Amber Brooks
Brooks in May 2007
Amber Brooks ( born January 23, 1991 Evansville, Indiana) is an American soccer player.
Career
Clubs
About the youth teams New Hope Cobras ( with boys ), Lenape Valley, Langhorne Strikers, Universal Soccer Academy and Vincent United came Brooks 15 -year-old to the U -18 team of Arsenal World Class, which she left to start her studies again in 2009. With the Tar Heels, the women's soccer team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she won in 2012 with a 4-1 victory over the Nittany Lions, the team at Pennsylvania State University, the U.S. college championship. Overall, she came to 93 appearances for the Tar Heels, where they scored 17 goals.
From 2011 to 2012 Brooks ran on Wildcats for the W - League team Vancouver Whitecaps FC and New Jersey. On January 25, 2013, it signed a valid 30 June 2014 contract at Bayern Munich. In her debut on 17 March 2013 ( 15th Round ) she scored in the 2-1 win at home against the SGS food both goals.
On 11 December 2013, it announced its departure from Bayern Munich and moved to Portland Thorns FC. This had the rights to Brooks already in NWSL College Draft on January 18, 2013 secured.
National
Brooks belonged to the squad of the U-17 national team, to February 2, 2008 in New Zealand on " Future Stars Tournament" took part from January 29. She made her debut on 2 February in a 3-2 victory against the selection of Germany, after they did not play against the selection of Australia and New Zealand.
Brooks denied further five matches in qualifying for the U- 17 World Cup: a 6-0 victory against the selection of Costa Rica on the 18th, 9-0 win against the selection of El Salvador ( 2 goals) on 20, 9: 1 win against Trinidad and Tobago on 22 selection, 1-0 win over the selection of Mexico on 24 and 4-1 win over the selection of Costa Rica (1 goal ) on 27 July 2008.
Brooks took part in 2008 with the national team at the U - 17 World Cup in New Zealand and was in two group matches in the 2:3 defeat to the selection of Japan and the 1-1 draw against the selection of France 's captain. In the following three games of the final round she came also used.
For the U.S. U-20 national team, she debuted on January 21, 2010 in Guatemala City in a 6-0 win over the selection of Jamaica, as they came in to replace Tony Pressley in the 75th minute. The opening game of the CONCACAF U -20 Women's Championship was her first of five internationals, at the end of the contest was winning the championship. In the final, 30 January 2010 in a 1-0 victory against the selection of Mexico she played her only tournament game about 90 minutes.
On 22, 24 and 26 February 2010, she graduated in La Manga ( ESP) ) as part of the " Four Nations tournament " the international matches against the selection of Norway (1-0 ), Germany (1-1) and England (1:0).
Brooks took in 2010 with the national team at the U -20 World Cup in Germany, in part, denied all three group matches and scored their only Turniertor in the quarter-final against Nigeria, which has been completely lost with 2:4 on penalties.
From 2011 to 2012 she played nine appearances for the U.S. U-23 national team, scoring three goals for this.
On November 10, 2013, it came in the 4-1 win against Brazil to their first use in the senior team, where she stood in the starting XI.
Achievements
- CONCACAF U-20 Champion 2010
- U.S. College Masters 2012
Others
Her parents also played football: Jean, her mother, was the first female player in a men's college soccer team during their time at Ashland University (1976-1979), Allan, your father played from 1975 to 1979 for the Le Moyne College (New York).