.png) Averbuch in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yael Averbuch West | ||
| Birth name | Yael Friedman Averbuch[1] | ||
| Date of birth | November 3, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | New York, New York, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | NJ/NY Gotham FC (general manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Monclair Kangaroos | |||
| Montclair Mavericks | |||
| Ramapo Wildcats | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 77 | (26) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | New Jersey Lady Stallions | 16 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | Sky Blue FC | 41 | (1) |
| 2011 | Western New York Flash | 14 | (0) |
| 2012 | WFC Rossiyanka | ||
| 2012–13 | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC | 30 | (8) |
| 2014 | Washington Spirit | 22 | (1) |
| 2015–2017 | FC Kansas City | 63 | (6) |
| 2018 | Reign FC | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2002 | United States U-16 | ||
| 2003 | United States U-17 | ||
| 2003–2004 | United States U-19 | 15 | (2) |
| United States U-20 | |||
| United States U-21 | |||
| 2008 | United States U-23 | ||
| 2007–2013 | United States | 26 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021 | NJ/NY Gotham FC (interim general manager) | ||
| 2021– | NJ/NY Gotham FC (general manager) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 11, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 10, 2013 | |||
Yael Averbuch West (born Yael Friedman Averbuch; November 3, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player. She was formerly the executive director of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association[2] and is the current general manager of NJ/NY Gotham FC.[3] A retired professional soccer player, she last played as a defender for Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League.
During her career as a center midfielder at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Averbuch was named national player of the year by both Soccer Buzz and Top Drawer Soccer. Averbuch was selected in the first round of the 2009 WPS Draft (4th overall) by her home state team, Sky Blue FC. She later played for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in the Damallsvenskan and the UEFA Women's Champions League and made a brief stint with WFC Rossiyanka. She is a two-time WPS champion with Sky Blue FC and the Western New York Flash.
Averbuch played for the United States at every level of the youth national teams and represented the United States women's national soccer team from 2007 to 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Hruby, Emma (December 7, 2021). "Gotham FC names Yael Averbuch West permanent general manager". Just Women's Sports. Retrieved August 11, 2022.