Rachel Van Hollebeke

Rachel Van Hollebeke
Van Hollebeke in Gold Pride Dress (September 2010)
Personnel
Surname	Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke
birthday	August 26, 1985
place of birth	Del Mar , California ,  United States
size	165 cm
position	Defensive ability
Juniors
Years	station
	Torrey Pines High School
	San Diego Surf
2003-2007	Stanford Cardinal
Women
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2006-2008	San Diego WFC SeaLions
2009-2010	FC Gold Pride	39 (2)
2011	Boston Breakers	10 (1)
2013-2015	Portland Thorns FC	45 (0)
2014	→  Iga FC Kunoichi  (loan)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	USA U-16
	USA U-17
2004	USA U-19	30 (3)
2004	USA U-21	17 (?)
2005	USA U-23
2008-2015	United States	113 (5)
1 Only league games are given.

Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke (* 26. August 1985 in Del Mar , California as Rachel Marie Buehler ) is a former American football player . She last played for Portland Thorns FC and for the US national team .

life and career

Van Hollebeke - nickname "the Buehldozer " after her maiden name - began playing soccer at Torrey Pines High School and played for the San Diego Surf for seven years . Both there and at Stanford University , she received several awards and was one of the outstanding defensive players who ended several games without conceding and committed very few fouls . At the start of the WPS in 2009 she played for FC Gold Pride , in 2010 she led her team to the championship as captain. Since the club was dissolved due to financial problems, she moved to the Boston Breakers in 2011 .

Van Hollebeke went through several US youth teams and at the age of 17 was part of the team that became U-19 world champions in 2002 . She scored one goal and was used in all six games, but had to be replaced after 13 minutes in the final because of her first cruciate ligament tear . In 2003 she did not go to work because two weeks after the convalescence of the first she had torn a second cruciate ligament, this time in the other knee. The 2004 CONCACAF U-20 Women's Championship in Canada ended with the US team as runner-up, where they were used in all games and scored two goals. At the U-19 World Cup in Thailand in 2004 she was third and was used again in all six games. In 2005 and as captain in 2007 she won the Nordic Cup with the U-21 , and in 2006 she came second.

Van Hollebeke was invited to the training of the senior national team for the first time in 2007 and made her first senior international match at the age of 22 on March 5, 2008 in a 4-0 win against China in the Algarve Cup , which the USA won. It was for the Olympic Games in Beijing nominated, where it was used in two games and contributed to winning the gold medal.

In 2009 she finally established herself in the national team and was used in all eight games. In 2010 she became co-captain of the national team and was able to win the Algarve Cup again. At the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2010 she scored her first international goal in the first game against Haiti with the 1-0 in the 8th minute. Since the USA missed the direct qualification for the 2011 World Cup due to the defeat in the semi-finals against Mexico, they had to go to the playoffs against the European fifth Italy, in which the USA could qualify for the World Cup. Overall, it was used in 17 of 18 games in 2010, it was only missing in the 9-0 win against Guatemala.

In 2011 it was used in all 10 games before the World Cup. a. in the victories in the four-nation tournament and the Algarve Cup . She is part of the US squad for the 2011 World Cup in Germany . In the first World Cup game against North Korea , she scored the 2-0 final score and thus her second international goal. She was also used in the other two preliminary round matches and reached the quarter-finals with her team. In the quarter-final win against Brazil , Van Hollebeke caused the penalty that led to 1: 1 by Marta and saw the red card for the foul . After Marta took the 2-1 opener for Brazil in the second minute of extra time, Brazil looked like the winner for a long time. But with a last-minute goal from Abby Wambach to equalize 2-2, the USA saved themselves from penalties, which they won 5-3. After serving her suspension, she was back in the starting XI in the final. In the 80th minute she was indirectly involved in the 1: 1 equalization of the Japanese when she shot her teammate Alexandra Krieger in a confusing situation , from whom the ball jumped at the feet of Aya Miyama , who gave Hope Solo no chance in goal. She couldn't prevent Sawa from 2-2, so it came to a penalty shoot-out, which Japan won 3-1.

Van Hollebeke was in the squad for the Olympic football tournament in London and in all six games in the starting line-up. In the final against Japan on August 9, 2012, she won the gold medal for the second time.

From 2013 to 2015 she played in the newly founded National Women's Soccer League , the highest American professional league in women's football, for Portland Thorns FC and joined the Japanese first division club Iga FC Kunoichi in October 2014 on loan until the end of the year .

On March 6, 2013, she made her 100th international match against Iceland in the Algarve Cup and scored the 1-0 opening goal (final score 3-0). On this occasion, she traditionally led the team onto the field as captain.

After the 2015 NWSL season, when she missed the play-offs for the first time with the Portland Thorns, Van Hollebeke ended her career.

Private

Her father, Donald, was a member of the Stanford water polo and wrestling teams. She married her boyfriend Bobby Van Hollebeke in November 2012 and chose her maiden name Buehler as the new middle name . Since 2014 she has been part of the club and national team under her new name.

successes

• U-19 World Champion 2002
• Nordic Cup winner 2005 and 2007
• Algarve Cup winner 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
• Olympic champion 2008 , 2012
• Vice World Champion 2011
• WPS Champion 2009
• NWSL Champion 2013

Awards

• Various (see web links)

Web links

Commons : Rachel Van Hollebeke  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Player profile on the US association website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US Women Defeat Haiti 5-0 to Open CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying in Cancun, Mexico ( Memento of the original from October 29, 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. 
2. ↑ US Women Defeat Guatemala 9-0 to Qualify for Semifinals at CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying in Cancun, Mexico ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2014 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. 
3. ↑ 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup roster. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011 ; accessed on August 26, 2014 (English). 
4. ↑ 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. 
5. ↑ ussoccer.com: US WNT Opens the 2013 Algarve Cup with 3-0 Win Against Iceland ( Memento of the original from February 9, 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. 
6. ↑ Van Hollebeke retiring to begin medical school , equalizersoccer.com (English). Retrieved September 7, 2015.
7. ↑ Thorns FC defender Rachel Van Hollebeke called up to US Women's National Team , timbers.com (English). Retrieved January 24, 2014.