Linda Ullmark

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|caption = Ullmark with North Carolina in 2024

|full_name = Linda Helena Jade Ullmark

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|birth_place = San Diego, California, United States

|height = 5 ft 5 in

|position = Attacking midfielder

|currentclub = North Carolina Tar Heels

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|collegeyears1 = 2024–

|college1 = North Carolina Tar Heels

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|collegegoals1 = 6

|years1 = 2024–

|clubs1 = FC Buffalo

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|goals1 = 4

|nationalyears1 = 2024

|nationalteam1 = United States U-19

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Linda Helena Jade Ullmark (born April 21, 2006) is an American college soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the North Carolina Tar Heels. She won the 2024 national championship with the Tar Heels.

Early life

Ullmark was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Jamie and William Ullmark.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D-lQZdVFO8|title=Playing 4 Purpose {{!}} Linda Ullmark|date=2025-03-05|author=TCT Network|author-link=TCT Network|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2025-05-05}} When she was two, her family moved to Okinawa, Japan, where her father was stationed with the United States Marine Corps for ten years.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2024/09/sports-womens-soccer-virginia-linda-ullmark-damon-nahas-maddie-dahlien-tar-heels-north-carolina-unc|title='The one moment she needed': Linda Ullmark makes first career brace to best Virginia|last=Crowther|first=Harry|date=2024-09-28|newspaper=The Daily Tar Heel|access-date=2025-01-27}} She later moved to Buffalo, New York, and attended the Nichols School, where she played on the soccer, lacrosse, basketball, and squash teams.{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/linda-ullmark/25963|title=Linda Ullmark|publisher=North Carolina Tar Heels|access-date=2025-01-27}} In her junior year in 2022, she scored 42 goals in 16 games and was named the New York Gatorade Player of the Year.{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/high-school/nichols-linda-ullmark-named-gatorade-new-york-girls-soccer-player-of-the-year/article_77ba1294-12c5-11ee-b279-238c294bcfa8.html|url-access=subscription|title=Nichols' Linda Ullmark named Gatorade New York Girls Soccer Player of the Year|last=Bambini|first=Cole|date=2023-06-26|newspaper=The Buffalo News|access-date=2025-01-27}} She played ECNL club soccer for the Western New York Flash. She committed to North Carolina after being recruited by Damon Nahas; among her other offers were Harvard and Florida State.{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/high-school/nichols-linda-ullmark-named-class-b-state-player-of-year-in-girls-soccer-clarences-matt/article_4bfc322c-74cd-11ed-afb6-6f8a96fcf923.html|title=Nichols' Linda Ullmark named Class B state player of year in girls soccer; Clarence's Matt Andrews shares coach honors|date=2022-12-05|newspaper=The Buffalo News|access-date=2025-01-27|url-access=subscription}}
{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/ullmark-shows-why-shes-states-best/article_4fac7f6c-3ba2-53ed-bb3e-1a106f9288c8.html|title=Ullmark shows why she's state's best|date=2023-08-11|last=Murray|first=Clevis|newspaper=The Buffalo News|access-date=2025-01-27|url-access=subscription}} While in college, she has played during the summer for FC Buffalo of the USL W League.{{cite news|url=https://www.wivb.com/sports/buffalos-own-headed-to-u-s-u20-womens-national-team/|title=Buffalo’s own headed to U.S. U20 Women’s National Team|last=Beyer|first=Gretchen|date=2025-05-21|publisher=WIVB-TV|access-date=2025-05-30}}

College career

Ullmark was the only freshman to start all 27 games for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2024 season. She had a breakout performance against Virginia, scoring her first two career goals and assisting Kate Faasse in a 3–2 victory.{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/womens-team-of-the-week:-sept-30_aid53858|title=Women's Team of the Week: Sept. 30|date=2024-10-01|website=TopDrawerSoccer|access-date=2025-01-27}} In the semifinals of the ACC tournament, she equalized from long range in a 2–1 comeback win against rivals Duke.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2024/11/sports-womens-soccer-unc-tar-heels-blue-devils-duke-damon-nahas|title=No. 4–seed UNC women's soccer upsets No. 1–seed Duke, 2–1, to advance to ACC championship|date=2024-11-07|last=Moon|first=Emma|newspaper=The Daily Tar Heel|access-date=2025-01-27}} She notched three goals in the first three rounds of the NCAA tournament and was named in the all-tournament team after North Carolina won their 23rd national title and first since 2012.{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/unc-womens-soccer-beats-wake-forest-for-23rd-national-championship|title=UNC Women's Soccer Beats Wake Forest to Win 23rd National Championship|last=Koh|first=Michael|date=2024-12-09|website=Chapelboro.com|access-date=2024-12-09}} She finished her freshman season with 6 goals and 5 assists and was named to the ACC all-freshman team and TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI first team.

International career

Ullmark was called up to the United States youth national team at the under-17 level in 2023. She played in a friendly for the under-19 team against Spain in 2024.{{Soccerway}} She was named to the under-20 roster for the 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/soccer/women/article_ceb3721e-b15e-4107-a9f5-57a31be70b99.html|title=Nichols alum Linda Ullmark to play for U.S. U-20 soccer team in CONCACAF tournament|last=Lenzi|first=Rachel|date=2025-05-22|newspaper=The Buffalo News|access-date=2025-05-30|url-access=subscription}}