Rachel Van Hollebeke

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Rachel with the Gold Pride in September 2010

Personal information

Full name

Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke

Date of birth

August 26, 1985

Place of birth

Del Mar, California, United States

Height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Playing position

Defender

Club information

Current club

Portland Thorns FC

Number

Youth career

2003–2007

Stanford Cardinal

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

2006–2008

San Diego WFC SeaLions

2009–2010

FC Gold Pride

(2)

2011

Boston Breakers

(1)

2012

Atlanta Beat

2013–

Portland Thorns FC

(0)

National team^‡

United States U-19

(3)

United States U-21

United States U-23

2008–

United States

108

(5)

Honours

Women's football
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Team competition
Gold	2012 London	Team competition
FIFA Women's World Cup
Silver	2011 Germany	Team competition

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 16, 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 10, 2013

Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke (born August 26, 1985), née Rachel Marie Buehler, is an American soccer defender currently playing for the Portland Thorns FC and the United States women's national soccer team.

Early life

Stanford University

Van Hollebeke attended Stanford University, where she was named by the NCAA Honors Committee as a recipient of the NCAA Top VIII Award, and completed her senior year in 2007, majoring in human biology/pre-medicine. A three-year captain for the Cardinal, Van Hollebeke was an All-Pac-10 Conference First-Team selection, an NSCAA First-Team All-American Scholar Athlete, and was chosen as the ESPN Academic All-American of the Year.^[1] As a redshirt junior in 2006, she was one of two players in the conference to be selected in the All-Pac-10 First Team and the Pac-10 All-Academic First Team.^[1]

Playing career

Club

On September 16, 2008, Van Hollebeke was one of three members of the 2008 Beijing gold medal team allocated to the brand new Santa Clara, California, club FC Gold Pride, along with Nicole Barnhart and Leslie Osborne. FC Gold Pride, coached by former San Jose Clash midfielder Albertin Montoya, was the seventh and final club named in 2008 to compete in the first season of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) the following year.

Portland Thorns FC

On January 11, 2013 Van Hollebeke was one of three members from the United States women's national team that was allocated to the new NWSL club Portland Thorns FC, along with Alex Morgan and Tobin Heath.^[2]

International

Van Hollebeke has played on several U.S. national youth teams, including U-16 and U-17, and was a member of the first place 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada and the third place team at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand. She joined the national team training camp in July 2006 and debuted for the full team in March 2008 at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. Van Hollebeke was named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic women's soccer team on June 23, 2008. She appeared in two matches, chipping in with one assist.^[3] She was also chosen for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad and scored on the USA's opening game against North Korea. Van Hollebeke was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Van Hollebeke appeared in all six matches and played all but 35 minutes of the United States gold medal campaign.

On March 6, 2013 in the opening game of the Algarve Cup, Van Hollebeke became only the 29th female to play 100 times for the United States. Van Hollebeke'S very first appearance with the national team was in 2008 at the very same tournament. During her 100th cap against Iceland, Van Hollebeke scored a goal, making her only the 4th U.S women next to Tiffeny Milbrett, Shannon MacMillan, and Abby Wambach to score in their 100th appearance.

Career statistics

Club

Team	Season	League	Domestic league					Domestic playoffs					Total
Team	Season	League	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists
FC Gold Pride	2009	WPS	19	11	1088	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	19	11	1088	1	1
Portland Thorns FC	2013	NWSL	7	7	630	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	7	630	–	–
Career total		–	26	18	1718	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	26	18	1718	1	1

International

Nation	Year	International appearances
Nation	Year	Apps	Starts	Minutes	Goals	Assists
United States	2008	23	8	1217	0	1
	2009	7	4	457	0	0
	2010	17	17	1474	1	1
	2011	19	18	1608	1	0
	2012	31	26	2433	1	4
	2013	4	4	360	1	0
Career total	6	102	77	7549	4	6

(*Correct as of March 6, 2013 (2013-03-06))

International goals

Rachel Van Hollebeke scored 5 goals in international competition; one each in World Cup final tournament, Olympic qualification, World Cup qualification, the Algarve Cup, and a friendly match.

