2005 Women's Soccer Brochure
2006 NCAA Championship Review 2006 CAROLINA POSTSEASON The University of North Carolina entered the HONOR ROLL PART 1 2006 Honda Broderick Cup Finalist 2006 season in the unaccustomed position of Heather O’Reilly, Sr., F being ranked no higher than third in any of the 2006 Honda Soccer Award Winner four major national polls. For a program which Heather O’Reilly, Sr., F had won 18 national championships between 2006 Soccer America Player of the Year Heather O’Reilly, Sr., F 1981 and 2005, these kinds of preseason rank - 2006 Soccer Buzz Player of the Year ings were not the norm. Carolina began the Yael Averbuch, So., MF season third in two polls, fourth in another and 2006 Honda Soccer Award Finalists Heather O’Reilly, Sr., F sixth in the Soccer Buzz poll. Yael Averbuch, So., MF But the poll rankings seem warranted. The 2006 Hermann Trophy Finalists departed 2005 senior class had included five All- Heather O’Reilly, Sr., F Americas in its ranks, including three current Yael Averbuch, So., MF U.S. full national team members. Coach Anson 2006 Soccer Buzz Player of the Year Finalists Heather O’Reilly, Sr., F Dorrance knew that he would have to rely on a Yael Averbuch, So., MF large contingent of freshmen in order to be a 2006 Soccer Buzz Freshmen of the Year Finalists competitive team, much less a dominant entity. Tobin Heath, Fr., MF Nikki Washington, Fr., MF When the Tar Heels began the season with its Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Season first loss in a season opener since 1983, for a Yael Averbuch, So., MF very small window of time there was the belief ACC Offensive Player of the Year that the preseason rankings were deserved.
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