Cat Whitehill

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Cat Whitehill
Cat Whitehill 2013 (cropped) .jpg
Whitehill in the Shirt of the Breakers (2013)
Personnel
Surname Catherine Anne Reddick Whitehill
birthday February 10, 1982
place of birth Richmond , ( Virginia ),  USA
size 170 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
Alabama Attack
1996-2000 Briarwood Christian School
2000-2003 University of North Carolina
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005 New Jersey Wildcats 9 0(3)
2009-2010 Washington Freedom 42 0(4)
2011 Atlanta beat 17 0(0)
2012 Boston Breakers 14 0(0)
2013-2015 Boston Breakers 47 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1998 USA U-16
1998-2000 USA U-18
2000-2003 USA U-21
2000-2010 United States 135 (11)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2013 Boston Breakers (player-coach, interim)
2014-2015 Boston Breakers (Assistant Trainer)
2016 Boston Breakers (Assistant Trainer)
1 Only league games are given.

Catherine Anne Reddick Whitehill (born Catherine Anne Reddick on February 10, 1982 in Richmond , Virginia ) is a former American football player . She played for ten years in the US national team .

life and career

In her youth she played 10 years for the Alabama Attack, with which she won five state titles and twice reached the regional semifinals. During her time at the University of North Carolina, she received several awards and made her way through the US youth teams. She quickly became one of the leading players there and won the gold medal at the Pan American Games with the U-18 team in 1999, scoring the winning goal in the final against Mexico with a long-range shot. In 2000, 2001 (as captain), 2002 and 2003 she was one of the victorious U-21 teams that won the Nordic Cup , although in 2002 she was only not used in the first game because she played with the senior national team that day .

She made her first of 135 international matches on July 20, 2000 in a 4-1 win over Italy . The first international goal was the 3: 1 on March 17, 2001 in the 3: 4 against Olympic champion Norway in the game for 5th place at the Algarve Cup . In 2002 she won the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup with the US team and thus qualified for the 2003 World Cup. There she was substituted on for the injured Brandi Chastain in the first game . In the game against North Korea, she was the first defender of the US team to score two goals in a World Cup game and in the quarter-finals against Norway, she provided the 1-0 winner by Abby Wambach . After losing to Germany in the semifinals, she and her team won the bronze medal against Canada. Due to a foot injury sustained during training, she was unable to take part in the four-nation tournament in 2004 , but was fit again for the 2004 Algarve Cup, which the US team won. She was part of the roster for the Olympic Games and was used in five games, where she was substituted on twice, u. a. in the final against Brazil .

In 2005 she was part of the winning US team at the Algarve Cup . Due to her honeymoon , she could not take part in the four-nation tournament in 2006 , but at the Algarve Cup 2006 she was again part of the team that lost the final on penalties against Germany. On July 15, she scored a goal against Sweden with a 70 yard free kick that is unofficially counted as the longest distance goal.

In 2007 she played as one of two players in all 24 international matches, u. a. in all games when winning the Algarve Cup and at the 2007 World Cup . In the first game of the four nations tournament in 2007 against Germany, she played her 100th international match . In 2007 she got the most assists of all US defenders.

In 2008, she came only in six games for use because they are on June 10, a torn ACL drew upon, which makes them not to even Olympic Games in Beijing could participate. It was not until July 19, 2009 that it was used again in the game against Canada. But this was her only international match in 2009. In 2010 she was used four times, but was not in the squad for the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup . Her last international match so far was on March 31 in the US women's team's first game on snow. She was also not considered for the World Cup in Germany, but was part of the ESPN commentator team .

On May 28, 2015, Whitehill announced her immediate retirement.

Private

On December 31, 2005, she married Robert Whitehill.

successes

Awards

  • 2003: US Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year
  • 2005: W-League defender of the year

Web links

Commons : Cat Whitehill  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

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