Louise Lieberman
{{short description|American soccer coach and former player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Louise Lieberman
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| fullname = Louise Kristina Lieberman{{cite web |url=http://www.fansonly.com/schools/ucla/sports/w-soccer/mtt/ucla-w-soccer-lieberman.html |title=Louise Lieberman |publisher=UCLA Bruins |access-date=February 6, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990209082538/http://www.fansonly.com/schools/ucla/sports/w-soccer/mtt/ucla-w-soccer-lieberman.html |archive-date=February 9, 1999}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|05|06}}
| birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.{{cite web |title=3 Louise Lieberman |url=http://www.wusa.com/players/lie088990.html |publisher=Women's United Soccer Association |accessdate=4 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020306075539/http://www.wusa.com/players/lie088990.html |archivedate=6 March 2002}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthclubs1 = Ajax America Women
| youthyears1 = 1993–1995
| college1 = UCLA Bruins
| collegeyears1 = 1995–1998
| clubs1 = Washington Freedom
| years1 = 2001
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2002
| managerclubs1 = Cal State Pomona (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2009–2016
| managerclubs2 = UCLA Bruins (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2017–2023
| managerclubs3 = San Diego Toreros
| manageryears4 =
| managerclubs4 =
}}
Louise Kristina Lieberman (born May 6, 1977) is an American soccer coach and former player. She is the former head coach of the San Diego Toreros women's team. Lieberman played for the Washington Freedom of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) and collegiate soccer for the UCLA Bruins.{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/womenssoccer/roster/t-WWAF/y-2001|title=2001 Washington Freedom Roster; Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA)|website=StatsCrew.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://dailybruin.com/1998/10/27/destinys-child/|title=Destiny's Child|website=Daily Bruin|date=October 27, 1998}}
Personal life
Lieberman's hometown is Los Angeles, California, and she is one of six children.{{Cite web|url=https://sites.sandiego.edu/usd-magazine/2017/06/getting-know-louise-lieberman|title=Getting to Know: Louise Lieberman|date=June 14, 2017|website=USD Magazine +}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sd-sp-louise-lieberman-20170817-htmlstory.html|title=New coach already puts her stamp on USD soccer|date=August 18, 2017|website=The San Diego Union-Tribune|author= Don Norcross}} Her mother Angelita is from Brazil, and her father Anthony, a travel agent, was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Playing career
Lieberman played soccer at Beverly Hills High School from 1991 to 1995, earning a number of MVP, all-league, and All-CIF honors.{{Cite web|url=https://usdtoreros.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/louise-lieberman/44|title=Louise Lieberman - Women's Soccer Head Coach|website=University of San Diego Athletics}}[https://pac-12.com/article/2009/02/13/womens-soccer-hires-louise-lieberman-assistant-coach "Womens soccer hires Louise Lieberman assistant coach,"]{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} pac-12.com, February 13, 2009.[https://bhweekly.com/issues/pdf/2009_491.pdf "Women's College Soccer,"] Beverly Hills Weekly, p. 17, February 26 - March 4, 2009. She also led her club team, the Fountain Valley Spirit, to a national championship in 1994.{{Cite web|url=https://wccsports.com/news/2016/12/30/Louise_Lieberman_Named_USD_Women_s_Soccer_Head_Coach.aspx?path=wsoc|title=Louise Lieberman Named USD Women's Soccer Head Coach|website=West Coast Conference Sports |date=December 30, 2016}} She was named one of Soccer America's Elite 11 Recruits as a senior in 1995.
Lieberman played for the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team as a center midfielder, and was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection in 1995. She played in 78 games during her four-year career, with 31 points on seven goals and 17 assists. A two-year winner of the team's Most Inspirational Award, she helped the team win its first two Pac-10 Championships in 1997 and 1998. Lieberman graduated from UCLA in 2000 with a degree in Sociology.
She next played one year for the Women's United Soccer Association's Washington Freedom, during the league's inaugural season of 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccertoday.com/usd-picks-lieberman-head-womens-soccer/|title=USD Picks Lieberman to Head Up Womens Soccer|author=Diane Scavuzzo |work= SoccerToday|date=December 30, 2016}} She was able to translate for Lusophone team-mates Roseli de Belo and Pretinha.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/04/11/keri-sarver-born-march-30-1/4048af05-4751-480f-b80a-e9ed1241672a/ "Keri Sarver Born: March 30, 1 ...,"] The Washington Post, April 11, 2001. Lieberman made one 27-minute substitute appearance, in a 1–0 defeat by New York Power on August 11, 2001.{{cite web |title=2001 Game Log |url=http://www.wusa.com/players/dbd_lie088990.html |publisher=Women's United Soccer Association |accessdate=4 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020106151329/http://www.wusa.com/players/dbd_lie088990.html |archivedate=6 January 2002}}
Coaching career
Lieberman was Paul Caligiuri's assistant for the men's and women's soccer teams at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2002. She was hired by the Los Angeles Rampage to be the Director of Women's Coaching in 2005, and became the Director of Coaching the following year and served for three years.{{Cite web|url=https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/louise-lieberman/94|title=Louise Lieberman - Women's Soccer Coach|website=UCLA}}
From 2009 to 2016, Lieberman was Assistant Coach of the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team.[https://ucla_ftp.sidearmsports.com/old_site/pdf/w-soccer/2011-12/misc_non_event/mg11.pdf "Louise Lieberman, Assistant Coach,"] UCLA Women's Soccer 2011, p. 5. During that time, the team won the 2013 NCAA National Women's Soccer Championship, the first in team history.
Lieberman was the San Diego Toreros' head coach starting in 2017, when she was hired as the fourth coach in team history.{{Cite web|url=https://usdtoreros.com/news/2016/12/30/Louise_Lieberman_Named_USD_Women_s_Soccer_Head_Coach.aspx|title=Louise Lieberman Named USD Women's Soccer Head Coach|website=University of San Diego Athletics|date=December 30, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://uofsdmedia.com/lieberman-brings-lofty-goals-to-usd/|title=Lieberman brings lofty goals to USD|date=October 5, 2017|author=Noah Hilton|work= The USD Vista}} She left the program in November of 2023. {{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=San Diego Announces Change in Women’s Soccer Leadership |url=https://usdtoreros.com/news/2023/11/9/womens-soccer-san-diego-announces-change-in-womens-soccer-leadership.aspx#:~:text=%22We%20have%20decided%20to%20make,wishes%20for%20her%20future%20endeavors.%22 |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=University of San Diego Athletics |language=en}}
Lieberman was an assistant coach for the United States women's national under-23 soccer team from 2017 to 2020. She also worked with the United States women's national under-18 soccer team at their training camps.
Honors
In 2010, she was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In 2016 Lieberman was honored with the Cal South Excellence in Coaching Award.
References
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External links
- [https://usdtoreros.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/louise-lieberman/44#:~:text=Louise%20Lieberman%20is%20in%20her,and%20as%20a%20UCLA%20assistant. University of San Diego soccer head coach profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020306075539/http://www.wusa.com/players/lie088990.html WUSA player profile] (archived)
- {{Twitter|louisek06}}
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