:Nancy Augustyniak Goffi
{{Short description|American former professional soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}
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|name = Nancy Augustyniak Goffi
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|fullname = Nancy Jean Augustyniak Goffi
|birth_name = Nancy Jean Augustyniak
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|1}}
|birth_place = Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
|height = 5 ft 5 in
|position = Defender
|collegeyears1 = 1997–2000
|college1 = Clemson Tigers
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|collegegoals1 =
|years1 = 1997–2000
|clubs1 = Atlanta Classics
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|goals1 =
|years2 = 2001–2003
|clubs2 = Atlanta Beat
|caps2 = 58
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2004
|clubs3 = 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
|caps3 = 13
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2004
|clubs4 = Chicago Cobras
|caps4 = 2
|goals4 = 0
|years5 = 2004
|clubs5 = Stattena IF
|caps5 =
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|years6 = 2005
|clubs6 = VfL Wolfsburg
|caps6 =
|goals6 =
|years7 = 2005
|clubs7 = F.C. Indiana
|caps7 =
|goals7 =
|years8 = 2007
|clubs8 = Fort Collins Force
|caps8 = 3
|goals8 = 0
|years9 = 2009
|clubs9 = Boston Breakers
|caps9 = 11
|goals9 = 0
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Nancy Jean Augustyniak Goffi ({{nee|Augustyniak}}; born February 1, 1979) is an American former professional soccer player who featured primarily as a defender.
Early life and education
Augustyniak Goffi was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in Peachtree City, Georgia. She went to McIntosh High School and then Clemson University. While enrolled, she played for the Clemson Tigers women's soccer team. She was inducted into the McIntosh High School Hall of Fame in 2015.{{Cite news |date=July 31, 2015 |title=McIntosh Hall of Fame weekend announced |url=https://thecitizen.com/2015/07/31/mcintosh-hall-fame-weekend-announced/ |newspaper=The Citizen |access-date=October 21, 2024}}
Career
Augustyniak Goffi played for the Atlanta Classics of the W-League from 1998 to 2000, before joining the Atlanta Beat at the team's inception. The Beat selected her in the 5th round of the 2000 WUSA Draft which was the 33rd overall pick. Her twin sister Julie Augustyniak also played for the Beat and they were involved in the first instance of two sets of twins that faced each other in a professional game when the Beat played against the Washington Freedom in 2002.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/news/2002/0426/1374623.html |title=Augustyniaks battle Littles in history-making showdown |date=April 26, 2002 |website=ESPN FC |agency=Associated Press |access-date=July 13, 2019}} Augustyniak Goffi would later describe playing in the WUSA as "the best three years of [her] life".{{Cite book |last=Grainey |first=Timothy F. |date=May 1, 2012 |title=Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiRG0X03mjMC&pg=PA63 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |page=63 |isbn=9780803240360}}
Augustyniak Goffi moved to 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam following the demise of the WUSA and made her Fußball-Bundesliga debut for the club on February 22, 2004, as a 70th-minute substitute against Hamburger SV. She went on to appear for the club 13 times with 10 starts but no goals. With the assistance of her twin sister, Julie Augustyniak, Turbine Potsdam went on to win both the 2003–2004 Fußball-Bundesliga championship and the 2003–04 Frauen DFB Pokal.
Career statistics
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These statistics are incomplete and represent a portion of Augustyniak's career.
References
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External links
- [http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/WNT/A/Nancy-Augustyniak.aspx US Soccer player profile]
- [http://www.womensprosoccer.com/players/freeagents/nancy-augustyniak Women's Professional Soccer player profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040615002214/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/nancy_augustyniak/ Player profile] at Women's United Soccer Association
- [http://www.wusa.com/team/?id=30&zone=players&player_id=1088 WUSA player profile]
- [http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/augustyniakgoffi_nancy00.html Arizona State coaching profile]
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Category:Clemson Tigers women's soccer players
Category:1. FFC Turbine Potsdam players
Category:VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
Category:Boston Breakers players
Category:Atlanta Beat (WUSA) players
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:American expatriate women's soccer players in Germany
Category:Frauen-Bundesliga players
Category:Women's Premier Soccer League players
Category:American expatriate women's soccer players
Category:Women's Professional Soccer players
Category:Sportspeople from Norfolk, Virginia
Category:Soccer players from Virginia
Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
Category:Chicago Cobras players
Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players
Category:Women's United Soccer Association players
Category:Stattena IF (women) players
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