Linda Ullmark

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Linda Ullmark
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Ullmark with North Carolina in 2025
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 Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Houston Dash
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024–2025 North Carolina Tar Heels 48 (13)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024–2025 FC Buffalo 5 (4)
2026– Houston Dash 0 (0)
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 professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning the 2024 national championship and earning All-American honors in 2025.

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Early life

Ullmark was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Jamie and William Ullmark, also known for her cousin Michael Scott Hinson, a former FC Uzhhorod [3] goalkeeper. [1] [4] When she was two, her family moved to Okinawa, Japan, where her father was stationed with the United States Marine Corps for ten years. [4] [5] She later moved to Buffalo, New York, and attended the Nichols School, where she played on the soccer, lacrosse, basketball, and squash teams. She was named the New York Girls' Soccer Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior after scoring 42 goals in 16 games in 2022. [1] [6] She played club soccer for the Western New York Flash, earning multiple ECNL all-conference honors. [7] She also played for FC Buffalo in the USL W League. [8] She committed to North Carolina after being recruited by Damon Nahas over other offers including Harvard and Florida State. [5] [9]

College career

Ullmark was the only freshman to start all 27 games for the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2024. [1] She had a breakout performance against Virginia, scoring her first two career goals and assisting Kate Faasse in the 3–2 victory. [5] [10] In the ACC tournament semifinals, she equalized from long range in a 2–1 come-from-behind win over rivals Duke. [11] 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] [12] 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]

Ullmark scored 7 goals and led the team with 8 assists in 21 games as a sophomore in 2025, earning third-team All-ACC and fourth-team All-American honors. [1] Unseeded in the NCAA tournament, the team went to the third round before losing to TCU on penalties. [13] After two seasons, she decided to go professional and give up her remaining college eligibility. [14]

Club career

The Houston Dash announced on January 13, 2026, that they had signed Ullmark to her first professional contract on a four-year deal. [14]

International career

Ullmark was called up to the United States youth national team at the under-17 level in 2023. [6] She played in a friendly for the under-19 team against Spain in 2024. [15] 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. [16] [17]

Honors and awards

North Carolina Tar Heels

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Linda Ullmark". North Carolina Tar Heels . Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Linda Ullmark". FC Buffalo . Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  3. ↑ FC Uzhhorod
  4. 1 2 TCT Network (March 5, 2025). "Playing 4 Purpose | Linda Ullmark". YouTube . Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ "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 .
  8. ↑ Beyer, Gretchen (May 21, 2025). "Buffalo's own headed to U.S. U20 Women's National Team". WIVB-TV . Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Women's Team of the Week: Sept. 30". TopDrawerSoccer . October 1, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Koh, Michael (December 9, 2024). "UNC Women's Soccer Beats Wake Forest to Win 23rd National Championship". Chapelboro.com . Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  13. ↑ Koh, Michael (November 24, 2025). "UNC Women's Soccer's Season Ends in Penalty Shootout in NCAA Tournament Round of 16". Chapelboro.com . Retrieved November 24, 2025.
  14. 1 2 "Houston Dash Sign NCAA National Champion Linda Ullmark". Houston Dash. January 13, 2026. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
  15. ↑ Linda Ullmark at Soccerway OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "Chukwu, Saldívar, Melenhorst lead Women's U-20 Championship Best XI". CONCACAF. June 18, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
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