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{{short description|American former soccer player and coach (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name= April Heinrichs
| fullname = April Dawn Heinrichs<ref>{{cite web |title=Gesamtliste 2015 |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/education/02/52/39/20/gesamtliste2015-coaching-admin_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305075911/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/education/02/52/39/20/gesamtliste2015-coaching-admin_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 5, 2016 |publisher=[[FIFA]]|access-date=September 9, 2015 |page=4}}</ref>
| image = April Heinrichs.jpg
| caption = Heinrichs at the 2003 World Cup
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1964|2|27}}<ref name="US Soccer">{{cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=7566 |title=April Heinrichs |publisher=[[United States Soccer Federation]] |access-date=February 28, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040416054039/http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=7566 |archive-date=April 16, 2004}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Denver, Colorado]], U.S.<ref name="US Soccer"/>
| height = {{convert|5|ft|4|in|m}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportswomenofcolorado.org/april-heinrichs-1992/ |title=April Heinrichs 1992 |work=Sportswomen of Colorado |date=October 9, 2015 |access-date=July 20, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720233240/https://sportswomenofcolorado.org/april-heinrichs-1992/ |archive-date=July 20, 2022}}</ref>
| currentclub  =
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| collegeyears1= 1983–1986
| college1= [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|North Carolina Tar Heels]]
| years1= 1987
| clubs1= FCF Juventus
| years2= 1988–1989
| clubs2= [[Prato Wonder]]
| nationalyears1= 1986–1991
| nationalteam1= [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1= 47
| nationalgoals1 = 37
| manageryears1 = 1990
| manageryears2 = 1991–1995
| manageryears3 = 1996–1999
| manageryears4 = 1995–2000
| manageryears5 = 2000–2005
| manageryears6 = 2006
| managerclubs1 = [[Princeton University]]
| managerclubs2 = [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]]
| managerclubs3 = [[University of Virginia]]
| managerclubs4 = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] ''(assistant)''
| managerclubs5 = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| managerclubs6 = [[University of California, Irvine|UC Irvine]]
| manageryears7 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs7 = [[United States Soccer Federation|USSF]] Technical Director
}}
'''April Dawn Heinrichs''' (born February 27, 1964) is an American former [[Association football|soccer]] player and [[Manager (association football)|coach]]. She was among the first players on the [[United States women's national soccer team]], and was [[Captain (association football)|captain]] of the United States team which won the first ever [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991]]. She finished her international playing career with 46 [[Cap (football)|caps]] and 35 goals. Heinrich coached the USA women's team from 2000 to 2004; under her tenure, team USA finished third in the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup]], and won the silver medal at the [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Sydney 2000]] and gold at the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament|Athens 2004]] Olympics. In 1998 she became the first female player inducted into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=April Heinrichs - 1998 Inductee {{!}} National Soccer Hall of Fame |url=http://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/players/april-heinrichs.html |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=April Heinrichs - 1998 Inductee {{!}} National Soccer Hall of Fame |language=en}}</ref> In January 2011, Heinrichs was appointed Technical Director for women's soccer by the [[United States Soccer Federation]].<ref name=uss_td/>

==Collegiate record==
Heinrichs is a 1986 graduate of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|UNC]] where she was named National Player of the Year twice and earned All-American First team honors three times.

==Club career==
After playing in the [[Mundialito (women)|Mundialito]] with the United States national team, Heinrichs spent a short period playing professional soccer in the Italian [[Serie A (women's football)|Serie A]] with Juventus and then [[A.C.F. Prato|Prato]].<ref name="dizionario">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J5OpwwKggrsC&q=vilma+seghetti&pg=PA689 |title=Dizionario Del Calcio Italiano |publisher=Baldini&Castoldi |access-date=August 27, 2012 |first=Marco |last=Sappino |language=it |isbn=978-8880898627 |page=683 |year=2000 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Women's national team record==
April Heinrichs played for [[United States women's national soccer team]] from 1986 through 1991, appeared in 46 matches and scored 35 goals, including fours goals at the [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[China]], where [[Captain (association football)|captain]] Heinrichs formed a forward line dubbed the "[[Triple-Edged Sword (soccer)|triple-edged sword]]" with [[Carin Jennings]] and [[Michelle Akers|Michelle Akers-Stahl]]. Heinrichs remains among the all-time leaders in goals scored for the USA.<ref name=uss_at>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/US-Women/Records/AllTime-Leaders.aspx |title=All-Time Leaders: GOALS SCORED |publisher=U.S.Soccer  |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130416084318/http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/US-Women/Records/AllTime-Leaders.aspx  |archive-date=April 16, 2013}}</ref><ref name=fifa_ps>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=607/index.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813021811/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=607/index.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 13, 2009 |title=FIFA Player Statistics: April HEINRICHS |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>

