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General - One of the nations's premier college players...two-time returning letter winner who earned national player of the year honors from Soccer Buzz and Top Drawer Soccer as a sophomore...started her entire freshman year at the holding center midfield position and then moved to the attacking center midfield spot as a sophomore...current member of the full U.S. National Team...has earned a deserved reputation for her deadly free kicks. National Team Experience - Earned two caps earlier this year while training with the full U.S. National Team...previously a member of the U21 and U20 teams...was a member of the U.S. U19 National Team that took third place at the U19 World Championship in Thailand in 2004...played on the U16 GNT in 2002 and U17 WNT in 2003 before joining the U19 WNT later that year... earned her way onto the national teams by playing outstanding soccer on the N.J. State ODP teams and Region I ODP squads. Club Soccer -- Played in the midfield for the World Class Soccer Club for five years before coming to Carolina... after starting in girls youth soccer for two years she played on boys' teams with the Under-12 and Under-13 Montclair Mavericks and the Under-14 Ramapo Wildcats before moving to the World Class club...was the youngest player ever to play with the W-League when she competed with the New Jersey Stallions at the age of 14. Sophomore Season (2006) -- Consensus first-team All-America selection... was named the national player of the year by both Soccer Buzz and Top Drawer Soccer...was a finalist for both the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy and the Honda Soccer Award...set an NCAA record for fastest goal scored in a game when she scored four seconds into the match at Yale on the direct kick at midfield to start the game...was Carolina's second-leading scorer with 39 points...led the team in goals with 16...also had the team leadership in game-winning goals with seven...scored two goals at SMU for the first multi-goal game of her career...a week later she had a then career high for points with five against Yale on two goals and an assist...had seven of her 16 goals against ACC opponents...had her first hat trick when she tallied three times against UNC Asheville in the NCAA first round...assisted on both goals against UCLA in the NCAA semifinals...named the ACC's Offensive Player of the Year...Soccer Buzz's Southeast Region player of the year...first-team All-ACC...named to all-tournament teams four times in 2006, including the ACC and NCAA Tournaments...All-ACC Academic for the second straight year...ESPN The Magazine women's soccer third-team Academic All-America. Freshman Season (2005): Named to the Soccer America and Soccer Buzz first-team freshman All-America teams after notching seven assists and four goals in her first season with the Tar Heels...was also named the Soccer Buzz Southeast Region Freshman of the Year and was tapped for the All-Southeast Region Second Team and Southeast Region All-Freshman Team...recognized by the ACC as an Academic All-Conference player and as a member of ACC All-Freshmen Team...scored on her first collegiate shot on a direct kick from 22 yards out against Tennessee...had one goal and two assists in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against VCU...scored three of her four goals off direct kicks as the team's free kick and corner kick specialist...started all 25 games...named to the Duke adidas Classic All-Tournament Team...named to the 2005-06 ACC Honor Roll ...was chosen for the fall 2005 Dean's List and the spring 2006 Dean's List. Prep - A June 2005 graduate of Montclair High School...attained High Honor Roll status all four years in high school... did not play high school soccer, concentrating on club soccer ... an NSCAA All-America and USYSA All-America as a sophomore, junior and senior ...a Parade All-America as a junior and senior. Personal - Given name is Yael Friedman Averbuch...her first name is Hebrew in origin....her middle name is her dad's last name and her last name is her mom's maiden name...is the daughter of Gloria Averbuch and Paul Friedman... born November 3, 1986 in New York City...her mother is the author of nine books, including her first soccer book, "Goal! The Ultimate Guide for Soccer Moms and Dads," which was called "the best introduction to youth soccer to date," by Soccer Jr. Magazine...Gloria also co-authored "Vision of a Champion" with UNC coach Anson Dorrance...both parents are runners... has a younger sister, Shira, 17, who is a youth soccer national team member...her dad, Paul, ran track and cross country at Rutgers University and was a two-time U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon qualifier in 1980 and 1984.
About Yael...
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