Rashida Beal

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Rashida Beal
Rasdhida Marie Beal.10 November 2024.JPG
Personal information
Full name Rashida Marie Beal [1]
Date of birth (1994-11-18) November 18, 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth Germantown, Wisconsin, U.S.
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 KuPS
Youth career
Germantown High School
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017 FC Kansas City
2020 BV Cloppenburg
2021 FCU Olimpia Cluj
2022– Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 39 (1)
2024–2025 FC Gintra 26 (1)
2026– KuPS 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 January 2026

Rashida Marie Beal (born November 18, 1994) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for KuPS in the Kansallinen Liiga. [2] [3] [4]

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Early years

Rashida Marie Beal was born in Germantown, Wisconsin, United States on November 18, 1994. [2] [5] She performed track athletics in the middle school. She finished Germantown High School in 2013. [5] She studied Psychology with minor in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota graduating in December 2016. [6] [7] [5]

Career

High school and college teams

Beal played two years for Germantown High School team, and four years for North Shore United AFC. [5] She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. [6] [5] She was named Academic All-District in 2014 and 2015 and was selected to the NSCAA Scholar All-Region (Central) in 2015. [8] In November 2016, she was named a First Team Academic All-American. [8] She enjoyed the champion title of the Big Ten women's soccer tournament in 2016. [6] [5] She was named the 2016 Big Ten Defender of the Year. [8]

FC Kansas City

After finishing the college, she was drafted by FC Kansas City in January 2017. [6] Beal played soccer as a professional in her country 's National Women's Soccer League. [2] [5]

BV Cloppenburg (Germany)

Between February and June 2020, she was with the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club BV Cloppenburg in Germany. [3] By February 2021, she was called up to Kansas City NWSL for the 2021 Preseason. [9]

FCU Olimpia Cluj (Romania)

In August 2021, she transferred to the Romanian league champion club FCU Olimpia Cluj to play in the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds. [10] She appeared in two Champions League qualifying matches. [2] [11] She also appeared in several league games in the 2020/21 and 2021/22 season, including the 2020/21 Romanian Cup Championship.

Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor (Turkey)

In the beginning of 2022, she moved to Turkey and joined Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor to play in the second half of the 2021–22 Women's Super League. [4] She played there for 2 more full seasons, appearing in nearly every match as a starting central defender.

Gintra (Lithuania)

In July 2024 she moved to lithuanian FC Gintra. [12] where she competed in 2 Champions League Qualifying matches and several league games. She helped FC Gintra win the 2024 A Lyga Championship, marking their 20th championship in a row. In 2025 season also became 2025 A lyga champion.

KuPS

On 24 November 2025 Rashida Beal signed with KuPS (Finland) for 2026 season. [13]

Honors

Gintra

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Rashida Marie Beal | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "'I was starstruck by USWNT ace Sauerbrunn' – Rashida Beal's arduous path from NWSL to UWCL". VCB2 Project. February 17, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Rashida Beal" (in German). Sport. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Turkcell Kadınlar Süper Ligi – Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor 2–0 1207 Antalya Spor Kadın Futbol Kulübü" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tietz, Steven L. (January 30, 2017). "Germantown's Rashida Beal to try her hand at pro soccer". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "10 Qıuestions with Rashida Beal". FC Kansas Cşty. February 18, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  7. ↑ Privratsky, Matt (January 23, 2017). "Gopher All-American Rashida Beal Drafted by FC Kansas City". Gigty Five.One. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 "Beal Named Academic All-American". University of Minnesota Athletics. November 22, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Kansas City NWSL Announces Preseason Roster". Our Sports Central. February 1, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Olimpia Cluj (ROU) 0–2 Glentoran (NIR)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Olimpia Cluj (ROU) 0–4 Åland (FIN)". UEFA Women's Champions League. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ Ko­ke­nut Ras­hi­da Beal vah­vis­taa KuP­Sin puo­lus­tus­ta
  14. ↑ Šiaulių „Gintra“ – 20-ąjį kartą iš eilės Lietuvos čempionė!
  15. ↑ „Gintra“ užsitikrino 24-ąjį čempionių titulą klubo istorijoje
  16. ↑ "Minnesota Soccer: Gophers Tie For Big Ten Regular Season Championship". The Daily Gopher. October 27, 2016.
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