Nancy Jean Rohrman (; born March 3, 1971) is an American former soccer player who played as a

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, making six appearances for the United States women's national team.

Career

Rohrman played for the West Geauga Wolverines in high school, and was named "Ms. Wolverine" as one of the best senior athletes which demonstrated sportsmanship. She also played for the youth team Internationals Soccer Club. In college, she played for the

Hartford Hawks The Hartford Hawks are the NCAA Division I athletic teams of the University of Hartford, located in West Hartford, Connecticut. Hartford sponsors teams in eight men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The men's and women's tennis teams were ...

, where she was the team

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in her junior and senior years and earned the ECAC Medal of Merit from Hartford as a senior. She was chosen as the Conference Player of the Year in 1991, and was included in the First-Team All-Conference and NEWISA All-New England second team in 1991 and 1992. She also received

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All-Region Honors in all four years, having been included in the first team in 1990 and the second team in 1989, 1991, and 1992. Rohrman was included in the

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All-Tournament team in

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, and was named as part of the ISAA (Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America) Senior Team the same year. In total, she played in 83 games for the Hawks. Rohrman had participated in four editions of the

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. She made her international debut for the

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on April 10, 1993 in a friendly match against

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. In total, she made six appearances for the U.S. and scored one goal, earning her final cap on July 14, 1993 in a friendly match against

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. In club soccer, Rohrman played for the

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in the

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, winning the 1996 championship, as well as Soccer Academy United in

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, winning three consecutive

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titles. She also played for the MYSC Lady Blues of the WPSL in 2008, where she was named Conference Player of the Year and was included in the All-WPSL second team. She was inducted into the Ohio North Youth Soccer Association in 2002, and the

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Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005. She later began coaching, and holds a

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National "B" license. She coached at Middleton Yahara Soccer Club, and worked as an assistant for the

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. She now serves as a coach for Bethesda Soccer Club in

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Personal life

Rohrman is a native of

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. She graduated from the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions at the

in 1993. She is married to

Jeff Rohrman Jeff Rohrman is a retired U.S. soccer midfielder who spent two seasons in the American Indoor Soccer Association and one in the Western Soccer League. He has also coached for nearly twenty years at the collegiate level. Player Rohrman began hi ...

, former soccer player and coach, and has three children.

Career statistics

International

International goals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rohrman, Nancy 1971 births Living people People from Geauga County, Ohio Soccer players from Ohio American women's soccer players American women's soccer coaches United States women's international soccer players Women's association football midfielders Hartford Hawks women's soccer players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Women's Premier Soccer League players