Rachel Van Hollebeke

Rachel Van Hollebeke

Rachel with the Gold Pride in September 2010
Personal information
Full nameRachel Marie Buehler Van Hollebeke
Date of birthAugust 26, 1985
Place of birthDel Mar, California, United States
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Portland Thorns FC
Number16
Youth career
2003–2007Stanford Cardinal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008San Diego WFC SeaLions
2009–2010FC Gold Pride39(2)
2011Boston Breakers10(1)
2012Atlanta Beat
2013–Portland Thorns FC32(0)
National team
United States U-1930(3)
United States U-2117
United States U-23
2008–United States113(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 23, 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 10, 2015

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

FC Gold Pride, 2009

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 inaugural season of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) the following year.

Portland Thorns FC, 2013–present

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
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
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)

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.


Goal
Date
Home
away
neutral
Location Opponent Lineup Min Assist/pass Score Result Competition
1
2010-10-28[m 1] neutral Mexico Cancun Haiti 90.Start 8 Lloyd, CarliCarli Lloyd

1–0

5–0

World Cup Qualifying:Group B
2
2011-06-28[m 2] neutral Germany Dresden Korea DPR 90.Start 76 Lloyd, CarliCarli Lloyd

2–0

2–0

FIFA World Cup:Group C
3
2012-01-20[m 3] neutral CAN Vancouver Dominican 90.Start 7 Wambach, AbbyAbby Wambach

3–0

14–0

Olympic Qualifying:Group B
4
2013-03-06[m 4] neutral Portugal Albufeira Iceland 90.Start; (c) 48 Cheney, LaurenLauren Cheney

1–0

3–0

Algarve Cup:Group B
5
2013-09-03[m 5] home USA Washington Mexico

on 52' (off Rampone)

55 unassisted

6–0

7–0

Friendly

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".

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Biographies: Rachel Van Hollebeke". US Soccer. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
  2. "NWSL announces allocation of 55 National Team Players to Eight Clubs". US Soccer. January 11, 2013.
  3. "2008 US Women's Olympic Soccer Team". US Soccer. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
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