Maddie Dahlien

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Maddie Dahlien
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Dahlien with North Carolina in 2024
Personal information
Full name Madeline Grace Dahlien [1]
Date of birth (2004-07-25) July 25, 2004 (age 20) [2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1]
Position(s) Center forward, winger
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Tar Heels
Number 5
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– North Carolina Tar Heels 60 (6)
International career‡
2023–2024 United States U-20 15 (6)
Medal record
Women's soccer
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Colombia 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 21, 2024

Madeline Grace Dahlien (born July 25, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the North Carolina Tar Heels. A two-sport athlete in high school, Dahlien won multiple Minnesota state track and field championships at Edina High School. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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Early life

Dahlien was raised in Edina, Minnesota. [1] She played for Edina Soccer Club before high school, when she joined Minnesota Thunder Academy, the state's only team in the Elite Clubs National League, and was named an All-American in 2020–21. [3] [4] She attended Edina High School, where she recorded 92 career goals and 43 assists and was named all-state three times. She scored 37 goals in her senior year in 2021, helping lead her team to the state semifinals. [1] [5]

Dahlien also starred in track and field in high school, coming second at the state championship in the 100, 200, and 400 meters as a freshman; sweeping the 100, 200, and 400 meters as a junior; and winning the 200 meters and long jump as a senior, narrowly coming second in the 100 and 400 meters. [5] [6] Following her senior year, she was named the Star Tribune Female Athlete of the Year. [5] She committed to the University of North Carolina for soccer in August 2020 and considered additionally joining the track team. [7] [8]

College career

North Carolina Tar Heels

Dahlien scored four goals with three assists despite making only five starts for the North Carolina Tar Heels as a freshman in 2022, being named to the Atlantic Coast Conference all-freshman team. She scored a brace against BYU in the third round of the NCAA championship, where the Tar Heels finished the season as national runners-up. [3] She became part of the regular starting lineup in her junior year in 2024. Despite missing a month for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, she earned All-ACC third-team honors and has made a team-joint-high seven assists, scored two goals, and drawn six out of the team's ten penalties. [9] [10]

International career

Dahlien first trained with the United States youth national team at a combined under-18/under-19 camp in April 2023. She was one of the youngest players selected to the under-20 roster for 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, scoring a hat trick in her youth international debut against Jamaica in the group stage. She entered the starting lineup as the team finished as runners-up to Mexico, securing qualification to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [3] [11]

Dahlien appeared off the bench in every game at the U-20 Women's World Cup. [12] She scored in both of the team's group stage wins over Morocco and Paraguay. [13] In the quarterfinals, trailing Germany 2–0, the United States came back in the last moments of regulation with a goal from Jordynn Dudley and an own goal forced by Ally Sentnor in the 90+8th and 90+9th minutes—the latter off Dahlien's deflected cross; they advanced in a penalty shootout. [14] Following a semifinal defeat to eventual champions North Korea, Dahlien forced a 119th-minute own goal in a 2–1 extra-time win over the Netherlands, helping the United States finish the tournament in third place, its best result since 2012. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Madeline Dahlien". United States Soccer Federation . Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Furtado, Noah (July 21, 2023). "Edina's Maddie Dahlien puts Minnesota soccer back on USWNT radar". Star Tribune . Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Girls ECNL announces 2020-21 All Americans". Elite Clubs National League. September 20, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
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  6. ↑ Long, Christina (June 28, 2021). "Edina triple-winner Maddie Dahlien is Star Tribune Metro Girls' Track Athlete of the Year". MN Track & Field Hub . Retrieved August 4, 2024.
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  8. ↑ "'You Don't Want To Piss Her Off Before A Race': Edina Track Star Maddie Dahlien Plans Repeat Sweep". WCCO-TV. May 18, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
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