Nicole Barnhart

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Nicole Barnhart

Full name	Nicole Renee Barnhart
Date of birth	October 10, 1981 (1981-10-10) (age 26)
Place of birth	United States
Height	5-10
Playing position	Keeper
National team²
2004-	United States	6
² National team caps and goals correct as of March 13, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Nicole Renee Barnhart (born October 10, 1981, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer goalkeeper and member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Barnhart grew up in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania and played college soccer for Stanford University. She was named an all-Pacific-10 Conference player in 2002, 2003, and 2004, and holds the Stanford women's record for lowest career goals-against average (0.41). She is currently a volunteer assistant coach at Stanford.

Barnhart has appeared in six matches for the senior U.S. women's team — two games in goal in 2005, one game in goal in 2007, two games in goal in 2008, and her debut, a four-minute appearance at forward against Mexico on October 16, 2004.^[1] All five of her starts in goal have been shutouts.^[2] As the third U.S. goalkeeper at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, she was expected to see action only in the event of injuries to Hope Solo and Briana Scurry.

v • d • e United States squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place

1 Scurry • 2 Dalmy • 3 Rampone • 4 Whitehill • 5 Tarpley • 6 Kai • 7 Boxx • 8 Ellertson • 9 O'Reilly • 10 Wagner • 11 Lloyd • 12 Osborne • 13 Lilly (c.) • 14 Lopez • 15 Markgraf • 16 Hucles • 17 Chalupny • 18 Solo • 19 Jobson • 20 Wambach • 21 Barnhart • Coach: Ryan