Casey Nogueira

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Raleigh, N.C.
High School:
Needham Broughton

General: Three-year letter winner and two-year starter at forward for the Tar Heels...won five national player of the year awards in 2008 while also being named the female athlete of the year in the ACC...enters the 2009 season tied for 22nd place in career points in school history with Angela Kelly with 103...begins the year tied for 17th place in career goals in school history with Wendy Gebauer with 42...graduated from high school at age 17 and scored the game-winning goals in both the semifinal and championship games of the 2006 NCAA College Cup before turning 18 years old...coach Anson Dorrance says Nogueira is as skillful a youth player as the U.S. has ever produced...has the ability to crush a ball with either foot.

National Team Experience: Member of U.S. U23 National Team in 2009...earned her first U.S. full National Team cap in 2007 at age 18...played on the U.S. U20 National Teams which competed in the 2006 U20 World Championship in Russia, the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil and the 2008 CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the U20 World Championship in November 2008 in Chile...she took home a silver medal from the Pan Am Games...steadily progressed on the National Team front as she was a member of the U16 National Team and U17 National Team while in high school.

Club Soccer: Has played soccer since age five...helped the 87 CASL Spartan Elite to the Region III premier league championships in 2004 and 2005...also led the team to the 2005 regional championship...named a 2005 All-America.

Junior Season (2008): Won the Mary Garber Award as the ACC Female Athlete of the Year, the first Tar Heel to win the award in a decade...was the consensus National Player of the Year in women's soccer, winning five of the six major awards...she won the Honda Soccer Award, Soccer America Player of the Year Award and Soccer Buzz Player of the Year accolade as well as the national awards from Top Drawer Soccer and Soccer News Network...was a finalist for the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy...was a consensus first-team All-America selection, winning those honors from Soccer America, the NSCAA, Top Drawer Soccer and Soccer Buzz...the ACC Offensive Player of the Year and a First-Team All-ACC performer...she was named the Women's College Cup Outstanding Offensive Player and the ACC Tournament's Most Valuable Player...made the Women's College Cup All-Tournament Team and the All-ACC Tournament squad...scored two second-half goals to rally the Tar Heels past Notre Dame in the 2008 national championship game...tied the game early in the second half on a direct kick...tallied the game-winner with 2:06 to play to provide the margin in Carolina's 2-1 win...led the nation in goals scored with 25 and in points with 58...her 25 goals equaled the eighth most in a season in school history...was a preseason All-America selection by Soccer America...tapped as the Soccer Buzz Southeast Region Player of the Year and was a first-team NSCAA and Soccer Buzz All-Southeast Region pick...earned National Player of the Week accolades twice, winning the Top Drawer Soccer and Soccer America awards on October 7 and October 21...was also the ACC Player of the Week on both of those occasions...made the Top Drawer Soccer and Soccer America National Teams of the Week three times each (September 2, October 7, October 21) and made the Soccer Buzz Team twice (October 7, October 21)...won UNC's Progress Energy Performer of the Week twice after being named the MVPs of the ACC Tournament (November 11) and NCAA Tournament (December 9)...started her national-leading scoring campaign by totaling five points versus Texas A&M on August 29, scoring two first-half goals to put UNC up 2-0 and then assisting on Courtney Jones' game-winner in the 83rd minute...scored two goals in a 4-0 win over Kentucky...assisted on Tobin Heath's goal in the 1-1 tie at Stanford...scored the game-winner in a 6-0 win over Fordham on September 21...had two goals in the last 20 minutes of the match to provide the separation in UNC's 3-0 win at Duke...followed that up with a stellar seven-point performance in a 4-2 win at Wake Forest...had the first goal of her hat trick at 14:25, assisted on UNC's second goal, scored the eventual game-winner at 75:56 and then restored a two-goal margin for the Heels at 83:56...tied the Boston College game at 1-1 in the 65th minute and UNC went on to win 3-2...had the high-point game of her career with four goals in a 5-0 win at NC State...she became the first Tar Heel to score four goals in a game in five years...scored the game-winner at 17:05 and then added the Tar Heels' third, fourth and fifth goals in a span of 20:05 from 26:28 to 46:33 of the match...scored the game-winning goal and added two assists in a 5-1 win at Virginia...scored the only goal of the game in the regular-season finale against Miami...scored the Tar Heels' second goal in shutout wins over Boston College and Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament semifinals and final...scored the game-winner against Western Carolina.

