carla OVERBECK – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Duke coach profile
• Profile at soccertimes.com

На других языках

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- [en] Carla Overbeck

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[es] Carla Overbeck

Carla Werden Overbeck (nacida el 9 de mayo de 1968 en Pasadena, California) es una exfutbolista estadounidense que por mucho tiempo integró y fue capitana de la selección femenina de fútbol de los Estados Unidos. Es miembro del the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

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[it] Carla Overbeck

Carla Werden Overbeck (Pasadena, 9 maggio 1968[1]) è un'ex calciatrice statunitense, per lungo tempo membro e capitano della Nazionale Femminile USA. Allena la squadra di calcio femminile della Duke University, dove ha allenato sin dal 1992.Fu introdotta nella National Soccer Hall of Fame nel 2006.

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