Gina Segadelli
{{short description|American soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gina Segadelli
| image =
| caption =
| full_name = Gina Segadelli
| birth_name = Gina Cassella
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|4|19}}
| birth_place = Torrance, California, United States
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1984
| youthclubs1 = Mariner Marauders
| collegeyears1 = 1984
| college1 = UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
| collegecaps1 = 13
| collegegoals1 = 12
| nationalyears1 = 1992
| nationalteam1 = United States
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 = Bothell Cougars
| manageryears2 =
| managerclubs2 = Bothell Cougars Boys JV
| manageryears3 =
| managerclubs3 = Bothell Cougars Boys
| manageryears4 = 1994–1996
| managerclubs4 = Seattle Sounders Men (assistant)
}}
Gina Segadelli ({{nee|Cassella}}; born April 19, 1966) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward, making two appearances for the United States women's national team.
Early life and education
Segadelli played for the Mariner Marauders in high school, where she was a two-time All-American. She also played basketball, softball, and track and field.
Segadelli attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and began in Fall 1984.{{Cite news |last=Hampton |first=Phil |date=May 16, 1984 |title=Recruits Will Strengthen Women's Soccer Program For Next Season |url=https://alexandria.ucsb.edu/downloads/kd17ct91s |newspaper=Daily Nexus |volume=64 |number=133 |page=18 |location=Santa Barbara, California |accessdate=August 13, 2021}} While a student, she played 13 games for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos soccer team, where she scored twelve goals and registered ten assists in 1984.{{Cite web |url=https://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/w-soccer/2019-20/files/2019_UCSB_W.Soccer_Records.pdf |title=UCSB Women's Soccer Record Book |date=July 2019 |website=UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |accessdate=August 13, 2021 |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215175336/https://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/w-soccer/2019-20/files/2019_UCSB_W.Soccer_Records.pdf |url-status=dead }} However, she suffered a major knee injury against Westmont College in October 1984 that would ultimately end her collegiate career.{{Cite news |last=Hoppin |first=Mary |date=October 10, 1984 |title=Lady Booters Do Everything Right; Wipe Out Westmont |url=https://alexandria.ucsb.edu/downloads/5425kb79h |newspaper=Daily Nexus |volume=65 |number=24 |page=13 |location=Santa Barbara, California |accessdate=August 13, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Hampton |first=Phil |date=October 12, 1984 |title=Cakewalk Is Over, Sonoma Poses A Real Threat |url=https://alexandria.ucsb.edu/downloads/nc580n815 |newspaper=Daily Nexus |volume=65 |number=26 |page=9 |location=Santa Barbara, California |accessdate=August 13, 2021}} Despite an initial recovery, she re-injured her knee in Spring 1985 which ruled her out of a soccer tour of China that summer.{{Cite news |last=Hoppin |first=Mary |date=May 17, 1985 |title=Women's Soccer Team Travels To China With Four Gauchos |url=https://alexandria.ucsb.edu/downloads/1544bq151 |newspaper=Daily Nexus |volume=65 |number=134 |page=18 |location=Santa Barbara, California |accessdate=August 13, 2021}} She opted to leave Santa Barbara afterwards.{{Cite news |last=Mahoney |first=Bill |date=September 20, 1966 |title=Lady Booters Should Continue Success; Men on the Rise |url=https://alexandria.ucsb.edu/downloads/7w62f933k |newspaper=Daily Nexus |volume=66 |number=9 |page=6D |location=Santa Barbara, California |accessdate=August 13, 2021}}
National team career
Segadelli made her international debut for the United States on August 14, 1992, in the New England Sports Museum Challenge Cup (a friendly tournament) against Norway. She earned her second and final cap two days later against the same opponent, scoring in the 2–4 loss.{{cite news |last=Conner |first=Desmond |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1992-08-17-0000113612-story.html |title=No loss of effort for U.S. Women |work=Hartford Courant |date=August 17, 1992 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812061239/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1992-08-17-0000113612-story.html |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://d1dhn91mufybwl.cloudfront.net/downloads/pdfs/fdxnf1dwi/fdxnf1dwi_print.pdf |title=2019 U.S. Women's National Team Media Guide |publisher=United States Soccer Federation |year=2019 |access-date=August 11, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808074101/https://d1dhn91mufybwl.cloudfront.net/downloads/pdfs/fdxnf1dwi/fdxnf1dwi_print.pdf |archive-date=August 8, 2019}}
