Linda Ullmark

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Linda Ullmark
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Ullmark with North Carolina in 2024
Personal information
Full name Linda Helena Jade Ullmark [1]
Date of birth (2006-04-21) April 21, 2006 (age 19) [2]
Place of birth San Diego, California, United States
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Tar Heels
Number 7
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– North Carolina Tar Heels 27 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024–2025 FC Buffalo 5 (4)
International career‡
2024 United States U-19 1 (0)
2025– United States U-20 4 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 29, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of June 3, 2024

Linda Helena Jade Ullmark (born April 21, 2006) is an American college soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the North Carolina Tar Heels. She helped the Tar Heels win the 2024 national championship, ending a 12-year drought.

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Early life

Ullmark was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Jamie and William Ullmark. [1] [3] When she was two, her family moved to Okinawa, Japan, where her father was stationed with the United States Marine Corps for ten years. [3] [4] She later moved to Buffalo, New York, and attended the Nichols School, where she played on the soccer, lacrosse, basketball, and squash teams. [1] In her junior year in 2022, she scored 42 goals in 16 games and was named the New York Gatorade Player of the Year. [5] She played club soccer for the Western New York Flash, earning ECNL all-conference honors three times. [6] She also played for FC Buffalo in the USL W League. [7] She committed to North Carolina after being recruited by Damon Nahas; among her other offers were Harvard and Florida State. [4] [8]

College career

Ullmark was the only freshman to start all 27 games for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2024 season. [1] She had a breakout performance against Virginia, scoring her first two career goals and assisting Kate Faasse as the Tar Heels won 3–2. [4] [9] In the ACC tournament semifinals, she equalized from long range in a 2–1 come-from-behind win over rivals Duke. [10] In the NCAA tournament, she scored three goals in the first three rounds and was named in the all-tournament team after North Carolina won its 23rd national title and first since 2012. [1] [11] She finished her freshman season with 6 goals and 5 assists and was named to the ACC all-freshman team and TopDrawerSoccer first-team Freshman Best XI. [1]

International career

Ullmark was called up to the United States youth national team at the under-17 level in 2023. [5] She played in a friendly for the under-19 team against Spain in 2024. [12] She made her under-20 debut at the 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, scoring 2 goals with 2 assists in 4 games and being named in the tournament's Best XI. [13] [14]

Honors and awards

North Carolina Tar Heels

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Linda Ullmark". North Carolina Tar Heels . Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Linda Ullmark". FC Buffalo . Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  3. 1 2 TCT Network (March 5, 2025). "Playing 4 Purpose | Linda Ullmark". YouTube . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Crowther, Harry (September 28, 2024). "'The one moment she needed': Linda Ullmark makes first career brace to best Virginia". The Daily Tar Heel . Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Bambini, Cole (June 26, 2023). "Nichols' Linda Ullmark named Gatorade New York Girls Soccer Player of the Year" . The Buffalo News . Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  6. ↑ "ECNL All Conference Ohio Valley". Elite Clubs National League. August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2025– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "ECNL Girls Ohio Valley All-Conference Teams". Elite Clubs National League. August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2025– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "ECNL Girls Ohio Valley All-Conference". Elite Clubs National League. August 5, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2025– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  7. ↑ Beyer, Gretchen (May 21, 2025). "Buffalo's own headed to U.S. U20 Women's National Team". WIVB-TV . Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nichols' Linda Ullmark named Class B state player of year in girls soccer; Clarence's Matt Andrews shares coach honors" . The Buffalo News . December 5, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
    Murray, Clevis (August 11, 2023). "Ullmark shows why she's state's best" . The Buffalo News . Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Women's Team of the Week: Sept. 30". TopDrawerSoccer . October 1, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  10. ↑ Moon, Emma (November 7, 2024). "No. 4–seed UNC women's soccer upsets No. 1–seed Duke, 2–1, to advance to ACC championship". The Daily Tar Heel . Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  11. ↑ Koh, Michael (December 9, 2024). "UNC Women's Soccer Beats Wake Forest to Win 23rd National Championship". Chapelboro.com . Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  12. ↑ Linda Ullmark at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  13. ↑ Lenzi, Rachel (May 22, 2025). "Nichols alum Linda Ullmark to play for U.S. U-20 soccer team in CONCACAF tournament" . The Buffalo News . Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Chukwu, Saldívar, Melenhorst lead Women's U-20 Championship Best XI". CONCACAF. June 18, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
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