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{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1968)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                  = Carla Overbeck
| image                 = Carla Overbeck 2014 (cropped).jpg
| caption               = Overbeck in 2014
| full_name             = Carla Werden Overbeck
| birth_name            = Carla Werden<ref>{{cite magazine |location=Chapel Hill, North Carolina |url=https://archive.org/details/commencement19901990univ/page/32/ |title=May 13, 1990 Degree Candidates – The College of Arts and Sciences – Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees: Bachelors of Arts |magazine=188th Commencement |publisher=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] |page=32 |date=May 13, 1990 |access-date=March 10, 2023}}</ref>
| birth_date            = {{birth date and age|1968|5|9}}<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Carla Overbeck |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ov/carla-overbeck-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033636/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ov/carla-overbeck-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |access-date=May 10, 2014}}</ref>
| birth_place           = [[Pasadena, California]], U.S.
| height                = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}
| position              = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1           = 
| youthclubs1           = 
| collegeyears1         = 1986–1989
| college1              = [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|North Carolina Tar Heels]]
| collegecaps1          = 
| collegegoals1         = 
| years1                = 1998
| clubs1                = [[Raleigh Wings]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raleighwings.com/w98stats.html |title=1998 Wings Player Stats |publisher=Raleigh Wings |access-date=2023-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990224102731/http://www.raleighwings.com/w98stats.html |archive-date=1999-02-24}}</ref>
| caps1                 = 5
| goals1                = 1
| years2                = 2001–2003
| clubs2                = [[Carolina Courage]]
| caps2                 = 45
| goals2                = 2
| nationalyears1        = 1988–2000
| nationalteam1         = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1         = 170
| nationalgoals1        = 7
| medaltemplates-expand = <!--anything here forces expansion-->
| medaltemplates        = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[association football|football (soccer)]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics#Women's results|Olympic Games]] }}
  {{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]] }}
  {{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]}}
  {{MedalGold | [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991 China]] | [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team competition]]}}
  {{MedalGold | [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999 USA]] | [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team competition]]}}
  {{MedalBronze | [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995 Sweden]] | [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#United States|Team competition]]}}
| manageryears1         = 1992–
| managerclubs1         = [[Duke Blue Devils]] (assistant)
| pcupdate              = 
| ntupdate              = 
}}

'''Carla Werden Overbeck''' ({{nee|'''Werden'''}}; born May 9, 1968) is an American former [[soccer]] player who is currently an assistant coach for the [[Duke Blue Devils women's soccer]] team. Captain of the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States national team]] from 1993 to 2000, she helped lead the team to two [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]s and an [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] gold medal. She played collegiately for the [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|North Carolina Tar Heels]]. She has been an assistant coach for Duke since 1992, overseeing its defensive unit principally. She was inducted into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] in 2006.

==Playing career==

===Youth===
Overbeck began playing soccer at the age of 11, playing for club soccer team the Dallas Sting. With the Sting, she won two national championships.<ref name=ncshof_bio /><ref>{{cite web|title=History and accomplishments |url=http://www.stingsoccer.com/about.php |publisher=Sting Soccer Club |access-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002201750/http://www.stingsoccer.com/about.php |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref>

===College===
Overbeck played college soccer at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] from 1986 to 1989, where she won the [[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship|NCAA Women's Soccer Championship]] each of her four seasons. She was an NSCAA All-America selection three times. During her time as a central defender with the [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|Tar Heels]], the team tallied a 95-match unbeaten streak (89–0–6).<ref name=ncshof_bio /><ref name=duke_bio>{{cite web |title=Carla Overbeck |url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=175381 |publisher=Duke University |access-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901092857/http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=175381 |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Overbeck was a four-time member of the NCAA All-Tournament Team and a two-time All-ACC selection. In addition, she was a member of the 1986 Soccer America All-America Freshman Team and was the Most Valuable Defensive Player of the 1988 NCAA Tournament.<ref name="goduke.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=175381|title=Carla Overbeck Bio|access-date=December 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103052811/http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=175381|archive-date=January 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On May 6, 2006, Overbeck was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame and was a 2010 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inductee.

===Club===
Overbeck played for the [[Raleigh Wings]] of the [[USL W-League (1995–2015)|W-League]] in 1998 and helped the team finish with a 14–0 record and clinch the league's championship title.<ref>{{cite book |last=Blevins |first=David |title=The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia |year=2011 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0810861305 |page=739}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=USISL W-League: Raleigh Wings |url=http://www.soccertimes.com/directory/usisl/w-1/wings.htm |publisher=Soccer Times |access-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174652/http://www.soccertimes.com/directory/usisl/w-1/wings.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From 2001 to 2003, Overbeck played for the [[Carolina Courage]] in the [[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]], the first professional soccer league for women in the United States. She was also on the WUSA Board of Governors.<ref>{{cite web|title=WUSA Restructures Senior Management and Relocates Headquarters to Atlanta |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/news/articles/2001/08/wusa-restructures-senior-management-and-relocates-headquarters-to-atlanta.aspx |publisher=US Soccer Federation |access-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002055018/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/articles/2001/08/wusa-restructures-senior-management-and-relocates-headquarters-to-atlanta.aspx |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref>  In August 2002, her overtime goal in the semifinal match helped lift the Courage to the WUSA Founders Cup II, the league's championship game against the [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]], led by [[Mia Hamm]] and [[Abby Wambach]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Overbeck's OT goal sends Carolina to title game |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2002/08/17/beat_courage_ap/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927104646/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2002/08/17/beat_courage_ap/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> The Courage defeated the Freedom 3–2 to clinch the championship title on August 24, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Courage won 2002 WUSA title with McDermott at helm |url=http://espn.go.com/soccer/news/2002/0429/1375620.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021219193533/http://espn.go.com/soccer/news/2002/0429/1375620.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2002 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref>

