Rachel Buehler

Buehler with the Gold Pride in September 2010
Personal information
Full name	Rachel Marie Buehler
Date of birth	(1985-08-26) 26 August 1985 (age 26)
Place of birth	Del Mar, California, United States
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Boston Breakers
Youth career
2003–2007	Stanford Cardinal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2008	San Diego WFC SeaLions
2009–2010	FC Gold Pride	39	(2)
2011	Boston Breakers	10	(1)
2012–	Atlanta Beat
National team‡
	United States U19	30	(3)
	United States U21	17
	United States U23
2008–	United States	78	(3)
Honours Women's football Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 29, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 April 2012

Rachel Marie Buehler (born 26 August 1985, in Del Mar, California) is an American soccer defender currently playing for the United States women's national soccer team.

College career[link]

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, majoring in human biology/pre-medicine. 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.^[1] As a redshirt junior in 2006, she was one of two players in the conference to be selected in the All-Pac-10 First Team and the Pac-10 All-Academic First Team.^[1]

Professional career[link]

On September 16, 2008 Buehler was one of three members of the 2008 Beijing Gold Medal team allocated to the brand new Santa Clara, California club FC Gold Pride, along with Nicole Barnhart and Leslie Osborne. FC Gold Pride, coached by former San Jose Clash midfielder Albertin Montoya, was the seventh and final club named in 2008 to compete in the first season of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) the following year.

International career[link]

Buehler has played on several U.S. national youth teams, including U-16 and U-17, 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. She appeared in two matches, chipping in with one assist.^[2] She was also chosen for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup squad and she scored on the USA's opening game against North Korea. On July 10 in the Quarterfinals Buehler received a controversial red card for pulling on Brazilian striker Marta which resulted in a Brazilian penalty kick.

Career statistics[link]

Club career[link]

International career[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rachel Buehler

• Rachel Buehler – FIFA competition record
• US Soccer player profile
• FC Gold Pride player profile

v t e United States squad – 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship Champions (1st Title) 1 Rivera 2 Buehler 3 Ballweg 4 Oakes 5 Hanks 6 Steadman 7 Chalupny 8 Fletcher 9 O'Reilly 10 Osborne 11 Dowling 12 Woznuk 13 Makoski 14 Huffman 15 Tarpley (c.) 16 Wilson 17 Kakadelas 18 Harris 19 Ebner Coach: Leone

v t e United States squad – 2008 Summer Olympics (Women's Soccer) - Gold Medal 1 Solo 2 Mitts 3 Rampone (c.) 4 Buehler 5 Tarpley 6 Kai 7 Boxx 8 Rodriguez 9 O'Reilly 10 Wagner 11 Lloyd 12 Cheney 13 Heath 14 Cox 15 Markgraf 16 Hucles 17 Chalupny 18 Barnhart Coach: Sundhage

v t e United States squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Runners-up 1 Solo 2 Mitts 3 Rampone (c.) 4 Sauerbrunn 5 O'Hara 6 LePeilbet 7 Boxx 8 Rodriguez 9 O'Reilly 10 Lloyd 11 Krieger 12 Cheney 13 Morgan 14 Cox 15 Rapinoe 16 Lindsey 17 Heath 18 Barnhart 19 Buehler 20 Wambach 21 Loyden Coach: Sundhage

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Saint Rachel
Rachel and Jacob by William Dyce
Holy Matriarch
Born	Paddan-aram
Died	Canaan
Honored in	Judaism Islam Christianity
Major shrine	Rachel's Tomb
Feast	Roman Catholicism: 1 November[1] Orthodox Church: Sunday before Christmas

Rachel (Hebrew: רחל, Modern Raḥel Tiberian Rāḫēl, Rāḥēl ISO 259-3 Raḥel ; meaning "ewe"^[2]) as described in the Bible, is a prophet and the favorite wife of Jacob, one of the three Biblical Patriarchs, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin. She was the daughter of Laban and the younger sister of Leah, Jacob's first wife. Jacob was her first cousin, and she was the youngest niece of Rebecca.

Marriage to Jacob[link]

Rachel is first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 29 when Jacob happens upon her as she is watering her lamb. He had traveled a great distance to find his mother's brother, Laban. Rebekah had sent him there to be safe from his furious twin brother, Esau.

During Jacob's stay, he fell in love with Rachel and agreed to work seven years for Laban in return for her hand in marriage. On the night of the wedding, the bride was veiled and Jacob did not notice that Leah, Rachel's older sister, had been substituted for Rachel. Whereas "Rachel was lovely in form and beautiful," "Leah had tender eyes"^[3]. Later Jacob confronted Laban, who excused his own deception by insisting that the older sister should marry first. He assured Jacob that after his wedding week was finished, he could take Rachel as a wife as well, and work another seven years as payment for her.

