Bianca Henninger

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Bianca Henninger
Personal information
Full nameBianca Moreno Henninger
Date of birth (1990-10-22) October 22, 1990
Place of birthLos Gatos, California, United States
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current clubFC Kansas City
Number1
Youth career
2008-2011Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012New York Fury
2013–FC Kansas City2(0)
2013Bayern Munich (loan)0(0)
National team
2010United States U-20
2011-United States U-23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 April 2012

Bianca Moreno Henninger (born October 22, 1990) is an American professional soccer goalkeeper. She is a member of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team and plays professionally for FC Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer League.

Early life

Henninger attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California where she was an NSCAA All-American in 2006 and 2007. She was named a Parade Magazine All-American in 2007 and 2008. Henninger played U-13 to U-18 for the De Anza Strykers, a four-time state cup finalist. She played U-11 through U-13 with the Central Valley Mercury.[1]

Santa Clara University

Henninger attended Santa Clara University. As a freshman in 2008, she played in seven matches for the Broncos, starting three. As a sophomore in 2009, she started 17 of 19 matches and earned six shutouts. She had one assist on a long punt. Henninger suffered a concussion in the first West Coast Conference game of the year and missed four conference games. She earned her first career NCAA Tournament shutout in a 1-0 victory over Michigan State in the first round. During the second round of the NCAA tournament in a match against Oklahoma State, she saved two penalty kicks and scored one in a 6-5 shootout victory.[1][2][3]

Playing career

Club

Philadelphia Independence

Henninger was selected by the Philadelphia Independence in the third round (14th overall) of the 2012 WPS Draft.[4]

New York Fury

After the WPS folded in early 2012, Henninger signed with the New York Fury in the WPSL Elite.[5]

FC Kansas City

On February 7, 2013, Henninger was drafted by FC Kansas City for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League.[6]

Houston Dash

On January 13, 2014, Henninger was traded to the Houston Dash in exchange for the first pick of the third round (19th overall) in the 2014 NWSL College Draft.[7]

International

Henninger was a member of the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup championship squad that was eliminated in the quarterfinals. She played in all four games and allowed only two goals. [8] She also played in all 5 games for the Gold-Medal winning U.S. team in the 2010 Concacaf U20 World Cup qualifying tournament in Guatemala, during which she surrendered 2 goals in 5 games.[9]

Honors and awards

Henninger received the adidas Golden Glove award while representing the United States with the United States U-20 women's national soccer team at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.[10]

Henninger received the US Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year award in 2010.[11] NSCAA/Performance Subaru First-Team All-American in 2010 [12] and Third-Team in 2011.[13] Henninger was WCC 1st team All Conference in 2010 [14] and in 2011 was WCC 1st team All Conference in addition to being the conference Goalkeeper of the Year.[15]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Bianca Henninger". US Soccer. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  2. "Santa Clara's Henninger has no equal". ESPN. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  3. "Bianca Henninger". NCAA. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  4. "Independence takes Hagen, 5 others in WPS draft". Philly.com. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  5. "Henninger Signs with New York Fury of WPSL". Santa Clara University. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  6. "FC Kansas City sign Erika Tymrak and Bianca Henninger". NWSL News. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  7. "Houston Dash acquire goalkeeper Bianca Henninger from FC Kansas City". Houston Dash Communications. Retrieved 14 January 2014. 
  8. "Henninger keeping the opposition at bay". FIFA. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  9. "Women's U20 2010 Statistics". CONCACAF. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 
  10. "Marta, Popp and Leroux pave the way". FIFA. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  11. "Donovan, Wambach, Agbossoumonde and Henninger Voted 2010 U.S. Soccer Athletes of the Year". US Soccer. Retrieved 13 April 2013. 
  12. "Henninger Named NSCAA/Performance Subaru First-Team All-American". West Coast Conference. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 
  13. "Five WCC players named All-Americans by NSCAA". West Coast Conference. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 
  14. "WCC Women's Soccer All-Conference Team Announced". West Coast Conference. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 
  15. "WCC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams Announced". West Coast Conference. Retrieved 25 June 2013. 

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