Hannah Bebar

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Hannah Bebar
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Bebar with Duke in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-09-05) September 5, 2001 (age 23)
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bay FC
Number 41
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Harvard Crimson 47 (17)
2024 Duke Blue Devils 22 (3)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Bay FC 0 (0)
International career
2017–2018 United States U-17 15 (2)
2019 United States U-20 3 (0)
2023 United States U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hannah Bebar (born September 5, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Harvard Crimson and the Duke Blue Devils, earning three-time All-American honors. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.

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Early life and college career

Bebar grew up in Naperville, Illinois, one of four children born to James and Jessica Bebar. [1] She grew up playing on boys' teams, featuring for Galaxy SC and later Eclipse Select SC. [1] [2] She played for the Chicago Red Stars Reserves of the WPSL in 2019. [3] She graduated from Waubonsie Valley High School. [4] She was rated by TopDrawerSoccer as the fifth-best recruit of the 2020 class. [1]

Harvard Crimson, Duke Blue Devils

Bebar's freshman season with the Harvard Crimson was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, leading her to practice during that time with the NWSL's Chicago Red Stars. [5] In her sophomore season, she led the Ivy League with 10 assists and scored 5 goals in 15 games. Harvard reached the NCAA tournament, falling in the first round. Bebar was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, first-team All-Ivy, and third-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches. [4] She provided 6 goals and 8 assists in 13 games in her junior season, but missed the end of the season due to a knee injury. She was named first-team All-Ivy and first-team All-American. [4] [5] In her senior season, she provided one goal and one assist across two games of the Ivy League tournament, helping Harvard win the inaugural league tournament. She also had a goal and assist in their first-round 3–0 win against Maine in the NCAA tournament, falling in the next round. She finished the 2023 season with 6 goals with 7 assists in 19 games, earning first-team All-Ivy honors. [4] [5]

Bebar transferred to the Duke Blue Devils for her graduate season in 2024, starting all 22 games and recording 3 goals and 5 assists. She helped Duke go undefeated in the Atlantic Coast Conference to claim the conference regular-season title and reach the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. She was named second-team All-ACC and second-team United Soccer Coaches All-American. [1]

Club career

Bay FC

Bay FC announced on February 7, 2025, that they had signed Bebar to her first professional contract, signing her to a three-year deal, and she would join the team after completing her master's degree at Duke. [6]

International career

Bebar was first called up to the United States youth national team at the under-15 level in 2016. [5] She helped the United States win the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, scoring in a 3–2 victory over Mexico in the final. She appeared in all 3 games (2 starts) at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where the United States did not make it out of group stage. [7] She later appeared in friendlies at the under-20 and under-23 levels. [7] [8]

Bebar received her first senior national team call-up as a replacement for an injured Lynn Williams in January 2025. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hannah Bebar". Duke Blue Devils . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ Eskilson, J.R. (March 10, 2019). "How playing with boys helped YNT players". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ Le Cren, Matt (July 9, 2019). "Together again: Harvard recruits Ainsley Ahmadian, Hannah Bebar star in debut with Red Stars Reserves". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Hannah Bebar". Harvard Crimson . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Smail, Isabel C. (May 23, 2024). "Soccer Star Hannah Bebar Commits to Duke For Last Year of NCAA Eligibility". The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bay FC Signs Three-Time All-American Hannah Bebar to First Professional Contract". Bay FC. February 7, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Hannah Bebar at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  8. ↑ Clark, Travis (February 17, 2023). "U.S. U23 WNT Defeats France 2-0". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  9. ↑ Vertelney, Seth (January 8, 2025). "USWNT calls up Bebar to replace injured Williams". Pro Soccer Wire. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
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