Betsy Barr (born April 29, 1981) is a retired American soccer player who played for the

San Jose CyberRays San Jose CyberRays was a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Spartan Stadium on the South Campus of San José State University in San Jose, California. Stars included U.S. National T ...

in the WUSA.

Soccer career

Barr attended

University of Portland The University of Portland (UP) is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1901 and is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross, which also founded UP's sister school, the University of Notre Da ...

and played for their women's soccer team

Portland Pilots The Portland Pilots is the nickname for athletics at the University of Portland. The Pilots compete in the West Coast Conference (WCC) at the NCAA Division I level. History The Pilots started to gain attention when Clive Charles began coachi ...

, Barr was a fifth round pick in the 2003 WUSA Draft for the San Jose CyberRays. Barr played for CyberRays for one season, after the collapse of the WUSA Barr continued her professional soccer career with the

California Storm California Storm is an American women's soccer team, founded in 1995 as the Sacramento Storm, before changing its name the following season. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League and the USL W League, both semi-profession ...

in the

Women's Premier Soccer League The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is an amateur women's soccer league in the United States. History The WPSL is the longest-running active women's soccer league as it enters its 25th season in 2023. The WPSL is also the largest women ...

Personal life

Betsy Barr is the daughter of

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

pitcher

Jim Barr James Leland Barr (born February 10, 1948) is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the San Francisco Giants (1971–1978, 1982–1983) and California Angels (1979–1980). ...

and her sister is Emmy Barr who also was a professional soccer player.

References

1981 births Living people Soccer players from Long Beach, California American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Women's United Soccer Association players San Jose CyberRays players Women's association football midfielders Portland Pilots women's soccer players {{US-women-footy-midfielder-stub