Carla Overbeck

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Carla Overbeck Will (* 9. May 1968 in Pasadena as Carla Will ) is a former American football player . She was a defender .

biography

She grew up in Richardson and played at Richardson High School . After high school she moved to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where she won the national college championship four times. On June 5, 1988, she made her debut in the USA's only game against Czechoslovakia in the US national team . She later played for the Raleigh Wings in the W-League and for Caroline Courage in the WUSA .

On June 5, 1988, she played her first international match under her maiden name in the only US women's match against Czechoslovakia .

She took part in the 1991, 1995 and 1999 World Cup and played 18 World Cup games. In 1991 and 1999 she became world champion, in 1995 she took third place with her team. She took part in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games , where she won the gold medal in 1996 and played her 100th international match in the group game against China. On February 9, 2000, she acted for the first time as captain of the US national team and held this post at the subsequent Algarve Cup , which the US women won for the first time. After the Olympic Games in 2000, in which she was not used, she ended her career in December with 170 international matches - again as captain. The number was only set to 170 games in August 2016 after the US federation had come across two international matches held in January 1995 when reviewing its statistics, which had not been taken into account until then and in which it had an appearance. In some statistics that have not yet been updated, it is therefore still listed with 168 international matches.

In February 1999, on the occasion of the group draw for the 1999 World Cup, she played with the national team against a FIFA World Cup. The game is not counted as an official international match. At the World Cup, she and her team reached the final against China, which the US women won on penalties. She converted the first penalty.

Awards

  • 1999: Election of the All-Star Team of the World Cup tournament
  • 2006: Induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame
  • 2013: Election to the All-Time Women's National Team Best XI

successes

  • World champion in 1991 and 1999
  • 3rd place at the 1995 World Cup
  • Olympic victory in 1996
  • Olympic silver 2000 (without insert)
  • Algarve Cup Winner 2000 (as captain)
  • Victory at the 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship

Records

  • Most consecutive minutes played for the US national team: 3,576 between August 4, 1993 and January 14, 1996

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ussoccer.com: Case of the Missing Caps
  2. ↑ FIFA Hunderterklub (as of January 7, 2011, no further update thereafter)
  3. ↑ ussoccer.com: "FIFA World Stars Defeat US Women's National Team, 2-1, at 1999 Women's World Cup Final Draw"
  4. ↑ US Soccer Announces All-Time Women's National Team Best XI ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ussoccer.com

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personal data
SURNAME Overbeck, Carla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Overbeck, Carla Werden (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasadena