Rachel Wood (soccer)

Rachel Marie Wood (born May 10, 1990) is an American soccer player. She played as a midfielder for Boston Breakers.

Rachel Wood
Personal information
Full name Rachel Marie Wood
Date of birth (1990-05-10) May 10, 1990
Place of birth Laguna Niguel, California, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 North Carolina
2012 UC Irvine
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 HK/Víkingur 9 (2)
2014–2016 Boston Breakers 24 (1)
National team
2007 United States U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

BIO

Rachel Wood (born May 10, 1990) in Long Beach, California is an American soccer player. Started playing professional soccer in Iceland. Finally being transferred over to the Boston Breakers in 2014. She played as a midfielder for Boston Breakers and recently switched to centre back due to her height

Early life

As most soccer players she started playing young. She played for Cal South Soccer Club and won the Region IV championship. Then was part of the U16 team that finished as national co-champions. Was two-sport star at Aliso Niguel High School, played soccer and track at that time she was a forward and as forward on the soccer team, she was named to the All-County team in 2007 and 2008. In 2008 was named the No. 3 college recruit in the nation by ESPN Rise Magazine. She left North Carolina for the 2009 season due to ulcerative colitis but returned to the team in 2010. Her college life started in North Carolina and ended in UC Irvine. In 2012, her senior year she started 18 of the 19 matches she appeared. Scored five goals, including two game-winning goals and one assist. In her college career (UC Irvine and UNC combined), played 84 games with 43 starts and scored 10 goals to go with 10 assists.

Club career
    • HK Vikingun
      • Playing pro in Iceland was not always her dream on top of being on the lower end of the salary table on her team and league for HK Vikingun “Úrvalsdeild for HK Kópavogur/Víkingur Reykjavik”. It was still top-flight professional league, in 2013 she appeared in nine matches, played 751 minutes and was able to scored two goals.
    • Boston Breakers

Got signed in 2014 till today she has played 24 games in the last 3 seasons. In those she has started 17 times with only scoring 1 goal in 2014 has played over 1500 mins for the past 3 seasons.[1]

International career
    • Member of U.S. U20 National Team in 2009[2]
    • A past member of the U17 National Team

Career

She played for Icelandic club HK/Víkingur before moving to Boston Breakers on July 11, 2014.[3]

Personal life

She currently is residing in the South End of Boston.

References
  1. "Rachel Wood Stats - Season & Career Statistics". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  2. "U.S. U-20 Women Head to Texas for Three Matches". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  3. "Breakers sign defender Rachel Wood". Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
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