===International===
[[File:Carla2007soccer.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Overbeck signing autographs in 2007]]
Overbeck first appeared with the U.S. national team on June 1, 1988, and was a member of the U.S. team that won the first-ever [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|FIFA Women's World Cup]] in 1991. Playing central defender, she led a defense that allowed five goals in six matches. She became captain of the team in 1993.<ref name=ncshof_bio />

She was one of two players to play every minute of each of the team's games at the [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]], the 1996 [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]], and the 1999 Women's World Cup. In 1998, she captained the national team to win the first-ever Goodwill Games.<ref name=ncshof_bio />

Overbeck retired from international competition following the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing her career with 168 [[Cap (sport)|caps]].

==Coaching career==
Overbeck has been an assistant coach for [[Duke Blue Devils|Duke University]]'s women's soccer team since 1992.<ref name=duke_bio />

==Media coverage==
Overbeck appeared with her national team teammates on the cover of ''Sports Illustrated''{{'}}s December 20, 1999 issue.<ref name="SI cover" /> She was featured in the film ''[[Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=SEE RANK Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1146435/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1 |publisher=IMDB |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref>

Overbeck was featured in the ESPN series ''[[Nine for IX]]'' in "The 99ers" episode.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carla Overbeck still inspires |url=http://espn.go.com/espnw/blog/post/6919/carla-overbeck-inspires |publisher=ESPN |access-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119100135/http://espn.go.com/espnw/blog/post/6919/carla-overbeck-inspires |archive-date=January 19, 2015 |df=mdy }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Born in [[Pasadena, California]], Overbeck grew up in [[Richardson, Texas]], a suburb of [[Dallas]], where she attended [[Richardson High School]].<ref name=ncshof_bio>{{cite web |title=Carla Overbeck |url=http://www.ncsoccerhalloffame.com/coverbeck2.htm |publisher=North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame |access-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917080624/http://www.ncsoccerhalloffame.com/coverbeck2.htm |archive-date=September 17, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> She graduated from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] with a degree in [[psychology]] in 1990. In late 1999, Overbeck was diagnosed with [[Graves' disease]].<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Women's National Team Captain Carla Overbeck Diagnosed with Grave's Disease |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/news/articles/2000/04/u-s-womens-national-team-captain-carla-overbeck-diagnosed-with-graves-disease.aspx |publisher=US Soccer Federation |access-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002053758/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/articles/2000/04/u-s-womens-national-team-captain-carla-overbeck-diagnosed-with-graves-disease.aspx |archive-date=October 2, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref> In December 2009, she became an official spokesperson for Instaflex.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instaflex Signs Deal With Soccer Legend, Hall of Famer Carla Overbeck |url=http://www.nysportsjournalism.com/soccer-icons-deal-13010/2010/1/30/instaflex-signs-deal-with-soccer-legend-hall-of-famer-carla.html |publisher=New York Sports Journalism |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> She and her husband, Greg Overbeck, have one son, Jackson, and a daughter, Carson Elizabeth.<ref name="goduke.com"/>

==Honors and awards==

===Individual===
* [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] inductee, 2006<ref>{{cite news |title=Lalas, Overbeck elected to soccer Hall of Fame |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2006-05-06-hall-of-fame_x.htm |publisher=USA Today |access-date=September 28, 2013 |date=May 6, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lalas, Overbeck highlight Hall of Fame class |url=http://espnfc.com/news/story?id=377459&cc=5901 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref>
* North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inductee, 2010<ref name=ncshof_bio2>{{cite web |title=Carla Overbeck |url=http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/carla-overbeck/ |publisher=North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622171811/http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/carla-overbeck/ |archive-date=June 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Team===
* ''Sports Illustrated'' Sportswomen of the Year, December 1999<ref name="SI cover">{{cite news |title=Sportswomen of the Year |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9721/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820065935/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/9721/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 20, 2009 |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref>
* WUSA Founders Cup II, 2002

==See also==
{{Portal|Sports|Olympics|Association football|Biography}}
* [[List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in football]]
* [[List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
* [[List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
* [[List of members of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIFA player|308|Carla OVERBECK}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130901092857/http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=175381 Duke coach profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060329045206/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/overbeck.htm Profile at soccertimes.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040101083848/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/carla_overbeck/ Profile at WUSA]

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