Kacey White
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kacey Dell White[1] | ||
Date of birth | April 27, 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Aurora, Colorado, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005 | New Jersey Wildcats | 14 | (5) |
2006 | Bälinge IF | ||
2007 | AIK | ||
2007 | Bälinge IF | ||
2009–10 |
Sky Blue FC | 43 | (3) |
2011 | magicJack | 1 | (0) |
2011 | Atlanta Beat | 9 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
United States U-21 | |||
2006–2009 | United States | 18 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2007 | Texas Tech (assistant) | ||
2008 | SMU (assistant) | ||
2012–2013 | Oklahoma (assistant) | ||
2014 |
Green Bay Phoenix | ||
2017 |
Xavier Musketeers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 28, 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 26, 2013 |
Kacey Dell White (formerly Burke; born April 27, 1984) is an American professional soccer midfielder and coach. She most recently played for the Atlanta Beat of Women's Professional Soccer and the United States women's national soccer team.
Early life
Born in Aurora, Colorado, White began playing soccer at the age of five.[1] She attended Grace Preparatory Academy in Arlington, Texas, where she was named to the NSCAA All-America squad in 2001 and was a Parade All-American selection.[2] White played club soccer for the Solar '84 and Defeeters '84. She also played for the regional Olympic Development Program (ODP) team from 1997 to 2002.[1]
North Carolina Tar Heels
White attended the
Playing career
Club
White signed with Bälinge IF in Sweden for the 2006 season and was later named Uppland Forward of the Year. In 2007, she played for AIK in Sweden's Damallsvenskan.[2]
In 2008, White was selected 21st overall during the
White signed with
International
White represented the United States as various youth levels, including the under-19 and under-21 national teams. With the under-21 team, she won the 2005 Nordic Cup in Sweden.[1] On November 2, 2006, she debuted for the United States women's national soccer team during at match against the Netherlands during the Peace Queen Cup in South Korea.[2] White was an alternate for the senior national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China.[3]
Coaching career
In 2012, White became an assistant coach for the
On December 14, 2016 it was announced that she will become the new head coach of Women's soccer at Xavier University.
On April 18, 2017 it was announced that she resigned as Xavier head coach to take a position with US soccer.[13]
On April 16, 2018, it was announced that White will serve as the Associate Development Academy Director for the West Florida Flames in Brandon, Florida.[14]
On October 26, 2020, White was announced as the Girls Soccer Head Coach at Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School in Spring Hill, Pasco County, Florida.[15]
Sports Diplomacy
In 2019, White traveled to Costa Rica with Amanda Cromwell as a Sports Envoy for the U.S. State Department's Sports Diplomacy Office. In Costa Rica, White and Cromwell coached a soccer clinic to advance Sports Diplomacy's mission of empowering girls in sports.[16]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Kacey White". University of North Carolina. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Kacey White". US Soccer Federation. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Kacey Burke". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ "Tar Heels sharing the load". ESPN. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ Gardiner, Andy (September 25, 2005). "North Carolina keeps on rolling in soccer". USA Today. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ "Separating the wheat from the chaff". ESPN. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Kacey White". Soccer Way. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ Witz, Billy (August 23, 2009). "Last Laugh and Trophy Are Prizes for Sky Blue". New York Times. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ "Beat Return Home On A High Note". Our Sports Central. June 10, 2011. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ Kassouf, Jeff (June 14, 2011). "WPS balance of power shifts slightly in Week 10 with Flash loss". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ "Oklahoma hires Kacey White as soccer assistant". KRGV. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ "THE CAPITAL AREA SOCCER LEAGUE NAMES KACEY BURKE AS OLDER GIRLS DIRECTOR". Retrieved March 31, 2015.
- ^ "Kacey White Resigns To Accept Coaching Position With U.S. Soccer". Xavier University Athletics. April 18, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ "Kacey White, former Women's National Team player joins West Florida Flames as Associate Girls and Boys Development Academy Director". Archived from the original on April 19, 2018.
- ^ "Former USWNT Member Kacey White Named Girls Soccer Head Coach". October 26, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ^ "Sports Diplomacy – U.S. Department of State". www.facebook.com. Retrieved October 5, 2020.