Rachel Van Hollebeke
{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1985)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rachel Van Hollebeke
| image = Rachel Buehler at Union at Earthquakes 2010-09-15 1.jpg
| image_size = 210px
| caption = Rachel with the Gold Pride in September 2010
| fullname = Rachel Marie Buehler Van Hollebeke
| birth_name = Rachel Marie Buehler{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011 – List of Players: USA |publisher=FIFA |page=16 |date=July 28, 2014 |access-date=April 10, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122041659/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWWC/2011/pdf/FWWC_2011_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=November 22, 2019}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|8|26}}
| birth_place = Del Mar, California, United States
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}
| position = Defender
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| collegeyears1 = 2003–2007
| college1 = Stanford Cardinal
| years1 = 2006–2008
| clubs1 = San Diego WFC SeaLions
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2009–2010
| clubs2 = FC Gold Pride
| caps2 = 39
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2011
| clubs3 = Boston Breakers
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2012
| clubs4 = Atlanta Beat
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| years5 = 2013–2015
| clubs5 = Portland Thorns FC
| caps5 = 45
| goals5 = 0
| nationalyears1 =
| nationalteam1 = United States U-19
| nationalcaps1 = 30
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 =
| nationalteam2 = United States U-21
| nationalcaps2 = 17
| nationalgoals2 =
| nationalyears3 =
| nationalteam3 = United States U-23
| nationalcaps3 =
| nationalgoals3 =
| nationalyears4 = 2008–2015
| nationalteam4 = United States
| nationalcaps4 = 113
| nationalgoals4 = 5
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's football }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalGold | 2008 Beijing | Team }}
{{MedalGold | 2012 London | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | FIFA Women's World Cup }}
{{MedalSilver | 2011 Germany | Team }}
| pcupdate = July 23, 2014
| ntupdate = March 10, 2015
}}
Rachel Marie Buehler Van Hollebeke ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɒ|l|ə|b|ɛ|k}} {{Respell|HOL|ə|bek}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avNK2ksi78E|title=SheBelieves Spotlight: Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke|website=YouTube |date=March 22, 2021|accessdate=30 November 2022}} {{nee|Buehler}}; born August 26, 1985) is an American former soccer player who last played as a defender for the Portland Thorns FC and the United States women's national soccer team. In 2015, Van Hollebeke retired from playing professional soccer, and soon after began attending medical school at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
In 2020, Van Hollebeke joined the ownership group of Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League.{{Cite web |last=Hays |first=Graham |date=2020-07-21 |title=Hollywood stars and ex-USWNT players unite to bring NWSL team to Los Angeles |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37585320/hollywood-stars-ex-uswnt-players-unite-bring-nwsl-team-los-angeles |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
Early life
=Stanford University=
Van Hollebeke attended Stanford University, where she was named by the NCAA Honors Committee as a recipient of the NCAA Top VIII Award, and completed her senior year in 2007, majoring in human biology/pre-medicine. A three-year captain for the Cardinal, Van Hollebeke was an All-Pac-10 Conference First-Team selection, an NSCAA First-Team All-American Scholar Athlete, and was chosen as the ESPN Academic All-American of the Year.{{cite web|title=Biographies: Rachel Van Hollebeke |publisher=US Soccer |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_7536641.html |access-date=August 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012044806/http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_7536641.html |archive-date=October 12, 2008 }} As a redshirt junior in 2006, she was one of two players in the conference to be selected in the All-Pac-10 First Team and the Pac-10 All-Academic First Team.
Club career
=FC Gold Pride, 2009 =
On September 16, 2008, Van Hollebeke was one of three members of the 2008 Beijing gold medal team allocated to the brand new Santa Clara, California, club FC Gold Pride, along with Nicole Barnhart and Leslie Osborne. FC Gold Pride, coached by former San Jose Clash midfielder Albertin Montoya, was the seventh and final club named in 2008 to compete in the inaugural season of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) the following year.
=Portland Thorns FC, 2013–2015=
On January 11, 2013, Van Hollebeke was one of three members from the United States women's national team that was allocated to the new NWSL club Portland Thorns FC, along with Alex Morgan and Tobin Heath.{{cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/News/NWSL/2013/01/NWSL-Announces-Allocation-of-55-National-Team-Players-to-Eight-Clubs.aspx |title=NWSL announces allocation of 55 National Team Players to Eight Clubs |publisher=US Soccer |date=January 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304205519/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/NWSL/2013/01/NWSL-Announces-Allocation-of-55-National-Team-Players-to-Eight-Clubs.aspx |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}
On August 23, 2015, Van Hollebeke announced her retirement from international and professional soccer at the conclusion of the 2015 National Women's Soccer League season. During her three seasons with Portland Thorns FC, she won the 2013 NWSL Championship, 2013 Portland Thorns FC Defender of the Year, and 2013 NWSL Second XI honors. Additionally, Van Hollebeke played an active role in community events through the club's Stand Together community platform and was named 2014 Community Player of the Year for all of her efforts.{{Cite web |url=http://www.timbers.com/post/2015/08/25/thorns-fc-defender-rachel-van-hollebeke-announces-retirement-club-international |title=Van Hollebeke announces retirement from professional soccer |access-date=August 25, 2015 |publisher=Thorns FC |archive-date=September 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925010328/https://www.timbers.com/post/2015/08/25/thorns-fc-defender-rachel-van-hollebeke-announces-retirement-club-international |url-status=dead }}
International career
Van Hollebeke has played on several U.S. national youth teams, including U-16 and U-17, and was a member of the first place 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada and the third place team at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand. She joined the national team training camp in July 2006 and debuted for the full team in March 2008 at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. Van Hollebeke was named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic women's soccer team on June 23, 2008. She appeared in two matches, chipping in with one assist.{{cite web|title=2008 US Women's Olympic Soccer Team |publisher=US Soccer |url=http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_7143429.html |access-date=June 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006163854/http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_7143429.html |archive-date=October 6, 2008 }} She was also chosen for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad and scored on the USA's opening game against North Korea. Van Hollebeke was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Van Hollebeke appeared in all six matches and played all but 35 minutes of the United States gold medal campaign.