Coaching career
In 1994, she joined the Seattle Sounders men's soccer team of the APSL as an assistant coach, becoming the first woman to coach a men's professional soccer team in the U.S.{{cite news |url=https://www.apnews.com/aa092443586c6eeb5b1d29bca942982d |title=Names In The Game |work=Associated Press |date=May 11, 1994 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190812061505/https://www.apnews.com/aa092443586c6eeb5b1d29bca942982d |archive-date=August 12, 2019 }} In 2016, she was included in the All-Time Women's Roster by Washington Youth Soccer.{{cite news |last=Pentz |first=Matt |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign/michelle-akers-hope-solo-headline-washington-youth-soccers-50th-anniversary-team/ |title=Michelle Akers, Hope Solo headline Washington Youth Soccer's 50th anniversary team |work=The Seattle Times |date=July 20, 2016 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016032818/http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/reign/michelle-akers-hope-solo-headline-washington-youth-soccers-50th-anniversary-team/ |archive-date=October 16, 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonyouthsoccer.org/all-time_wa_womens_roster/ |title=All-Time WA Women's Roster |publisher=Washington Youth Soccer |date=July 18, 2016 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810005632/http://www.washingtonyouthsoccer.org/all-time_wa_womens_roster/ |archive-date=August 10, 2019 }}
Personal life
Gina Segadelli was born in Torrance, California on April 19, 1966. She moved to Mukilteo in 1976, where she attended school. She graduated from Mariner High School in 1984. After graduation, Segadelli attended UC Santa Barbara on a soccer scholarship. Segadelli transferred to the University of Washington after her college soccer career was ended by a knee injury her freshman year. After graduating, Segadelli attended Graduate School at Western Washington University, where she earned her Masters in Education. She later worked as an English teacher for ten years at Bothell High School and Woodinville High School, coaching the girls and boys soccer teams at Bothell in the 1990s,{{cite news |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19940510/1909739/cassella-named-sounder-assistant----bothell-high-coach-considers-return-as-player-in-planned-womens-league |title=Cassella named Sounder assistant; Bothell High coach considers return as player in planned women's league |work=The Seattle Times |date=May 10, 1994 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812060821/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940510&slug=1909739 |archive-date=August 12, 2019}} before working in sales management in the tech industry. Segadelli resides in Woodinville, Washington, with her husband Steve, and daughter Adriana (Adie).{{cite news |last=Landres-Schnur |first=Zach |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/high-school/flashback-soccer-experience-helped-her-achieve-goals-in-business/ |title=Flashback: Soccer experience helped her achieve goals in business |work=The Seattle Times |date=September 25, 2007 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812060632/https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/high-school/flashback-soccer-experience-helped-her-achieve-goals-in-business/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019}} She also has two step-children, Jennifer and Patrick Segadelli, and three step-grandchildren.
Career statistics
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| colspan=3|United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1992 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 1 |
=International goals=
{{hatnote|Scores and results list the United States' goal tally first.}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" | ||||||
| No. | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | August 16, 1992 | New Britain, Connecticut, United States | {{fbw|NOR}} | align="center"|2–2 | align="center"|2–4 | New England Sports Museum Challenge Cup |
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Category:People from Mukilteo, Washington
Category:Soccer players from Snohomish County, Washington
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:American women's soccer coaches
Category:United States women's international soccer players
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's soccer players
Category:University of Washington alumni
Category:Schoolteachers from Washington (state)