Meredith Beard
American former professional soccer player
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Teaching soccer to an Afghan girl in June 2004
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Full name | Meredith Grace Beard | ||
Birth name | Meredith Grace Florance [1] | ||
Date of birth | ( 1979-05-10 ) May 10, 1979 (age 44) | ||
Place of birth | Dallas , United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1996 | Dallas Sting | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls ) |
1997–2000 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls ) |
2001 | Carolina Courage | 20 | (2) |
2002–2003 | Washington Freedom | 19 | (1) |
International career | |||
1999–2001 | United States | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Meredith Grace Beard ( née Florance ; born May 10, 1979) is an American former professional soccer player. A forward , she represented the Carolina Courage and the Washington Freedom of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). She won three caps for the United States national team .
College career
As a senior at North Carolina , she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top soccer player. [2] [3]
Club career
Beard was the Carolina Courage 's second draft pick ahead of the inaugural 2001 season of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). [4] Ahead of the 2002 season she joined the Washington Freedom as a free agent . She was mainly a substitute at the Freedom, as coach Jim Gabarra preferred to field celebrated forwards Mia Hamm and Abby Wambach .
In 2003, Beard's Freedom team won the Founders Cup , but she did not play in the post-season fixtures. When WUSA subsequently folded, she began working for a kitchen and bathroom showroom. [5]
International career
In February 1999, Beard won her first cap for the United States national team . She played the second half of a 3–1 behind closed doors win over Finland in Orlando . [6] She played two more matches for the national team in January 2001, both against China . [7]
Personal life
In February 2002 she married Ryan Beard. [8]
References
- ↑ "Meredith Florance" . North Carolina Tar Heels . Retrieved February 8, 2023 .
- ↑ "Meredith Florance Wins Honda Soccer Award" . University of North Carolina Athletics . Retrieved March 21, 2020 .
- ↑ "Soccer" . CWSA . Retrieved March 29, 2020 .
- ↑ "Rating the eight WUSA teams" (PDF) . Soccer America . December 25, 2000. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2016 . Retrieved April 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Steinberg, Dan (June 13, 2004). "Coping with the loss of Freedom" . The Washington Post . Retrieved April 30, 2016 .
- ↑ "American kids defeat Finland 3-1" . Soccer Times. February 24, 1999. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017 . Retrieved April 30, 2016 .
- ↑ "Forward: Meredith Florance" . Soccer Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017 . Retrieved April 30, 2016 .
- ↑ "USA arrives in Panyu, China after long day of travel" . United States Soccer Federation . January 9, 2001 . Retrieved April 30, 2016 .
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