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{{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 [[FC Gold Pride|Gold Pride]] in September 2010
| fullname       = Rachel Marie Buehler Van Hollebeke
| birth_name     = Rachel Marie Buehler<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1985|8|26}}
| birth_place    = [[Del Mar, California]], United States
| height         = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub    = 
| clubnumber     = 
| collegeyears1  = 2003–2007
| college1       = [[Stanford Cardinal women's soccer|Stanford Cardinal]]
| years1         = 2006–2008
| clubs1         = [[San Diego WFC SeaLions]]
| caps1          = <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals1         = 
| years2         = 2009–2010
| clubs2         = [[FC Gold Pride]]
| caps2          = 39 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals2         = 2
| years3         = 2011
| clubs3         = [[Boston Breakers]]
| caps3          = 10 <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals3         = 1
| years4         = 2012
| clubs4         = [[Atlanta Beat (WPS)|Atlanta Beat]]
| caps4          = <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals4         = 
| years5         = 2013–2015
| clubs5         = [[Portland Thorns FC]]
| caps5          = 45  <!-- LEAGUE APPEARANCES & GOALS ONLY-->
| goals5         = 0
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1  = [[United States women's national under-19 soccer team|United States U-19]]
| nationalcaps1  = 30
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 
| nationalteam2  = [[United States women's national under-21 soccer team|United States U-21]]
| nationalcaps2  = 17
| nationalgoals2 = 
| nationalyears3 = 
| nationalteam3  = [[United States women's national under-23 soccer team|United States U-23]]
| nationalcaps3  = 
| nationalgoals3 = 
| nationalyears4 = 2008–2015
| nationalteam4  = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps4  = 113
| nationalgoals4 = 5
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Association football|football]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] }}
 {{MedalSilver | [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011 Germany]] | [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final|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}};<ref>{{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}}</ref> {{nee|'''Buehler'''}}; born August 26, 1985) is an American former [[soccer player]] who last played as a [[defender (association football)|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]].<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref>

==Early life==
===Stanford University===
Van Hollebeke attended [[Stanford University]], where she was named by the NCAA Honors Committee as a recipient of the [[Today's Top VIII Award|NCAA Top VIII Award]], and completed her senior year in 2007, majoring in human biology/pre-medicine.  A three-year captain for the [[Stanford Cardinal|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.<ref name="USSoccerProfile">{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref name="USSoccerProfile" />

==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 [[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]] club [[Portland Thorns FC]], along with [[Alex Morgan]] and [[Tobin Heath]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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 awards|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.<ref name=":0">{{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 }}</ref>

==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 [[2008 Algarve Cup|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.<ref name="2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Soccer Team">{{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 }}</ref> She was also chosen for the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]] squad and scored on the USA's opening game against  [[North Korea women's national football team|North Korea]]. Van Hollebeke was part of the team that won the gold medal at the [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|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 women's national soccer team|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 (San Diego)|Balboa Park]] in San Diego. She announced that she would be using her husband's last name professionally from 2014 on.<ref name="NameChange">{{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}}</ref>

Van Hollebeke's maiden name and tough playing style earned her the nickname "The Buehldozer".<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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 [[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]] season and began medical school at the [[University of California, San Diego School of Medicine]] the next day.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{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}}</ref> She graduated as an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]] in 2019 and now practices medicine in the [[San Diego]] area.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.<ref name=":1" />

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! rowspan="2" |Club
! rowspan="2" |Season
! colspan="3" |League
! colspan="2" |Playoffs<ref group=lower-alpha>Includes WPS playoffs and [[NWSL Playoffs]]</ref>
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[FC Gold Pride]]
|[[2009 FC Gold Pride season|2009]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Women's Professional Soccer|WPS]]
|17||1|| colspan="2" |—||17||1
|-
|[[2010 FC Gold Pride season|2010]]
|22||1||1||0||23||1
|-
|[[Boston Breakers]]
|[[2011 Boston Breakers season|2011]]
|10||1||1||0||11||1
|-
| rowspan="3"|[[Portland Thorns FC]]
|[[2013 Portland Thorns FC season|2013]]
| rowspan="3"|[[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]]
|20||0||2||0||22||0
|-
|[[2014 Portland Thorns FC season|2014]]
|12||0||1||0||13||0
|-
|[[2015 Portland Thorns FC season|2015]]
|13||0|| colspan="2" |—||13||0
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!94!!3!!5!!0!!99!!3
|}
{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[United States women's national soccer team|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
|[[2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying]]
|<ref group=m name=goal001>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2010/10/Wambach-Hat-Trick-Paces-USA-to-5-0-Win-against-Haiti.aspx |title=U.S. Women Defeat Haiti 5–0 to Open CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying in Cancun, Mexico |publisher=U.S.Soccer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029152007/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2010/10/wambach-hat-trick-paces-usa-to-5-0-win-against-haiti.aspx |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
|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
|[[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
|<ref group=m name=goal002>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2011/06/US-tops-North-Korea-in-Opener.aspx |title=U.S. Opens 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup with 2–0 Victory Against Korea DPR |publisher=U.S.Soccer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112231224/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2011/06/US-tops-North-Korea-in-Opener.aspx |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
|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
|[[2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament]]
|<ref group=m name=goal003>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2012/01/US-WNT-Kicks-Off-Olympic-Qualifying-With-Win-Against-Dominican-Republic.aspx |title=U.S. Women's National Team Opens 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Women's Qualifying With Record Performance in 14–0 Rout of Dominican Republic |publisher=U.S.Soccer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310050302/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2012/01/US-WNT-Kicks-Off-Olympic-Qualifying-With-Win-Against-Dominican-Republic.aspx |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
|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
|[[2013 Algarve Cup]]
|<ref group=m name=goal004>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2013/03/US-WNT-Opens-2013-Algarve-Cup-with-Win-Against-Iceland.aspx |title=Rachel Buehler Scores in Her 100th Career Cap as USA Defeats Iceland 3–0 to Open 2013 Algarve Cup in Portugal |publisher=U.S.Soccer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209022533/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2013/03/us-wnt-opens-2013-algarve-cup-with-win-against-iceland.aspx |archive-date=February 9, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5
|{{dts|2013-09-03}}
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|{{fbw|Mexico}}
|style="text-align:center"|6–0
|style="text-align:center"|7–0
|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|<ref group=m name=goal005>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2013/09/130903-match-report-wnt-vs-mexico.aspx |title=Leroux Scores Four as USA Downs Mexico 7–0 |publisher=U.S.Soccer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317060415/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2013/09/130903-match-report-wnt-vs-mexico.aspx |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|}

==Honors==
'''FC Gold Pride'''
* [[Women's Professional Soccer|WPS Championship]]: [[2010 Women's Professional Soccer season#WPS Championship|2010]]

'''Portland Thorns FC'''
* [[NWSL Championship]]: [[2013 National Women's Soccer League season|2013]]

'''United States'''
* [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Gold Medal]]: [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2008]], [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2012]]

'''Individual'''
*NWSL Second XI: [[2013 National Women's Soccer League season#Annual awards|2013]]

==See also==
{{Portal|Women's association football|Sports|Olympics|Association football|Biography}}
* [[List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps|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==
{{reflist}}

;Match reports
{{reflist|group=m|colwidth=35em}}

==External links==
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* {{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]
* {{Twitter}}

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