Sophomore Season (2007): Was a full-time starter, leading the team in goals scored (13), points (29) and game-winning goals (5)...earned first-team All-ACC accolades...appeared in all 24 games for the Tar Heels, starting 22 of them...scored her biggest goal of the season with a golden goal versus Virginia in the ACC regular-season home finale...scored in overtime to lift the Tar Heels past Maryland and also had game-winning tallies versus Ohio State, Duke and High Point... recorded her first career hat trick against Ohio State on September 20...recorded goals in 11 different games for the Tar Heels... picked up single goals in victories over Yale, VCU, Florida State, Maryland, Duke, Virginia Tech, NC State, Virginia, High Point and UNC Greensboro...picked up three assists on the season against Clemson, Maryland and UNC Greensboro... Soccer Buzz and NSCAA First-Team All-Southeast Region selection... named first-team All-America by Top Drawer Soccer and Fourth-Team All-America by Soccer Buzz ...copped ACC Player of the Week honors October 8...made the Soccer Buzz Team of the Week in week 6 and on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week in week 4 of the year.

Freshman Season (2006): Because of an injury to Elizabeth Guess she earned 64 minutes in the 2006 NCAA semifinals against UCLA and started her first game as a Tar Heel and played 76 minutes against Notre Dame in the NCAA College Cup final...was one of the most dominating players on the field in the College Cup...came on strong at the end of her freshman year in 2006 to help lead Tar Heels to a national championship...was named a first-team freshman All-America by Soccer America magazine and a third-team freshman All-America by Top Drawer Soccer...was a member of Soccer Buzz's Freshman All-Southeast Region squad...was named to the Soccer America Team of the Week September 11 after scoring the game-winning goal against defending NCAA champion Portland in only her second game as a Tar Heel...named to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAA College Cup...she scored the game-winning goal against UCLA in the NCAA semifinals in the 84th minute...she assisted on the first goal and then scored the game-winner on a header in the 47th minute in the NCAA final against Notre Dame...also had the game-winning goal at Portland and one goal against Wake Forest...had eight assists including two each against NC State in both the regular-season match and the ACC Tournament game against the Wolfpack.

Prep: Ranked as the No. 9 recruit in the nation by Soccer Buzz magazine coming out of high school in 2006...graduated from Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C. on June 12, 2006...she played forward and midfield while lettering for four years for the Capitals...led the team to a state championship one year and state runnerup finish on another occasion...was named the MVP of the 2005 state championship game...made the 2004 All-State and All-Conference teams...was also named the 2004 Conference Player of the Year.

Personal: Given name is Casey Nicole Nogueira...was born February 23, 1989 in San Diego, Calif. ...she is the daughter of Pam Nogueira and Victor Nogueira...she has one brother, Daniel...her father played professional soccer for 27 years.

2008-09 CASEY NOGUEIRA HONORS
• Mary Garber Award (ACC Female Athlete of the Year)
• Honda Soccer Award
• Soccer America Player of the Year
• Soccer Buzz Player of the Year
• Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Season
• Soccer News Network Player of the Year
• M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Finalist
• First-Team Soccer America MVP
• First-Team NSCAA All-America
• First-Team Top Drawer Soccer All-America
• First-Team Soccer Buzz All-America
• Soccer America Preseason All-America
• ACC Offensive Player of the Year
• First-Team All-ACC
• Women's College Cup Outstanding Offensive Player
• Women's College Cup All-Tournament Team
• ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player
• All-ACC Tournament
• Soccer Buzz Southeast Region Player of the Year
• First-Team NSCAA All-Southeast Region
• First-Team Soccer Buzz All-Southeast Region
• ACC Player of the Week (October 7, 2008 and October 21, 2008)
• Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week (October 7, 2008 and October 21, 2008)
• Soccer America National Player of the Week (October 7, 2008 and October 21, 2008)
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (September 2, 2008, October 7, 2008 and October 21, 2008)
• Soccer America National Team of the Week (September 2, 2008, October 7, 2008 and October 21, 2008)
• Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week (October 7, 2008 and October 21, 2008)
• Progress Energy Performer of the Week (November 11, 2008 and December 9, 2008)

About Casey...
Academic Major at Carolina: Communications
Career Plans: Professional Soccer
Hobbies: Climbing trees, hanging out with friends
Athlete I Most Admire: Tiger Woods
Biggest Sports Thrill: Winning two NCAA championships
People with the Greatest Influence on my Athletic Career: Mom & Dad
Favorite Book: Harry Potter series
Favorite Foods: Rice and Beans
Favorite Movie: Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Favorite TV Show: Dog Whisperer
Favorite Class I Have Taken at UNC: Italian
If I Could Travel Anywhere, It Would Be: Hawaii
What I Would Do on a Saturday Full of Free Time: Rock climb
If I Could Play Another Sport at Carolina, It Would Be: Basketball
What I Like Most About Coach Dorrance: This is genuine, his sayings are the best.