Headed to Beijing
Nicole Barnhart, a Boyertown native, is a goal keeper on the U.S. Women's soccer team. She will be blogging from Beijing as she competes for a gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
posted by Nicole Barnhart at
12:28 PM
Thursday, July 10, 2008
About Me
- Name: Nicole Barnhart
- Location: Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania
My nickname is "Barnie." I graduated from Stanford in June of 2005. I came into Residency Training Camp on trial during 2007, but played well enough to earn a contract and a place on the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup Team. I played in four matches for the USA before undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery in early May 2008. I came back to play in three more games before the Olympics, earning a shutout in the Peace Queen Cup against Italy. The most important international match I've played in to date was against Canada in the championship game of the 2008 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, making several excellent saves and sealing the win with a penalty kick stop in the shootout victory over Canada. In 2007, I got the shutout against Mexico in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 17 during the post-WWC tour, my fourth career cap. I'm a youth national team veteran. I earned my first cap as a field player, when the USA ran out of substitutes against Mexico at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Oct. 16, 2004 during the “Fan Celebration Tour.” I played the last four minutes plus stoppage time at forward next to Abby Wambach in the 1-0 win.
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