Tobin Heath
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tobin Powell Heath | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006- | North Carolina | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008- | United States | 25 | (2) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 April 2011 | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's football (soccer) | ||
Representing the  United States
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2008 Beijing | Team competition |
Tobin Powell Heath (born May 29, 1988, Basking Ridge, New Jersey) is an American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team and Sky Blue FC.
Youth
Heath graduated from Ridge High School (New Jersey) in 2006, where she was a Parade All-American in soccer. She also played for the PDA Wildcats team that won the 2003 Club National Championship.
Ranked as the No. 2 recruit in the nation in the Class of 2006 by Soccer Buzz magazine. Four-year letter winner in soccer. Named to the Parade Magazine All-America team in 2005. Gatorade New Jersey Player of the Year. Newark Star Ledger's First Team All-State squad. Newark Star-Ledger's New Jersey Player of the Year.
College career
She attended the University of North Carolina and was a member of the UNC team that won the 2006, 2008 and 2009 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship.
National team
After playing for several U.S. national youth teams, she made her first appearance for the senior team on January 18, 2008 against Finland in the Four Nations Tournament. She was a reserve midfielder on the U.S. squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics and was the youngest squad member. She earned three caps during the tournament.[1] She was the youngest member of the U.S. National Team in 2008. She is a 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist. Started in 2007 for the U.S. team which played in the Pan American Games in Brazil and claimed the silver medal. Played on the U-16 Women's National Team from 2002-04. Played with the U-17 team in 2004-05 and with the U.S. U-20 National Team at the 2006 World Championship in Russia.
Women's Professional Soccer
In 2010, she was the 1st overall pick in the Women's Professional Soccer 2010 college draft and went to the expansion Atlanta Beat.
On December 10, 2010, Heath, along with Beat teammates Eniola Aluko and Angie Kerr were traded to Sky Blue FC in return for the 4th and 8th pick in 2011 Women's Professional Soccer Draft and "future considerations in 2012.[2]
References
External links
Template:United States Women's Squad 2007 Pan American Games
- Living people
- 1988 births
- American soccer players
- United States women's international soccer players
- North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players
- Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic soccer players of the United States
- Parade High School All-Americans (girls' soccer)
- American female soccer players
- Footballers at the 2007 Pan American Games