
KELLER, DEBBIE
Position: Forward
Height: 5-4 (1.60 m) Weight: 130 (58 kg)
Born: March 24, 1975, in Winfield, Illinois
Hometown: Naperville, Illinois
College: University of North Carolina |
National Team: Injured
ankle kept her from competing with the National Team in 1996 ... Member
of the U.S. Women's National Team that placed third at the 1995 FIFA Women's
World Championship in Sweden ... Scored her first international goal in
dramatic fashion at the World Cup in Sweden, tallying in stoppage time against
Australia in the final first-round match, earning first place in the group
for the U.S. ... Made her first appearance with the National Team against
Brazil on May 14, 1995 ... Has been training with the Women's National Team
since January 1995, but missed out on a chance to compete for a spot on
the 1996 Olympic Team due to a foot injury ... Trained and toured extensively
with the U-20 National Team, including training camps since 1993 and competitions
in Jamaica and Germany (Nordic Cup) ... Member of the gold-medal winning
North team at the 1995 U.S. Olympic festival in Denver, scoring the winning
goal in the championship game. College/High School: Scored the gamewinning
goal for UNC in the 1996 national championship game ... Led UNC in scoring
with 23 goals and 14 assists for 60 points as the Tar Heels finished the
1995 regular season 23-0-0 and ranked No. 1 ... 1995 Soccer News All-American
... Named Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year in 1993 at UNC ...
Named 1994 NSCAA All-American second team ... A finalist for the Hermann
Trophy in 1994, she was named first-team All-ACC and was a Soccer News
All-South team member in 1994 ... An NCAA Final Four all-tournament
selection ... Played prep soccer at Waubonsie Valley High School in suburban
Chicago, where her mother, Judy, was head coach ... A two-time Parade
All-American ... Member of the National Honor Society and was named
to Chicago Tribune Top 20 Scholar-Athlete Team for all sports. Club:
Club team, Sparta, was the U-16 national runner-up in 1991 and won the
1992 U-17 national title. Personal: Full name Debbie Kim Keller ...
Her brother, Steve, played soccer for Indiana University and both Debbie
and Steve competed in the 1994 NCAA championship game for their respective
teams. Spent second half of 1997 attending University of Wollongong in Australia,
while there and in New Zealand she swam with dolphins, bungee jumped off
Kawana Bridge, scuba dived at the Great Barrier Reef and climbed Ayers Rock.
Full-International Appearances: 23
Full-International Goals: 4
First Appearance: April 28, 1995, vs. Finland
First Goal: June 10, 1995, vs. Australia |