.jpg) Overbeck in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carla Werden Overbeck | ||
| Birth name | Carla Werden[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-05-09)May 9, 1968 (age 56)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Pasadena, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | Raleigh Wings[3] | 5 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Carolina Courage | 45 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1988–2000 | United States | 170 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1992– | Duke Blue Devils (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carla Werden Overbeck (née Werden; born May 9, 1968) is an American formersoccer player who is currently an assistant coach for theDuke Blue Devils women's soccer team. Captain of theUnited States national team from 1993 to 2000, she helped lead the team to twoFIFA Women's World Cups and anOlympic gold medal. She played collegiately for theNorth Carolina Tar Heels. She has been an assistant coach for Duke since 1992, overseeing its defensive unit principally. She was inducted into theNational Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006.
Overbeck began playing soccer at the age of 11, playing for club soccer team the Dallas Sting. With the Sting, she won two national championships.[4][5]
Overbeck played college soccer at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1986 to 1989, where she won theNCAA Women's Soccer Championship each of her four seasons. She was an NSCAA All-America selection three times. During her time as a central defender with theTar Heels, the team tallied a 95-match unbeaten streak (89–0–6).[4][6]
Overbeck was a four-time member of the NCAA All-Tournament Team and a two-time All-ACC selection. In addition, she was a member of the 1986 Soccer America All-America Freshman Team and was the Most Valuable Defensive Player of the 1988 NCAA Tournament.[7]
On May 6, 2006, Overbeck was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame and was a 2010 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
Overbeck played for theRaleigh Wings of theW-League in 1998 and helped the team finish with a 14–0 record and clinch the league's championship title.[8][9]
From 2001 to 2003, Overbeck played for theCarolina Courage in theWUSA, the first professional soccer league for women in the United States. She was also on the WUSA Board of Governors.[10] In August 2002, her overtime goal in the semifinal match helped lift the Courage to the WUSA Founders Cup II, the league's championship game against theWashington Freedom, led byMia Hamm andAbby Wambach.[11] The Courage defeated the Freedom 3–2 to clinch the championship title on August 24, 2002.[12]
Overbeck first appeared with the U.S. national team on June 1, 1988, and was a member of the U.S. team that won the first-everFIFA Women's World Cup in 1991. Playing central defender, she led a defense that allowed five goals in six matches. She became captain of the team in 1993.[4]
She was one of two players to play every minute of each of the team's games at the1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 1996Summer Olympics, and the 1999 Women's World Cup. In 1998, she captained the national team to win the first-ever Goodwill Games.[4]
Overbeck retired from international competition following the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing her career with 168caps.
Overbeck has been an assistant coach forDuke University's women's soccer team since 1992.[6]
Overbeck appeared with her national team teammates on the cover ofSports Illustrated's December 20, 1999 issue.[13] She was featured in the filmDare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team in 2007.[14]
Overbeck was featured in the ESPN seriesNine for IX in "The 99ers" episode.[15]
Born inPasadena, California, Overbeck grew up inRichardson, Texas, a suburb ofDallas, where she attendedRichardson High School.[4] She graduated from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree inpsychology in 1990. In late 1999, Overbeck was diagnosed withGraves' disease.[16] In December 2009, she became an official spokesperson for Instaflex.[17] She and her husband, Greg Overbeck, have one son, Jackson, and a daughter, Carson Elizabeth.[7]
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