Rashida Beal
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rashida Marie Beal[1] | ||
| Date of birth | November 18, 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Germantown, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Gintra | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Germantown High School | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | FC Kansas City | ||
| 2020 | BV Cloppenburg | ||
| 2021 | FCU Olimpia Cluj | ||
| 2022– | Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor | 39 | (1) |
| 2024– | FC Gintra | 9 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2024 | |||
Rashida Marie Beal (born November 18, 1994) is an American professional soccer player, who plays as a defender for Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor in the Turkish Women's Football Super League.[2][3][4]
Early years
[edit]Rashida Marie Beal was born in Germantown, Wisconsin, United States on November 18, 1994.[2][5] She performed track athletics in the middle school. She finished Germantown High School in 2013.[5] She studied Psychology with minor in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota graduating in December 2016.[6][7][5]
Club career
[edit]High school and college teams
[edit]Beal played two years for Germantown High School team, and four years for North Shore United AFC.[5] She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.[6][5] She was named Academic All-District in 2014 and 2015 and was selected to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region (Central) in 2015.[8] In November 2016, she was named a First Team Academic All-American.[8] She enjoyed the champion title of the Big Ten women's soccer tournament in 2016.[6][5] She was named the 2016 Big Ten Defender of the Year.[8]
FC Kansas City
[edit]After finishing the college, she was drafted by FC Kansas City in January 2017.[6] Beal played soccer as a professional in her country 's National Women's Soccer League.[2][5]
BV Cloppenburg (Germany)
[edit]Between February and June 2020, she was with the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club BV Cloppenburg in Germany.[3] By February 2021, she was called up to Kansas City NWSL for the 2021 Preseason.[9]
FCU Olimpia Cluj (Romania)
[edit]In August 2021, she transferred to the Romanian league champion club FCU Olimpia Cluj to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds.[10][11] She appeared in two Champions League qualifying matches.[2][12] She also appeared in several league games in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 season, including the 2020/21 Romanian Cup Championship.
Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor (Turkey)
[edit]In the beginning of 2022, she moved to Turkey and joined Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor to play in the second half of the 2021–22 Women's Super League.[4] She played there for 2 more full seasons, appearing in nearly every match as a starting central defender.
Gintra (Lithuania)
[edit]In July 2024 she moved to lithuanian FC Gintra.[13] where she competed in 2 Champions League Qualifying matches and several league games. She helped FC Gintra win the 2023/24 A Lyga Championship, marking their 20th championship in a row.
Honors
[edit]Minnesota Golden Gophers
Individual
- Academic All-District (2014, 2015)
- NSCAA Scholar All-Region (Central) (2015)
- First Team Academic All-American (2016)
- 2016 Big Ten Defender of the Year
- First Team All-Great Lakes Region
- First Team All-Big Ten
- Second Team All-American
References
[edit]- ^ "Rashida Marie Beal | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
- ^ a b c d "'I was starstruck by USWNT ace Sauerbrunn' – Rashida Beal's arduous path from NWSL to UWCL". VCB2 Project. February 17, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Rashida Beal" (in German). Sport. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi – Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 2–0 1207 Antalya Spor Kadın Futbol Kulübü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Tietz, Steven L. (January 30, 2017). "Germantown's Rashida Beal to try her hand at pro soccer". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "10 Qıuestions with Rashida Beal". FC Kansas Cşty. February 18, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ Privratsky, Matt (January 23, 2017). "Gopher All-American Rashida Beal Drafted by FC Kansas City". Gigty Five.One. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Beal Named Academic All-American". University of Minnesota Athletics. November 22, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
- ^ "Kansas City NWSL Announces Preseason Roster". Our Sports Central. February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ "Rashida Beal". Playmaker. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ "Olimpia Cluj (ROU) 0–2 Glentoran (NIR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
- ^ "Olimpia Cluj (ROU) 0–4 Åland (FIN)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
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- ^ "Minnesota Soccer: Gophers Tie For Big Ten Regular Season Championship". The Daily Gopher. October 27, 2016.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Germantown, Wisconsin
- Sportspeople from Washington County, Wisconsin
- Soccer players from Wisconsin
- University of Minnesota alumni
- American women's soccer players
- Women's association football defenders
- Minnesota Golden Gophers women's soccer players
- FC Kansas City draft picks
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- American expatriate women's soccer players in Germany
- BV Cloppenburg (women) players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Romania
- American expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- FC Universitatea Cluj players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
- American expatriate soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Turkish Women's Football Super League players
- Karadeniz Ereğlispor players
- African-American soccer players
- 21st-century American sportswomen