Rachel Buehler

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playername = Rachel Bühler


fullname = Rachel Marie Buehler
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|08|26
cityofbirth = Del Mar, California
countryofbirth = United States
height = 5'5" / 165cm
years = 2009-
clubs = Bay Area WPS
currentclub = Bay Area WPS
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position = Defender
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nationalyears = 2006-
nationalteam = United States
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Rachel Marie Bühler (born August 26, 1985, Del Mar, California) is an American soccer defender and member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Buehler attended Stanford University, where she was named by the NCAA Honors Committee as a recipient of the NCAA Top VIII Award, and completed her senior year in 2007. A three-year captain for the Cardinal, Buehler was an All-Pac-10 Conference First-Team selection, an NSCAA First-Team All-American Scholar Athlete, and was chosen as the ESPN Academic All-American of the Year.cite web| title =Biographies: Rachel Buehler| publisher =US Soccer|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_7536641.html| format =html| accessdate = 2008-08-11]

Buehler has played on several U.S. national youth teams and was a member of the first place 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada and the third place team at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand. She joined the National Team training camp in July 2006 and debuted for the full team in March 2008 at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. Buehler was named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Soccer Team on June 23, 2008, and appeared in one match. [http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_7143429.html 2008 U.S. Olympic Women's Soccer Team] . USA Soccer. (2008-06-23)]

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* [http://ussoccer.com/bio/index.jsp_78695.html US Soccer profile]