Carin Jennings-Gabarra

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Carin Jennings-Gabarra
Personal information
Full name Carin Jennings-Gabarra
Date of birth (1965-01-09) January 9, 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1980–1983 Palos Verdes High School
1983–1986 University of California, Santa Barbara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Southern California Ajax
International career
1987–1996 United States 117 (53)
Managerial career
1987 Westmont College
1988– Harvard (assistant)
1993– United States Naval Academy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carin Jennings-Gabarra (born January 9, 1965), née Carin Jennings, is an American retired soccer forward. She earned 117 caps with the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 to 1996 and was awarded the Golden Ball Award as the best player at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup. In 2000, she was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. She currently coaches women's soccer at the United States Naval Academy.

Early life

While born in East Orange, New Jersey, Jennings-Gabarra grew up in Rancho Palos Verdes, California where she attended Palos Verdes High School from 1980 to 1983. During her four seasons playing high school soccer, she scored 226 goals and was a four-time High School All-American and a three-time California Most Valuable Player.

University of California, Santa Barbara

After high school, Jennings-Gabarra attended the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) where she played on the women's soccer team. During her four seasons at UCSB (1983 to 1986) she scored 102 goals, a national record since broken by Mia Hamm, and assisted on 78 others. She was a second-team All-American in 1984 and 1985 and a third-team All-American in 1987.[1] She graduated from UCSB in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. Gabarra was named the school’s Athlete of the Decade and in 1991 the university inducted Gabarra into its Hall of Fame.[2]

In 2000, Soccer America selected Jennings-Gabarra to its College Team of the Century.

Playing career

Club

Jennings-Gabarra played with The Los Angeles Blues (now the Southern California Blues) and later with Southern California Ajax of Manhattan Beach, California. In 1992 and 1993, Ajax won the USASA National Amateur Cup.[3]

In 1993, Los Angeles United of the Continental Indoor Soccer League drafted Jennings.

International

Jennings-Gabarra’s fame rests on her achievements with the United States women's national soccer team. During her ten year career, spanning 1987 to 1996, she earned 117 caps and scored 53 goals.

1991 World Cup

Jennings and defender Joy Biefeld-Fawcett both were members of the Manhattan Beach club women's soccer team Ajax in the late 1980s and early 1990s and routinely played at Columbia Park in Torrance, California.[1] In 1991, Ajax won the U.S. women's amateur championship.[1] During the early 1990s, Jennings-Gabarra was part of the national team’s "Triple-Edged Sword". The term, coined by the Chinese media during the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, included two other prolific scorers, April Heinrichs and Michelle Akers. Of those three players, Akers scored ten goals at the World Cup to claim the Golden Boot, while Jennings-Gabarra added six as the tournament’s second leading scorer.[4] Jennings helped the U.S. national team win the first women's World Cup.[1] She was also selected as the Golden Ball Award winner as the tournament’s top player.

1995 World Cup

In 1995, the Jennings-Gabarra and her team mates came up short in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing to Norway in the semifinals. Gabarra with her team finished third in Sweden 1995, with a 2-0 win over China in the third-place playoff match.

1996 Olympics

In 1996, the U.S. won the first women’s Olympic soccer tournament. Following the tournament, she retired from playing international soccer.

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Carin Jennings-Gabarra competed in Atlanta 1996 Olympics, China 1991 and Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments; played 16 matches and scored 6 goals at those 3 global tournaments. Jennings-Gabarra with her teams won a gold medal at Atlanta, finished first at China 1991 and third at Sweden 1995.

Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition
China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
1
1
1991-11-17[m 1] Panyu  Sweden Start 40 1–0

3–2 W

Group match
2
49 2–0
3
2
1991-11-19[m 2] Panyu  Brazil Start 38 3–0

5–0 W

Group match
3
1991-11-21[m 3] Foshan  Japan {{{4}}}.

off 41' (on Hamm)

3–0 W

Group match
4
1991-11-24[m 4] Foshan  Chinese Taipei Start

7–0 W

Quarter-final
4
5
1991-11-27[m 5] Guangzhou  Germany Start 10 1–0

5–2 W

Semifinal
5
22 2–0
6
33 3–0
6
1991-11-30[m 6] Guangzhou  Norway Start

2–1 W

Final
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
7
1995-06-06[m 7] Gavle  China PR Start

3–3 D

Group match
8
1995-06-08[m 8] Gavle  Denmark {{{4}}}.

off 85' (on Rafanelli)

2–0 W

Group match
9
1995-06-10[m 9] Helsingborg  Australia {{{4}}}.

on 45' (off Manthei)

4–1 W

Group match
10
1995-06-13[m 10] Gavle  Japan Start

4–0 W

Quarter-final
11
1995-06-15[m 11] Vasteras  Norway Start

0–1 L

Semifinal
12
1995-06-17[m 12] Gavle  China PR {{{4}}}.

off 80' (on Rafanelli)

2–0 W

Third place match
United States Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
13
1996-07-21[m 13] Orlando, FL  Denmark {{{4}}}.

on 75' (off Hamm)

3–0 W

Group stage
14
1996-07-23[m 14] Orlando, FL  Sweden {{{4}}}.

on 85' (off Hamm)

2–1 W

Group stage
15
1996-07-25[m 15] Miami, FL  China PR {{{4}}}.

on 30' (off Milbrett)

0–0 D

Group stage
16
1996-08-01[m 16] Athens, GA  China PR {{{4}}}.

on 89' (off Hamm)

2–1 W

Gold medal match

Coaching career

Gabarra began coaching following her graduation from UCSB in 1987. That year, Westmont College, located in Santa Barbara, California hired her as its women’s soccer coach. After one season, she moved to Harvard where she was an assistant coach. In 1993, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland, hired Gabarra as its women’s soccer coach. At the time the women’s team competed at the club level. She developed it into a competitive Division I NCAA team.

In 2000, Gabarra was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. In 2003, she was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Personal life

In 1992, Gabarra married U.S. men’s national team player Jim Gabarra. They have two daughters and one son. Gabarra is a member of the U.S. Soccer Athlete Advisory Council, the U.S. Olympic Committee Athlete Advisory Council and the Maryland Physical Fitness Council.

Honors

World Cup Winner

  • 1991

Olympic Gold Medal

  • 1996

US National Amateur Cup

  • 1992, 1993

California Prep MVP

  • 1981, 1982, 1983

High School All American

  • 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983

NCAA Division I All American

  • 1984, 1985, 1986

FIFA World Cup Golden Ball

  • 1991

US Soccer Athlete of the Year

  • 1987, 1992

U.S. Olympic Player of the Year

  • 1987, 1992

National Soccer Medal of Honor

  • 2001

Hall of Fame

References

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