On March 6, 2013, in the opening game of the Algarve Cup, Van Hollebeke became only the 29th female to play 100 times for the United States. Van Hollebeke's very first appearance with the national team was in 2008 at the very same tournament. During her 100th cap against Iceland, Van Hollebeke scored a goal, making her only the 4th U.S. woman next to Tiffeny Milbrett, Shannon MacMillan, and Abby Wambach to score in their 100th appearance.
Rachel Van Hollebeke scored 5 goals in international competition; one each in World Cup final tournament, Olympic qualification, World Cup qualification, the Algarve Cup, and a friendly match.
Personal life
Rachel married Bobby Van Hollebeke on November 17, 2012, at Balboa Park in San Diego. She announced that she would be using her husband's last name professionally from 2014 on.{{cite web |title=Twitter / Rachel_BVH: Changed my handle to @Rachel_BVH ... |publisher=Rachel Van Hollebeke |url=https://twitter.com/Rachel_BVH/status/426092612907315200 |date=January 22, 2014 |access-date=January 28, 2014}}
Van Hollebeke's maiden name and tough playing style earned her the nickname "The Buehldozer".{{Cite web |date=2015-08-25 |title=Veteran U.S. WNT defender Rachel Van Hollebeke retires from club and country |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2015/08/veteran-us-wnt-defender-rachel-van-hollebeke-retires-from-club-and-country |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=US Soccer |language=en}}
Van Hollebeke prepared for medical school while still an active player, with fellow players helping her study for entrance exams. She retired from soccer at the end of the 2015 NWSL season and began medical school at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine the next day.{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Ken |date=2020-12-24 |title=From Olympic gold and USWNT glory to the Covid frontline: Dr. Rachel Buehler Van Hollebeke |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/olympic-gold-covid-frontline-doctor-rachel-buehler-van-hollebeke |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Olympics.com}} She graduated as an M.D. in 2019 and now practices medicine in the San Diego area.{{cite web |title=Soccer Matches, Then a Doctor Does Too |url=https://health.ucsd.edu/news/press-releases/2019-03-12-soccer-matches-then-a-doctor-does-too/ |website=UC San Diego Health |access-date=2 December 2023 |language=en}}
In 2020, Van Hollebeke joined the ownership group of NWSL team Angel City FC. The owners, led by venture capitalists and entrepreneurs, include former teammates from the USWNT as well as some Hollywood stars.
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |PlayoffsIncludes WPS playoffs and NWSL Playoffs ! colspan="2" |Total | |||||
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|FC Gold Pride
|2009 | rowspan="3"|WPS |17 | 1 | colspan="2" |— | 17 | 1 | |
| 2010
|22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Boston Breakers
|2011 |10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| rowspan="3"|Portland Thorns FC
|2013 | rowspan="3"|NWSL |20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2014
|12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 2015
|13 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 13 | 0 | |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!94 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 3 |
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=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="8"|United States
|2008 | 23 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 17 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 113 | 5 |
:Scores and results list United States goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Van Hollebeke goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Rachel Van Hollebeke |
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1
|{{dts|2010-10-28}} |Cancún, Mexico |{{fbw|Haiti}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|5–0 |
| style="text-align:center"|2
|{{dts|2011-06-28}} |Dresden, Germany |{{fbw|North Korea}} |style="text-align:center"|2–0 |style="text-align:center"|2–0 |
| style="text-align:center"|3
|{{dts|2012-01-20}} |Vancouver, Canada |{{fbw|Dominican Republic}} |style="text-align:center"|3–0 |style="text-align:center"|14–0 |
| style="text-align:center"|4
|{{dts|2013-03-06}} |Albufeira, Portugal |{{fbw|Iceland}} |style="text-align:center"|1–0 |style="text-align:center"|3–0 |
| style="text-align:center"|5
|{{dts|2013-09-03}} |{{fbw|Mexico}} |style="text-align:center"|6–0 |style="text-align:center"|7–0 |
Honors
See also
{{Portal|Women's association football|Sports|Olympics|Association football|Biography}}
- List of footballers with 100 or more caps
- List of Olympic medalists in football
- All-time FC Gold Pride roster
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Rachel Van Hollebeke}}
- {{FIFA player|190199}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091028214459/http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/WNT/B/Rachel-Buehler.aspx US Soccer player profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090925150952/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/bayarea/team/bios/rachel-buehler FC Gold Pride player profile]
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{{2013 NWSL Teams of the Year}}
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