	Key
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.
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
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Assist/pass	Score	Result	Competition
1	2010-10-28^{[m 1]}	MEX Cancun	Haiti	Start	8	Carli Lloyd	5150.01005 1-0	5550.05005 5-0	2010 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying – group stage
2	2011-06-28^{[m 2]}	GER Dresden	Korea DPR	Start	76	Carli Lloyd	5250.02005 2-0	5250.02005 2-0	2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup – group stage
3	2012-01-20^{[m 3]}	CAN Vancouver	Dominican	Start	7	Abby Wambach	5350.03005 3-0	6450.64005 14-0	2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying – group stage
4	2013-03-06^{[m 4]}	POR Albufeira	Iceland	Start; (c)	48	Lauren Cheney	5150.01005 1-0	5350.03005 3-0	2013 Algarve Cup
5	2013-09-03^{[m 5]}	USA Washington DC	Mexico	39. on 52' (off Rampone)	55	unassisted	5650.06005 6-0	5750.07005 7-0	Friendly
Match Reports ↑ "U.S. Women Defeat Haiti 5–0 to Open CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying in Cancun, Mexico". U.S.Soccer. ↑ "U.S. Opens 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup with 2–0 Victory Against Korea DPR". U.S.Soccer. ↑ "U.S. Women’s National Team Opens 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Women’s Qualifying With Record Performance in 14–0 Rout of Dominican Republic". U.S.Soccer. ↑ "Rachel Buehler Scores in Her 100th Career Cap as USA Defeats Iceland 3–0 to Open 2013 Algarve Cup in Portugal". U.S.Soccer. ↑ "U.S. WNT Takes down Mexico 7–0 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.". U.S.Soccer.

Personal life

Rachel married Bobby Van Hollebeke on November 17, 2012 at Balboa Park in San Diego. She announced that she would be using her husband's last name professionally from 2014 on.^[1]

Van Hollebeke's tough playing style earned her the well known nickname "The Buehldozer".

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Biographies: Rachel Van Hollebeke". US Soccer. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
↑ "NWSL announces allocation of 55 National Team Players to Eight Clubs". US Soccer. January 11, 2013.
↑ "2008 US Women's Olympic Soccer Team". US Soccer. Retrieved June 23, 2008.

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Rachel Van Hollebeke – FIFA competition record
US Soccer player profile
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v t e United States women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists

1 Solo 2 Mitts 3 Rampone 4 Buehler 5 Tarpley 6 Kai 7 Boxx 8 Rodriguez 9 O'Reilly 10 Wagner 11 Lloyd 12 Cheney 13 Heath 14 Cox 15 Markgraf 16 Hucles 17 Chalupny 18 Barnhart Coach: Sundhage

v t e United States squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Runners-up

1 Solo 2 Mitts 3 Rampone (c.) 4 Sauerbrunn 5 O'Hara 6 LePeilbet 7 Boxx 8 Rodriguez 9 O'Reilly 10 Lloyd 11 Krieger 12 Cheney 13 Morgan 14 Cox 15 Rapinoe 16 Lindsey 17 Heath 18 Barnhart 19 Buehler 20 Wambach 21 Loyden Coach: Sundhage

v t e United States women's football squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – Gold Medalists

1 Solo 2 Mitts 3 Rampone (c) 4 Sauerbrunn 5 O'Hara 6 LePeilbet 7 Boxx 8 Rodriguez 9 O'Reilly 10 Lloyd 11 Leroux 12 Cheney 13 Morgan 14 Wambach 15 Rapinoe 16 Buehler 17 Heath 18 Barnhart Coach: Sundhage

v t e Portland Thorns FC – current squad

1 Angerer 4 O'Neil 5 Williamson 6 Shim 7 Marshall 8 Kerr 10 Long 12 Sinclair 13 Morgan 15 Ramirez 16 Buehler 17 Heath 18 Shufelt 19 Weimer 20 Wetzel 23 Gay 24 Ellertson — Acevedo — Betos — Brooks — Farrelly — McDonald — Menges — Moros — Sullivan Manager: Riley

v t e Portland Thorns FC

Founded 2012 Based in Portland, Oregon

The Club	History Colors and badge Supporters Roster

Stadium	Providence Park

Rivalries	Seattle Reign

Affiliated Clubs	Portland Timbers

Key Personnel	Owner: Merritt Paulson Coach: Paul Riley

Seasons (1)

NWSL	2013

Persondata
Name	Van Hollebeke, Rachel
Alternative names
Short description	Soccer player
Date of birth	August 26, 1985
Place of birth	Del Mar, California, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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