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Rashida Marie Beal (born November 18, 1994) is an American professional soccer player, who plays as a defender for Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor in the Turkish Women's Football Super League.[2][3][4]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rashida Marie Beal[1] | ||
Date of birth | November 18, 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Germantown, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Gintra | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Germantown High School | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017 | FC Kansas City | ||
2020 | BV Cloppenburg | ||
2021 | FCU Olimpia Cluj | ||
2022– | Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor | 39 | (1) |
2024– | FC Gintra | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 23, 2023 |
Rashida Marie Beal was born in Germantown, Wisconsin, United States on November 18, 1994.[2][5] She performed track athletics in the middle school. She finished Germantown High School in 2013.[5] She studied Psychology with minor in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota graduating in December 2016.[6][7][5]
Beal played two years for Germantown High School team, and four years for North Shore United AFC.[5] She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.[6][5] She was named Academic All-District in 2014 and 2015 and was selected to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region (Central) in 2015.[8] In November 2016, she was named a First Team Academic All-American.[8] She enjoyed the champion title of the Big Ten women's soccer tournament in 2016.[6][5] She was named the 2016 Big Ten Defender of the Year.[8]
After finishing the college, she was drafted by FC Kansas City in January 2017.[6] Beal played soccer as a professional in her country 's National Women's Soccer League.[2][5]
Between February and June 2020, she was with the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club BV Cloppenburg in Germany.[3] By February 2021, she was called up to Kansas City NWSL for the 2021 Preseason.[9]
In August 2021, she transferred to the Romanian league champion club FCU Olimpia Cluj to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds.[10][11] She appeared in two matches.[2][12]
In the beginning of 2022, she moved to Turkey and joined Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor to play in the second half of the 2021–22 Women's Super League.[4]
In July 2024 she removed to lithuanian FC Gintra.[13]
Minnesota Golden Gophers
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