After Leah had given birth to four sons, Rachel remained unable to conceive. She became jealous of Leah and gave Jacob her maidservant, Bilhah, to be a surrogate mother for her. Bilhah gave birth to two sons that Rachel named and raised (Dan and Naphtali). Leah responds by offering her handmaid Zilpah to Jacob, and names and raises the two sons (Gad and Asher) that Zilpah bears. According to some commentaries, Bilhah and Zilpah, are actually half-sisters of Leah and Rachel.^[4]

After Leah conceived again, Rachel was finally blessed with a son, Joseph, who would become Jacob's favorite child.

Death and burial[link]

Fresco by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo of Rachel sitting on the idols.

After Joseph's birth, Jacob decided to return to the land of Canaan with his family. Fearing that Laban would deter him, he fled with his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and twelve children without informing his father-in-law. Laban chased him and accused him of stealing his idols. Indeed, Rachel had taken her father's idols, hidden them inside her camel's seat cushion, and sat upon them. Not knowing that the idols were in his wife's possession, Jacob pronounced a curse on whoever had them: "With whoever you will find your gods, he will not live" (Genesis 31:32). Laban proceeded to search the tents of Jacob and his wives, but when he came to Rachel's tent, she told her father, "Let not my lord be angered that I cannot rise up before you, for the way of women is upon me" (Genesis 31:35). Laban left her alone, but the curse Jacob had pronounced came true shortly thereafter.

Near Ephrath, Rachel went into a difficult labor with her second son, Benjamin. The midwife tells her in the middle of the birth that her child is a boy.^[5] Before she died, Rachel named her son Ben Oni ("son of my mourning"), but Jacob called him Ben Yamin (Benjamin). Rashi explains that Ben Yamin either means "son of the right" (i.e., "south"), since Benjamin was the only one of Jacob's sons born in Canaan, which is to the south of Paddan Aram; or it could mean "son of my days," as Benjamin was born in Jacob's old age.

Rachel's Tomb, near Bethlehem, 1891

Rachel was buried by Jacob on the road to Efrat, just outside Bethlehem.^[6] Today a site claimed to be Rachel's Tomb, located between Bethlehem and the Israeli settlement of Gilo, is visited by tens of thousands of visitors each year.^[7]

Rachel and Jacob by James Tissot.

Rachel's children[link]

Rachel's son, Joseph, is destined to be the leader of Israel's tribes between exile and nationhood. This role is exemplified in the Biblical story of Joseph, who prepared the way in Egypt for his family's exile there,^[8] and in the future figure of Mashiach ben Yosef (Messiah, son of Joseph), who will fight the apocalyptic Wars of Gog and Magog, preparing the way for the kingship of Mashiach ben David (Messiah, son of David) and the messianic age.^[9][10] She also had a second son named Benjamin; she died during labor with him.

Additional references in the Bible[link]

• In Jeremiah 31:15, the prophet speaks of 'Rachel weeping for her children' (KJV). This is interpreted in Judaism as Rachel crying for an end to her descendants' sufferings and exiles following the destruction by the Babylonians of the First Temple in ancient Jerusalem. According to the Midrash, Rachel spoke before God: "If I, a mere mortal, was prepared not to humiliate my sister and was willing to take a rival into my home, how could You, the eternal, compassionate God, be jealous of idols, which have no true existence, that were brought into Your home (the Temple in Jerusalem)? Will You cause my children to be exiled on this account?" God accepted her plea and promised that, eventually, the exile would end and the Jews would return to their land.^[11]

• In the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew (part of the New Testament), this reference from Jeremiah is interpreted as a prediction of the Massacre of the Innocents by Herod the Great in his attempt to kill the young Jesus. The Jeremaic prophecy is the inspiration behind the medieval dramatic cycle Ordo Rachelis, concerned with the infancy of Jesus.

• Mordechai, the hero of the Book of Esther, and Queen Esther herself, were descendants of Rachel through her son Benjamin. The Book of Esther details Mordechai's lineage as "Mordechai the son of Yair, the son of Shimi, the son of Kish, a man of the right (ish yemini)" (Esther 2:5). The designation of ish yemini refers to his membership in the Tribe of Benjamin (ben yamin, son of the right). The rabbis comment that Esther's ability to remain silent in the palace of Ahasuerus, resisting the king's pressure to reveal her ancestry, was inherited from her ancestor Rachel, who remained silent even when Laban brought out Leah to marry Jacob.

