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General - A two-time returning letter winner who is a rising star in the collegiate ranks and on youth national teams..came on strong at the end of her freshman year in 2006 to help lead Tar Heels to a national championship...was magnificent on College Cup weekend to lead the Tar Heels to wins over UCLA and Notre Dame...was a full-time starter at forward last year, leading the team in goals scored, points and game-winning goals...earned first-team All-ACC accolades ...graduated from high school at age 17 and scored the game-winning goals in both games of the 2006 NCAA College Cup before turning 18 years old...earned her first U.S. full National Team cap in 2007 at age 18...played on the U.S. U20 National Teams which competed in the 2006 U20 World Championship in Russia, the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil and the 2008 CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the U20 World Championship in November 2008 in Chile...played in 24 as a sophomore and 23 games as a freshman...because of an injury to Elizabeth Guess she earned 64 minutes in the 2006 NCAA semifinals against UCLA and started her first game as a Tar Heel and played 76 minutes against Notre Dame in the NCAA College Cup final...was one of the most dominating players on the field in the College Cup...ranked as the No. 9 recruit in the nation by Soccer Buzz magazine coming out of high school in 2006...a likely starte for the second straight year at forward in the coming season...coach Anson Dorrance says Nogueira is as skillful a youth player as the U.S. has ever produced...has the ability to crush a ball with either foot. National Team Experience - Current member of the U20 National Team which earned a qualifying spot this past spring in the CONCACAF Tournament, giving the U.S. a berth in the 2008 U20 World Championships in Chile in November....earned her first cap with the full national team earlier 2007 at the age of 18...was a member of the U.S. U20 National Teams which competed in the U20 World Championship in 2006 and the Pan American Games in 2007...she took home a silver medal from the Pan Am Games after the U.S. finished fourth in the 2006 U20 World Championship...steadily progressed on the National Team front as she was a member of the U16 Women's National Team and U17 Women's National Team while in high school.
Club Soccer -- A soccer player since the age of five...helped the 87 CASL Spartan Elite to the Region III premier league championship in 2004 and 2005...also led the team to the 2005 regional championship ...named a 2005 All-America...has played for both the `88 and `89 Olympic Development Program teams. Sophomore Season (2007) - Led the team in goals and points during sophomore campaign with 13 and 29...had five game-winning tallies... appeared in all 24 games for the Tar Heels, starting 22 of them... the biggest goal of the season was Nogueira's golden goal versus Virginia in the ACC regular-season home finale...scored in overtime to lift the Tar Heels past Maryland and also had game-winning tallies versus Ohio State, Duke and High Point... recorded her first career hat trick against Ohio State on September 20...that was one of only nine hat tricks recorded in the ACC last season... recorded goals in 11 different games for the Tar Heels... picked up single goals in victories over Yale, VCU, Florida State, Maryland, Duke, Virginia Tech, NC State, Virginia, High Point and UNC Greensboro... picked up three assists on the season against Clemson, Maryland and UNC Greensboro... named First-Team All-ACC... Soccer Buzz and NSCAA First-Team All-Southeast Region selection... named first-team All-America by Top Drawer Soccer and Fourth-Team All-America by Soccer Buzz...copped ACC Player of the Week honors October 8...was on Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week in week 6 of the season and on Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week in week 4 of the campaign. Freshman Season (2006) -- Was named a first-team freshman All-America by Soccer America magazine and a third-team freshman All-America by Top Drawer Soccer...was a member of Soccer Buzz's Freshman All-Southeast Region squad...was named to the Soccer America Team of the Week September 11 after scoring the game-winning goal against defending NCAA champion Portland in only her second game as a Tar Heel...named to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAA College Cup where she was magnificent...she scored the game-winning goal against UCLA in the NCAA semifinals in the 84th minute...she assisted on the first goal and then scored the game-winner on a header in the 47th minute in the NCAA final against Notre Dame...also had the game-winning goal at Portland and one goal against Wake Forest...had eight assists including two each against NC State in both the regular-season match and the ACC Tournament game against the Wolfpack...also had assists against Marquette (on the game-winner by Yael Averbuch), UNC Asheville, Tennessee and Notre Dame. Prep - Graduated from Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C. on June 12, 2006...she played forward and midfield while lettering for four years for the Capitals...led the team to a state championship one year and state runnerup finish on another occasion...was named the MVP of the 2005 state championship game...made the 2004 All-State and All-Conference teams...was also named the 2004 Conference Player of the Year. Personal - Given name is Casey Nicole Nogueira...was born February 23, 1989 in San Diego, Calif. ...she is the daughter of Pam Nogueira and Victor Nogueira...she has one brother, Daniel...her father played professional soccer for 27 years.
2007-08 CASEY NOGUEIRA HONORS
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