Women's Soccer: Wisconsin Junior Midfielder Rose Lavelle Named 4,5/5 1885 reviews
As Rose Lavelle heads into her junior season at the University of Wisconsin, she is considered the top midfielder in women's college soccer. The NCAA Division I coaches who submitted ballots in Top Drawer Soccer's annual summer survey had Lavelle as the 'clear winner' in voting at the position. Lavelle, a regular for the U.S. Under-23 national team, had two goals and 10 assists in 24 appearances for the Badgers as a sophomore last fall and has eight goals and 17 assists in her 43-game college career. The 20-year-old from Cincinnati was named a second-team All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 2014 and has been a first-team, All-Big Ten Conference selection each of her first two seasons at UW. Lavelle and the Seattle Sounders Women (10-1-1), who have the best record in the USL W-League, will play host to the Colorado Pride (9-2-1) in the Western Conference final Saturday. The winner earns one of four spots in the W-League Championship, which is July 24 to 26 in Laval, Quebec.
Fellow UW midfielder Kinley McNicoll and defender Rashida Beal (Germantown) also play for the Sounders, whose lone loss was a 5-1 decision to the Pride on July 3. McNicoll played the full 90 minutes as Canada dropped Ecuador 5-2 in its opener of the Pan American Games on Saturday in Hamilton, Ontario. The Canadians, the defending champions in the competition, face Costa Rica on Wednesday and close out Group B on Sunday against Brazil. UW-Milwaukee coach Troy Fabiano named Becky Golas, who played for him at UW-Parkside in 2002, an assistant coach for the Panthers on Tuesday. She joins her husband Steve on the staff for Fabiano in his first season at Milwaukee. 'I am very excited to join the Milwaukee women's soccer family,' Becky Golas said in a news release. 'Having played collegiately for Troy, I know this program is in great hands and I can't wait to get out on the field with the team.'
Becky (Elk) Golas starred at Bemidji State (Minn.) from 1999 to 2001 before transferring to Parkside, and started her coaching career as a volunteer assistant at Michigan State from 2003 to '05. She's also been the head coach at Illinois College (2010 to '13) and an assistant at Angelo State (2005), Millikin, Ill. (2006 and '07) and Lewis & Clark, Ore. (2008 and '09).
. Rosemary Kathleen Lavelle. Goes by Rose.
Majored in sociology at Wisconsin. Has a bulldog named Wilma who is her best friend. Is always dancing and singing, and is known to play a prank or two on her teammates.
Loves to watch college basketball and is a big fan of Xavier in her hometown. Her baseball team is the Cincinnati Reds. Is proud of her Irish heritage, hence her fair complexion. Loves eating apple slices (as does Wilma).
Absolutely loves Chipotle and could eat it every day. First cap: March 4, 2017 vs. First goal: April 9, 2017 vs. One of the USA’s top players in the 2014 U-20 WNT cycle, she made her full National Team debut three years later after a successful college career at Wisconsin.
2017: Had an impressive first WNT cap, putting in a classy performance against England at the SheBelieves Cup that included several spectacular dribbling runs. Struggled with a hamstring injury after pulling it against Norway on June 11, but ended up playing and starting in seven matches while scoring twice – against Russia and the game-winner in a 1-0 victory against Sweden in Gothenburg. Started six straight games before being injured.
The only match she played after the injury against Norway came in her hometown of Cincinnati when she started and played the first 33 minutes in front of 30,596 fans, the largest crowd of the year. 2016: Trained with the USA during January Camp. 2015: Trained with the USA during the last four games of the Victory Tour. Youth National Teams: One of the USA’s best players at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada, she played every minute of all four matches and scored a critical goal against China PR in the final group game to push the USA through to the quarterfinal round, where it lost in penalty kicks to North Korea. Finished her U-20 career with 19 caps and one goal.
Rose Lavelle Usa Soccer
Named the MVP of the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship in which she played in and started four of the five matches as the USA earned its berth to the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. The first pick in the 2017 NWSL Draft by the Boston Beakers, after the Breakers ceased operations, she was taken as the first pick in the Dispersal Draft on Jan. 30, 2018 by the Washington Spirit.
Rose Lavelle Soccer Player
She is the rare player taken first in two professional drafts in two consecutive years. 2017: Had an excellent start to her rookie NWSL season and was named Player of the Month for April, but ended up playing 764 minutes in just 10 games due to injuries.
She made eight starts and scored two goals with one assist.Scored her first NWSL goal against the Seattle Reign on April 30. Youth Club: Played for Cincinnati United Premier for five seasons since U-14s. Played in W-League during the summer of 2014 with the Dayton Dutch Lions. College: Was a three-time NSCAA All-American at Wisconsin, First-Team in 2015 and Second-Team in 2014 and 2016. NSCAA All-Great Lakes First Team in 2014, 2015, 2016 and Third-Team in 201.
She was the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year in 2015 and 2016 and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2013. Was First-Team All-Big Ten all four years (2013-2016). As a senior in 2016, she was the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year, and became the first player in the history of the award to earn the honor in two consecutive years. Started all 22 matches and led the team in goals (6), shots (74) and shots on goal (31) and tied for first on the team in points (16). Was the team leader in goals for second-straight season.