Carin Jennings-Gabarra
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| Full name | Carin Jennings-Gabarra | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | East Orange, New Jersey, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1980–1983 | Palos Verdes High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | University of California, Santa Barbara | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern California Ajax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987–1996 | United States | 117 | (53) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987 | Westmont College | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988– | Harvard (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993– | United States Naval Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra (born January 9, 1965), née Carin Jennings, is an American retired soccer forward. She earned 117 caps with the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 to 1996 and was awarded the Golden Ball Award as the best player at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. In 2000, she was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. She currently coaches women's soccer at the United States Naval Academy.
Early life
While born in East Orange, New Jersey, Jennings-Gabarra grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California where she attended Palos Verdes High School from 1980 to 1983. During her four seasons playing high school soccer, she scored 226 goals and was a four-time High School All-American and a three-time California Most Valuable Player.
University of California, Santa Barbara
After high school, Jennings-Gabarra attended the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where she played on the women's soccer team. During her four seasons at UCSB (1983 to 1986) she scored 102 goals, a national record since broken by Mia Hamm, and assisted on 78 others. She was a second team All American in 1984 and 1985 and a third team All American in 1987. She graduated from UCSB in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. Gabarra was named the school’s Athlete of the Decade and in 1991 the university inducted Gabarra into its Hall of Fame.
In 2000, Soccer America selected Jennings-Gabarra to its College Team of the Century.
Playing career
Club
Jennings-Gabarra played with The Los Angeles Blues (now the Southern California Blues) and later with Southern California Ajax of Manhattan Beach, California. In 1992 and 1993, Ajax won the USASA National Amateur Cup.
In 1993, Los Angeles United of the Continental Indoor Soccer League drafted Jennings.
International
Jennings-Gabarra’s fame rests on her achievements with the United States women's national soccer team. During her ten year career, spanning 1987 to 1996, she earned 117 caps and scored 53 goals.
1991 World Cup
Jennings and defender Joy Biefeld-Fawcett both were members of the Manhattan Beach club women's soccer team Ajax in the late 1980s and early 1990s and routinely played at Columbia Park in Torrance, California.[1] In 1991, Ajax won the U.S. women's amateur championship.[1] During the early 1990s, Jennings-Gabarra was part of the national team’s "Triple-Edged Sword". The term, coined by the Chinese media during the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, included two other prolific scorers, April Heinrichs and Michelle Akers. Of those three players, Akers scored ten goals at the World Cup to claim the Golden Boot, while Jennings-Gabarra added six as the tournament’s second leading scorer. Jennings helped the U.S. national team win the first women's World Cup.[1] She was also selected as the Golden Ball Award winner as the tournament’s top player.
1995 World Cup
In 1995, the Jennings-Gabarra and her team mates came up short in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing to Norway in the semifinals. Gabarra with her team finished third in Sweden 1995, with a 2-0 win over China in the third-place playoff match.
1996 Olympics
In 1996, the U.S. won the first women’s Olympic soccer tournament. Following the tournament, she retired from playing international soccer.
Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments
Carin Jennings-Gabarra competed in Atlanta 1996 Olympics, China 1991 and Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments; played 16 matches and scored 6 goals at those 3 global tournaments. Jennings-Gabarra with her teams won a gold medal at Atlanta, finished first at China 1991 and third at Sweden 1995.
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| Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain |
| Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored; blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
| Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. See Assist (football) page. |
| penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
| Score | The match score after the goal was scored. |
| Result | The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match |
| aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
| pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
| Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
| Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |
Coaching career
Gabarra began coaching following her graduation from UCSB in 1987. That year, Westmont College, located in Santa Barbara, California hired her as its women’s soccer coach. After one season, she moved to Harvard where she was an assistant coach. In 1993, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, hired Gabarra as its women’s soccer coach. At the time the women’s team competed at the club level. She developed it into a competitive Division I NCAA team.
In 2000, Gabarra was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. In 2003, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
Personal life
In 1992, Gabarra married U.S. men’s national team player Jim Gabarra. They have two daughters and one son. Gabarra is a member of the U.S. Soccer Athlete Advisory Council, the U.S. Olympic Committee Athlete Advisory Council and the Maryland Physical Fitness Council.
Honors
World Cup Winner
- 1991
Olympic Gold Medal
- 1996
US National Amateur Cup
- 1992, 1993
California Prep MVP
- 1981, 1982, 1983
High School All American
- 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
NCAA Division I All American
- 1984, 1985, 1986
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
- 1991
US Soccer Athlete of the Year
- 1987, 1992
U.S. Olympic Player of the Year
- 1987, 1992
National Soccer Medal of Honor
- 2001
Hall of Fame
- National Soccer Hall of Fame
- U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
- American Youth Soccer Organization Hall of Fame
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Murashko, Alex (31 January 1993). 's+Soccer+Teams+at+Home+in+South+Bay+Club+sports%3A+Although+fan+interest+remains+low%2C+participation+remains+high.&pqatl=google Sports. "Women's Soccer Teams at Home in South Bay. Club sports: Although fan interest remains low, participation remains high.". Los Angeles Times. p. 20. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
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