Heather Seybert

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Heather Seybert
Personnel
Surname Heather Ann Seybert
birthday July 22, 1996
place of birth Santa Cruz , CaliforniaUnited States
position Midfielder
Juniors
Years station
Woodside High School
Juventus SC
2014-2017 Saint Mary's Gaels
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2018 San Francisco Nighthawks 3 (0)
2018 SK Sturm Graz 5 (2)
2019– San Ramon FC 2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 22, 2019

Heather Ann Seybert (born July 22, 1996 in Santa Cruz , California ) is an American football player in the position of midfielder . Since 2019 she has been playing for the women's team of the training club San Ramon FC with games in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL).

Career

High school and college

Heather Seybert was born on July 22, 1996 to Donna and John Seybert in Santa Cruz, California, and spent the first few months of her life in the Santa Cruz Mountains , before the family moved further north on San Francisco Bay in 1997 Area in Redwood City . There she grew up with her two sisters Jessi and Megan and attended, among other things, the local Woodside High School , where she belonged to the school's own women's soccer team. As a player on this team, she was brought into the Peninsula Athletic League All-League selection during her time there and contributed over twelve goals and as many assists over the course of her career there .

In addition, she also appeared for various youth training associations in the region. In her last four club seasons at Juventus SC , she was much more offensive and with 34 goals and 15 assists she was also extremely dangerous. In addition, she was also considered a very successful student and graduated from Woodside High School in the top ten percent of her year. After her high school career, she joined Saint Mary's College of California on the other side of San Francisco Bay and represented it on the women's football team at Saint Mary's Gaels , the university 's own sports department.

In her freshman year 2014, Seybert made appearances in all 20 games of the Gaels, of which she started in 16 games from the start. Already in her first official appearance, a 2-0 win over Albany , she contributed a goal. Over the course of the first year, she also made two assists and a total of eleven shots. As a sophomore , Seybert had finally arrived as a regular player, started in all 20 championship games from the start and at the end of the 2015 game year had a record of two assists and eight shots, including four shots on goal . With 1877 minutes she was the most frequently used field player on her team that year and was also honored at the end of the year at the West Coast Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll with Silver Honors ( GPA from 3.50 to 3.74).

In her third year at college, the junior year, the midfielder started in 19 games and was again one of the Gaels field players with the most minutes played. In addition to one hit, she had eight shots this year. In her final senior year in 2017, she was one of the most frequently used football players in the Gaels and as such one of only three players who were on the pitch in all 19 games from the start of the game. In her senior year, Seybert was honored several times and received, among other things, an All- WCC Honorable Mention and a WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention . Together with a teammate, she is leading her team in assists this year with two successful assists. She also got eleven shots that year. With 78 championship appearances in the course of her college career, she is now (as of 2018) among the ten most frequently used players in the history of Saint Mary's College of California.

Start into adult football

After graduating from college in the spring of 2018, Seybert made brief appearances for the San Francisco Nighthawks , who played in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL). After her debut on June 8, 2018 in a 3-0 win over San Ramon FC , she appeared on June 10 in a 2-3 loss against Fresno FC Ladies and on June 22nd in a 4-2 Success through the Marin FC Alliance before she switched to another country. On June 29, 2018, SK Sturm Graz announced the commitment of the then 21-year-old American for its women's football department and announced that she wanted to play mainly in the central, but also in the offensive and defensive midfield.

Already in the preparation for the season Seybert stood out in July 2018 with her offensive strength and then made her competitive debut on August 12, 2018 in a 2-0 win over Carinthians Spittal in the ÖFB Ladies Cup 2018/19 when she played 90 minutes and hit the crossbar once during the game. Their league debut took place a week later in a narrow 1: 2 home defeat against the women from SKN St. Pölten . Up until her last game on September 23, 2018, Seybert had played in five league games and scored two goals. Because she was homesick , she returned to her home country in autumn and left Graz after the contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

Return to the Homeland

After her return home, she joined the women's team of the training club San Ramon FC, which played in the Women's Premier Soccer League. There she has appeared in the same conference ( PacNorth Conference ) since the game year 2019 , in which she last played with the San Francisco Nighthawks. She made her competitive debut on June 2, 2019 in a 3-3 draw against MVLA Wolves , before playing her second league game on June 21, 2019 in a 3-2 defeat by the San Francisco Nighthawks, and also contributed a goal assist .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Proof of their activity at Juventus SC
  2. ^ Official homepage of John Seybert (English), accessed on October 16, 2018
  3. THE STORM-LADIES ARMATE , accessed on October 16, 2018
  4. WSOC | Seybert Signs to Play Pro in Austria (English), accessed on October 16, 2018
  5. WOMEN START WITH AN OUTSIDE VICTORY (English), accessed on October 16, 2018
  6. DEFEAT, BUT STORM-LADEN BRILLIATED (English), accessed on October 16, 2018
  7. LADIES HAVE A GREAT BALANCE SHEET , accessed on June 22, 2019