.jpg) Yanez withRacing Louisville FC in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Beverly Goebel Yanez | ||
| Birth name | Beverly June Goebel[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-07-19)July 19, 1988 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Moreno Valley, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Racing Louisville (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Freedom United | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006 | Sacramento State Hornets | ||
| 2007–2009 | Miami Hurricanes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010 | Washington Freedom | 16 | (1) |
| 2011 | Western New York Flash | 15 | (1) |
| 2011 | PK-35 | 6 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | INAC Kobe Leonessa | 24 | (19) |
| 2014 | →Seattle Reign (loan) | 24 | (5) |
| 2015–2019 | Reign FC | 99 | (20) |
| 2016–2017 | →Melbourne City (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| Total | 195 | (49) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2022 | NJ/NY Gotham (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Racing Louisville (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Racing Louisville | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Beverly Goebel Yanez (bornBeverly June Goebel; July 19, 1988) is an Americansoccer coach and former professional player. She is the head coach ofRacing Louisville FC in theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Yanez played as aforward forReign FC in the NWSL,Melbourne City in the AustralianW-League,INAC Kobe Leonessa in the JapaneseNadeshiko.League, andPK-35 in Finland'sNaisten Liiga, as well as theWestern New York Flash and theWashington Freedom in theWomen's Professional Soccer (WPS) league.
Yanez was the top scorer in Japan's Nadeshiko league in 2013, earning the Golden Boot award, and was a top scorer for the Seattle Reign of the NWSL during the 2014 and 2015 seasons. She was named to Best XI teams in both top-division leagues. On February 10, 2020, Yanez announced her retirement from professional soccer.[2]
Raised inMoreno Valley, California, Yanez attendedMoreno Valley High School, where she helped lead the girls' soccer team to win the Coast Soccer League and was named the League'sMVP and offensive MVP.[3] She played for club team Freedom United for two years, helping the team to the 2004 Nike Harvest Cup and Coast Soccer League championships.[4]
In 2006, Yanez attendedSacramento State University. As a freshman, she finished fourth on the team in scoring with two goals and six assists and received an All-Big Sky Honorable Mention. Her six assists ranked second on the team and third in theBig Sky Conference. Yanez recorded a team-high 66 shots and ranked third in theBig Sky Conference with 3.19 shots per game.[4]
Yanez transferred after her freshman year to theUniversity of Miami for the remainder of her collegiate career. During her sophomore year, she played in all 21 matches, starting 20 and finishing the season third in scoring with four goals and four assists.[4] She served an assist in three straight matches againstAlabama A&M University,Samford University, andLouisiana State University. She ranked third on the team in both shots (38) and shots on goal (19).[4] As a junior she played in 13 matches, starting 12, and finished the season with three assists.[4] As a senior, Yanez captained the team and finished her career at Miami having started 51 of 53 games.[4]
Yanez was selected by theWashington Freedom in the third round of the2010 WPS Draft.[5][6] She started in nine of 16 games for the Freedom in 2010 and scored her first professional goal, against theChicago Red Stars, on Sep. 5.
In November 2010, Yanez was drafted by the expansion teamWestern New York Flash in the second round (27th overall) of the2010 WPS Expansion Draft.[7] She started three times in 14 total games during the2011 WPS season, scoring one goal and providing one assist.[8] The Flash won the2011 WPS Championship after defeating thePhiladelphia Independence in penalty kicks.[9]
In 2011, Yanez signed with Finnish team,Pallokerho-35. She started in all six games in which she played for a total of 540 minutes and tallied one goal. The team won theFinnish Women's Cup after a 2–0 win overIlves.[8][10]
In early January 2012, Yanez signed withSky Blue FC; however, later that month the WPS suspended operations before the season began.[11][12]
Yanez went with Sky Blue FC (now without a league) on a tour ofNadeshiko League teams in Japan. They played a friendly againstINAC Kobe Leonessa, who were sufficiently impressed with her to offer her a contract in April 2012.[13][14][15] During her first season with the team, Yanez played as a center-forward (previously she had played almost entirely in midfield) and scored 13 goals, including two goals at the2012 International Women's Club Championship where INAC finished second.[15][16][17] INAC won the league championship and theEmpress's Cup the same year.