Islamic view of Rachel[link]

Rachel is revered in Islam, and while not specifically referred to in the Quran, she is known by references to her in the collection of stories known as Qisas Al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets or Lives of the Prophets).^[12] The story of how Jacob fell in love with Rachel is told in the Qisas Al-Anbiya, and her beauty is described. Her role as mother to Joseph and Benjamin is the central theme of these narratives on her life.^[13]

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Look up Rachel or רחל in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References[link]

Stephanie Cox

Personal information
Full name	Stephanie Renee Cox
Date of birth	(1986-04-03) 3 April 1986 (age 26)
Place of birth	San Jose, California, United States
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position	Defender/ Left Back
Club information
Current club	Seattle Sounders Women
Youth career
2005–2008	Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2005	Elk Grove Pride
2009	Los Angeles Sol	19	(0)
2010–2011	Boston Breakers	34	(1)
2012	Seattle Sounders Women
National team‡
2000	United States U-14
2002	United States U-17
2003–2006	United States U-19
2005–2007	United States U-21
2005–	United States	82	(0)
Honours Women's football Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:52, 24 September 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 April 2012

Stephanie Renee Cox (born Stephanie Renee Lopez, 3 April 1986, in San Jose, California) is an American soccer defender currently playing for the Seattle Sounders Women of the United Soccer Leagues W-League and is a member of the United States women's national soccer team.^[1]

Early years[link]

Stephanie grew up in Elk Grove, California and attended Elk Grove High School where she helped lead her soccer team to two league championships. She was named to the all-section team as a junior and senior, won the youth All-American award from NSCAA and was named a Parade Magazine All-American. On top of her numerous soccer achievements, Stephanie also lettered in basketball for three years and managed to graduate with a 4.17 GPA.

Career[link]

Collegiate career[link]

Stephanie attended the University of Portland, where she started 23 matches her freshman year. In 2005, after returning to the Pilots following a red shirt season to play for her country, Stephanie helped lead her team to an undefeated record of 23-0-2 and an NCAA Championship and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. The following season, she started in 13 games and scored her first collegiate goal. In 2007, after she returned from the World Cup, Lopez led the Pilots to 11 straight wins and 10 shutouts and helped her team advance to the NCAA quarterfinals. That year, after the World Cup, Stephanie had a chance to forgo her remaining collegiate eligibility and become a salaried player with the senior national team, but loyalty to her team and prior commitments led her back to Portland where she graduated with a 3.7 GPA and a psychology degree and a Spanish minor in December 2007. She was honored as the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner, recognizing her as the nation's top senior in women's soccer.

National Team career[link]

Stephanie became involved in the US National Team Youth program in 2000. At the U-20 level, she played at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand; two years later, she captained the US team in the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship in Russia. She made her first Women’s national career start against France at the Algarve Cup in 2006. Stephanie’s fluid play allows her to snuff out opponents’ threats and transition into the attack while she provides a calm, reassuring influence to her teammates. Her talented play helped the Women's National Team win a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

In 2007, Stephanie received the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, which is presented to the collegiate athlete who best demonstrates excellence in the classroom and remarkable character within the community, as well as success in athletic competition. 2007 also marked the first time the award was presented to a female soccer player. Cox was also chosen as Oregon's Female Amateur Athlete of the Year for 2007.

Personal life[link]

In addition to being an extremely successful soccer player, Stephanie is dedicated to bettering the world around her. Having grown up in a foster home where her parents have cared for 88 different foster children to date, Stephanie was taught from a very young age to appreciate everything and to never take anything for granted. She has assisted her parents in leading a group of teens to Egypt to paint an orphanage, traveled to the Bahamas to clear land for construction of a learning center, traveled to Mexico to serve meals to American missionaries and was part of a team that created a Hurricane Katrina fundraiser in 2005. She recently became a spokesperson for Casey Family Services which is the country's largest foster care organization. Her former University of Portland Pilots’ coach, Garrett Smith, said, “Stephanie has been a wonderful ambassador for our soccer program and the University. On the field, Stephanie is the ultimate team player and makes everyone around her better, but that pales in comparison to the impact that she has on others off the field.”

Stephanie lives in Gig Harbor, Washington with her husband, former University of Portland baseball player Brian Cox.

References[link]

• Marlen Garcia, "USA soccer's Lopez is well-grounded", USA Today, Aug. 10, 2007
• Stephanie Lopez weds Brian Cox
• Stephanie Cox Honored as Oregon Amateur Athlete of the Year

External links[link]

• as Stephanie Lopez – FIFA competition record
• as Stephanie Cox – FIFA competition record
• US Soccer player profile
• Los Angeles Sol player profile
• University of Portland player profile

v t e United States squad – 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship 1 Henderson 2 Angeli 3 Logterman 4 Krzysik 5 Wagenfuhr 6 Lopez (c.) 7 Poach 8 Cheney 9 Adams 10 Bock 11 Heath 12 Rodriguez 13 DiMartino 14 Long 15 Dew 16 Hardy 17 Rostedt 18 Davis 19 O'Hara 20 Nogueira 21 Haig Coach: Schulz