===Matches and goals scored at World Cup===
April Heinrichs competed in the first [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] in [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]], and finished with her team as World Champions; played in five matches and scored four goals.
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|colspan=10|{{center|{{flagicon|China}} '''[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup]]'''}}
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|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|{{center|1}}
|1991-11-17<ref group=m name=mat01>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1309/match=21958/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127212145/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1309/match=21958/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2013 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Sweden – USA |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>
|[[Panyu]]
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|Start
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|3–2[[Association football|W]]
|{{fb bg world cup final tournament}}|[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup#Group B|Group match]]
|-
|{{center|1}}
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |2
|rowspan=2|1991-11-19<ref group=m name=mat02>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1309/match=21960/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127205433/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1309/match=21960/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2013 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Brazil – USA |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[Panyu]]
|rowspan=2|{{fbw|BRA}}
|rowspan=2|{{subout|41|Brandi|Chastain}}
|23
|1–0
|rowspan=2|5–0[[Association football|W]]
|rowspan=2 {{fb bg world cup final tournament}}|[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup#Group B|Group match]]
|-
|{{center|2}}
|35
|2–0
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|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|{{center|3}}
|1991-11-24<ref group=m name=mat03>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1313/match=21974/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127221101/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1313/match=21974/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2013 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: USA – Chinese Taipei |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>
|[[Foshan]]
|{{fbw|TPE }}
|{{subout|41|Debbie|Belkin}}
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|7–0[[Association football|W]]
|{{fb bg world cup final tournament}}|[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup#Quarterfinals|Quarter-final]]
|-
|{{center|3}}
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" |4
|rowspan=2|1991-11-27<ref group=m name=mat04>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1314/match=9989/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127202551/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1314/match=9989/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2013 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Germany – USA |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[Guangzhou]]
|rowspan=2|{{fbw|GER}}
|rowspan=2|Start
|54
|4–1
|rowspan=2|5–2[[Association football|W]]
|rowspan=2 {{fb bg world cup final tournament}}|[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup#Semifinals|Semifinal]]
|-
|{{center|4}}
|75
|5–2
|-
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|{{center|5}}
|1991-11-30<ref group=m name=mat05>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1316/match=9991/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127215602/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/chinapr1991/matches/round=1316/match=9991/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2013 |title=FIFA Women's World Cup China 1991: MATCH Report: Norway – USA |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>
|[[Guangzhou]]
|{{fbw|NOR}}
|Start
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|2–1[[Association football|W]]
|{{fb bg world cup final tournament}}|[[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup#Final|Final]]
|}

==College head coach==
She had an 8–6–1 record as head coach at [[Princeton University]] in 1990.

Heinrichs guided [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]] to a 56–40–7 record from 1991 to 1995, earning Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1995 after leading the Terps to their first NCAA Tournament berth.

She was head coach from 1996 to 2000 at [[University of Virginia]], where she recorded a 52–27–7 mark in leading the Cavaliers to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. She led Virginia to a 13–10 record, including a trip to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament in 1999 season.

==Coaching U.S. Women's National Team==
She joined the [[United States women's national soccer team]] as an assistant coach in 1995. She became the team's head coach in 2000.

During her tenure, Heinrichs was often criticized for failing to lead the previously unstoppable national squad to a major international championship, but she coached the team to victory at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. Heinrichs led the United States to wins in international tournaments such as the [[Algarve Cup]], [[Four Nations Cup]], [[CONCACAF W Championship|Gold Cup]] and a much celebrated return to the podium by winning Gold in Athens.  Heinrichs also led her team to the silver medal in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] and the bronze medal in the [[FIFA Women's World Cup 2003|2003 Women's World Cup]].

Heinrichs' five years at the helm led to an 87–17–20 record.  She resigned as coach on February 15, 2005, and became a consultant for [[U.S. Soccer]].

==Olympic Committee==
She was named head coach for women's soccer at the [[University of California, Irvine]], on December 19, 2005, and later resigned to accept a position with the [[U.S. Olympic Committee]] in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

==Technical Director==
In January 2011, April Heinrichs was hired by [[United States Soccer Federation]] as Technical Director for women's soccer. The appointment, along with [[Jill Ellis]] as development director, marks the first time U.S. Soccer had appointed full-time positions to oversee the women's youth national teams program. Besides focusing on technical directions of women's soccer, Heinrichs will oversee the under-20 and under-18 women's youth teams.<ref name=uss_td>{{Cite web |url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/40937/heinrichs-and-ellis-hired-to-run-girls-program.html |title=Heinrichs and Ellis hired to run girls program |publisher=SoccerAmericaDaily}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.nationalsoccerhof.com/players/april-heinrichs.html National Soccer Hall of Fame profile]
*[https://archive.today/20121215051638/http://www.wsoccer.uci.edu/ UCI Women's Soccer]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011145141/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/heinrichs.htm Profile at SoccerTimes.com]

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