As the league's top scorer in 2013, Yanez earned the league's Golden Boot award and was named to the Best XI after helping the team win the league championship for the second consecutive season.[18] Yanez became the first foreign top scorer in the league since the 1990s.[13] In December 2013, she helped the team win theMobcast Cup, the unofficial women's club world championship tournament, after scoring a penalty kick to help INAC defeatChelsea LFC 4–2.[19][20] Her two goals at the tournament tied withFrancisca Lara,Emi Nakajima, andRenee Rollason as the top scorer at the tournament.
In December 2013, Yanez signed withSeattle Reign FC on loan from INAC Kobe Leonessa for thesecond season of theNational Women's Soccer League. Of the signing, Reign FC head coachLaura Harvey said, "We immediately knew that Bev would be a massive addition to our club, so we made it a priority to find a way to bring her to Seattle for the 2014 season."[21][22]
During the2014 season, Yanez helped the Reign set a league record unbeaten streak of 16 games during the first part of the season, going 13–0–3 (W-L-D).[23] The Reign finished first in the regular season, clinching theNWSL Shield for the first time.[24] After defeating theWashington Spirit 2–1 in the playoff semi-finals, the Reign were defeated 2–1 byFC Kansas City during the championship final.[25] Yanez was the only Reign player to appear in all 24 regular season games and both playoff games, scoring 5 goals along the way.[26]
After returning to INAC and playing for the rest of the 2014 Nadeshiko League season, Yanez signed for the Reign permanently ahead of the2015 season. That year, Yanez was the second-highest scorer on the team, her 9 goals followingKim Little with 10.[27] The Reign finished the regular season in first place, clinching theNWSL Shield for the second consecutive time.[28] After advancing to theplayoffs, Seattle faced fourth-place teamWashington Spirit. Yanez scored the game-opening goal in the 71st minute after subbing in following a hip strain injury that had kept her from the pitch for a few games. After defeating the Spirit 3–0, the Reign advanced to the championship final.[29] Seattle was ultimately defeated 1–0 byFC Kansas City during the championship final in Portland.[30] Yanez, along with teammatesLauren Barnes,Kim Little, andJess Fishlock, were named to the NWSL Best XI team.[31][32]
On February 10, 2020, Yanez announced her retirement from professional soccer.[2]
On November 14, 2016,Reign FC announced that Yanez would be loaned to Australian clubMelbourne City for the NWSL off-season.[33]
Yanez served as an assistant coach forNJ/NY Gotham FC from 2021 to 2022.[34] In November 2022,Racing Louisville FC named her as an assistant coach for the2023 NWSL season.[35]
Yanez was appointed asRacing Louisville's head coach in November 2023.[36] In the 2025 season, she guided the team to its first playoff appearance.[37] Yanez was named theNWSL Coach of the Year for the 2025 season.[38]
Yanez is married to formerColumbus Crew midfielder Othaniel Yáñez.[13] On December 5, 2020, Yanez gave birth to their first daughter, Noemi-Rae.[39] Their second daughter, Cali June, was born on November 8, 2023.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals110 | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Washington Freedom | 2010 | 16 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 1 |
| Western New York Flash | 2011 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Pallokerho-35 | 2011 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 |
| INAC Kobe Leonessa | 2012 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 13 |
| 2013 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 22 | |
| INAC Total | 24 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 46 | 35 | |
| Reign FC | 2014 | 24 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 |
| 2015 | 17 | 9 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | |
| SRFC Total | 41 | 14 | - | - | 4 | 0 | 45 | 15 | |
| Career total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Pallokerho-35
Western New York Flash
INAC Kobe Leonessa
Seattle Reign FC
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