Heather Mitts
| Heather Mitts | ||
|
||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Heather Blaine Mitts Feeley | |
| birthday | June 9, 1978 | |
| place of birth | Cincinnati , Ohio , USA | |
| size | 165 cm | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1996-1999 | University of Florida | |
| Women | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2000 | Tampa Bay Extreme | |
| 2001-2003 | Philadelphia Charge | 51 (0) |
| 2005 | Central Florida Krush | 4 (0) |
| 2009 | Boston Breakers | 19 (0) |
| 2010 | Philadelphia Independence | 17 (0) |
| 2011 | Atlanta beat | 8 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1999-2000 | USA U-21 | |
| 1999-2012 | United States | 137 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Heather Blaine Mitts Feeley (* 9. June 1978 as Heather Blaine Mitts in Cincinnati , Ohio ) is a former American football player .
life and career
During her high school years she played for the St. Ursula Academy team . On a sports scholarship, she studied at the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida and played for the Florida Gators soccer team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 1996 to 1999 . As part of the chain of defense, she helped the Gators win the first NCAA Women's Soccer Championship in 1998 . After graduating from college in 2000, she played for Tampa Bay Extreme in the W-League while waiting for the new Women's United Soccer Association league. After the start of the WUSA, she was drafted for the Philadelphia Charge and played 51 times for Philadelphia by the end of the WUSA. In 2005 Mitts moved to Central Florida Krush in the W-League, for which she only played four times. With the start of the new Women's Professional Soccer season in 2009, she moved to the Boston Breakers . In October 2009 she switched to the Philadelphia Independence , for which she played in the 2010 season and reached the playoff final against FC Gold Pride . For the 2011 season she moved to Atlanta Beat .
In 1999 she won the Nordic Cup with the U-21 . She made her first of 137 international matches on February 24, 1999 in a 3-1 win against Finland . It remained the only international match for two years and in the following three years she only came to one (2001 and 2002) or two (2003) short appearances. She only became a regular player in 2004 and was used in 28 games. Your first international goal was the decisive 1-0 on July 3, 2004 against Canada . Her second and last international goal was also decisive in the game: In stoppage time she scored the 4: 3 against Iceland on September 25, 2004 .
In 2004 she was part of the winning US team at the Algarve Cup and also part of the roster for the Olympic Games , which won gold for the US for the second time in Athens. In 2005 she won the Algarve Cup with the US team and made eight appearances in nine international matches.
The year 2007 began for her when she won the Algarve Cup again. A cruciate ligament tear in May in the game against Canada prevented her first participation in the World Cup, so she was only used again in April 2008 and played all international matches until the end of 2009.
In 2008 she was able to win gold again with the US team at the Olympic Games in Beijing .
On March 11, 2009, she played her 100th international match in the final of the Algarve Cup against Sweden (1-1 n.V. 3: 4 p. E.).
In 2010 she was used in 10 games despite a few minor injuries. a. at the Algarve Cup and at the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 , where the US team surprisingly only finished third and missed direct qualification for the 2011 World Cup , as well as the play-off games against Italy that were necessary as a result .
In 2011 she was not part of the squad that won the Algarve Cup, but was nominated for the 2011 World Cup in Germany . As the only field player of the US team and the only World Cup participant with more than 100 international matches , she was not used. On September 22, 2011, she was used again in the friendly against Canada.
In 2012 she was in the squad for the Olympic football tournament in London , but was only used in the game against Colombia. Her last and 137th appearance for the national team was on December 15, 2012 in a 4-1 win against China in Boca Raton .
For the 2013 season she received a contract for the Boston Breakers in the newly founded National Women's Soccer League , the highest American professional league in women's football . On March 13th, before the start of the season, she announced her retirement from active sports.
Private
In June 2002, she was featured on the cover of Philadelphia Magazine as one of the Sexiest Singles of the City. In 2004 she was the first soccer player to publish a 5-page photo series in the FHM . In 2005 she appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue with her fiancé AJ Feeley , quarterback for the St. Louis Rams , whom she married on February 13, 2010.
She has been a member of the Philadelphia Union TV commentator and presenter team since March 2013 . Before that, she worked as a presenter and commentator for the broadcasters ABC / ESPN / ESPN2, for which she reported on the 2003 Women's World Cup . In 2005 she was a field reporter in Major League Soccer and College Football on ESPN.
Once a year Mitts holds a soccer training camp for children and teenagers in the USA.
successes
- NCAA winner 1998
- Nordic Cup winner 1999
- Olympic champion 2004, 2008, 2012
- Algarve Cup winner 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010
Awards
- Sexiest Player in WUSA on Playboy.com 2001
- ESPN.com's “Sexiest Female Athlete” 2004
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sweden Edges US Women on Penalties in Algarve Final ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2012 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.
- ↑ 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup roster. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011 ; accessed on August 26, 2014 (English).
- ↑ US Women Defeat Canada 3-0 Behind Two Goals from Abby Wambach ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2013 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.
- ↑ ussoccer.com: NWSL Announces Allocation of 55 National Team Players to Eight Clubs ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ussoccer.com: US Women's National Team Defender Heather Mitts Retires ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2013 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.
- ↑ Heather Mitts retires after 28 year soccer career | NWSL News ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2013 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.
- ↑ Heather Mitts retires from soccer, will join Philadelphia Union's TV broadcast team
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mitts, Heather |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mitts Feeley, Heather Blaine (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American national soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati , Ohio , USA |