Becky Sauerbrunn
Rebecca " Becky " Elizabeth Sauer Brunn ( born June 6, 1985 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American soccer player. The defender plays for FC Kansas City and for the U.S. national team.
Sporting career
It began with the football game at Ladue High School. Besides football, she also played basketball and volleyball and was in both sports " Conference Player of the Year." They also played at the Virginia Cavaliers and JB Marine with whom they four times the State Cup and 2000 regional championship took. She has received several awards and nominations for All-Star teams. In 2005, she played for the Boston Renegades from 2006 to 2007 for the Richmond Kickers and 2008 for the Washington Freedom in the W- League. In 2009, she scored the first goal for Washington Freedom in the new Women's Professional Soccer League.
In 1999, she first participated in a training camp for the U-14 players and went through in the aftermath all youth teams. In 2004 she was co- captain for the team that finished in third place in Thailand at the U-19 World Cup Women 2004. She came in all games over the complete time used. In 2007 and 2008 she won the U-21 and U - 23 side the Nordic Cup in 2008 as a co-captain.
Sauerbrunn early 2008, was first called by the coach Pia Sundhage new to the national team of the United States and at the annual Four Nations Tournament in China Sauerbrunn was on 16 January 2008 against Canada debut. After another game in the Four Nations Tournament she had to wait until 2010 until she was appointed as a replacement for an injured player in the squad for the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in 2010 and substitute in the 9-0 against Guatemala. In 2011 she came in seven out of ten for use, including the Four Nations Tournament and in the final of the Algarve Cup. She was also appointed to the squad for the 2011 World Cup. Sauerbrunn first came in the semifinals for the red - locked Rachel Buehler used and reached after the 3-1 win against France, the final, in which they did not play.
In 2012 she first participated with the U.S. team at the Olympic football tournament. In the first two games but it was not used. In the final group game against North Korea in the semifinal against Canada and in the final against Japan, they were each loaded. With the team, she won the gold medal for the first time.
In the 2013 season she played in the newly established National Women 's Soccer League, the highest American professional league in women's soccer for the FC Kansas City.
Achievements
- W-League Champion 2007
- Nordic Cup winner 2007 and 2008
- Algarve Cup Winner 2011, 2013
- Vice World Champion 2011
- Olympic Champion 2012