Tucka Healy

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Tucka Healy
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Healy at VidCon in 2010
Personal information
Full name Margaret J. Healy [1]
Date of birth (1962-09-20) September 20, 1962 (age 60) [2]
Place of birth Colorado, United States
Position(s) Forward [3]
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1985 California Golden Bears ? (45+)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
California Tremors
San Francisco Vikings
International career
1985 United States 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Margaret J. "Tucka" Healy (born September 20, 1962) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward, making three appearances for the United States women's national team. She later worked as an employee for Google. [4]

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Career

In college, Healy played for the California Golden Bears from 1981 to 1985, though she missed the 1984 season. Her first season in 1981 was under the AIAW, while the remaining were in the NCAA. In her NCAA career, she scored 45 goals and had 10 assists. She was an NSCAA Third Team All-American in 1983 and 1985, and was included in the NSCAA All-Region team in 1985. [5] In 2015, she was inducted into the "Lair of Legends" of the California Golden Bears, as part of the athletics hall of fame. [6]

Healy made her international debut for the United States in the team's inaugural match on August 18, 1985 at the Mundialito against hosts Italy. In total, she made three appearances for the U.S. at the tournament, earning her final cap on August 24, 1985 against Denmark. [7]

Personal life

Healy was born to Mary and John Helding "Jack" Healy, [8] one of five children. At a young age, her family moved from the Denver area to Palo Alto, California. [9] Healy was employee 81 at Google in Mountain View, California, [10] where she worked as an enterprise sales manager, [3] and later for the YouTube partner program, Google Fiber, and YouTube TV. [11] [12]

Career statistics

International

United States [7]
YearAppsGoals
198530
Total30

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  3. 1 2 "U.S. WNT Flashback – 20th Anniversary of First-Ever Match: Tucka Healy". USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. Archived from the original on July 4, 2006. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  4. ↑ Tucka Healy (Television production). California Golden Bears. May 11, 2015. Event occurs at 1:02. Retrieved June 3, 2020– via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Cal Women's Soccer 2016 Record Book" (PDF). California Golden Bears. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Women's Soccer Inducts Nine Into Inaugural Lair of Legends". California Golden Bears . Berkeley, California. May 7, 2015. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "2019 U.S. Women's National Team Media Guide" (PDF). United States Soccer Federation . 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
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