Four Tar Heels Named To 2008 Olympic Women's Soccer Team
Posted Jun 24, 2008
U.S. Women's National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named the 18-player roster for the 2008 Olympic Team, a squad which includes former Tar Heel All-Americas Heather O'Reilly, Lindsay Tarpley and Lori Chalupny and current UNC standout Tobin Heath, but not the recently injured Cat Reddick Whitehill. Another former Tar Heel great, Kacey White, is one of the team's four alternates.
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