Bianca Henninger

Bianca Henninger
Personal information
Full name Bianca Moreno Henninger
Date of birth (1990-10-22) October 22, 1990
Place of birth Los Gatos, California, United States
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory
(on loan from Houston Dash)
Number 1
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Santa Clara Broncos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 New York Fury
2013 FC Kansas City 2 (0)
2013 → Bayern Munich (loan) 0 (0)
2014– Houston Dash 20 (0)
2016– → Melbourne Victory (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2009–2010 United States U-20
2011 United States U-23
2016– Mexico

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 22, 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 9, 2012

Bianca Moreno Henninger (born October 22, 1990) is a Mexican-American professional soccer goalkeeper who plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League on loan from the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League.

Early life

Henninger attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California where she was an NSCAA All-American in 2006 [1] and 2007.[2] She was named a Parade Magazine All-American in 2007 and 2008. Henninger played U-13 to U-18 for the De Anza Strykers, a four-time state cup finalist. She played U- 6 through U-11 with the Central Valley Mercury.[3]

Santa Clara University

Henninger attended Santa Clara University. As a freshman in 2008, she played in seven matches for the Broncos, starting three. As a sophomore in 2009, she started 17 of 19 matches and earned six shutouts. She had one assist on a long punt. Henninger suffered a concussion in the first West Coast Conference game of the year and missed four conference games. She earned her first career NCAA Tournament shutout in a 1–0 victory over Michigan State in the first round. During the second round of the NCAA tournament in a match against Oklahoma State, she saved two penalty kicks and scored one in a 6–5 shootout victory.[3][4][5] She started 21 games as a junior and 18 games as a senior and was 1st team all-WCC both years.

Club career

Philadelphia Independence

Henninger was selected by the Philadelphia Independence in the third round (14th overall) of the 2012 WPS Draft.[6]

New York Fury

After the WPS folded in early 2012, Henninger signed with the New York Fury in the WPSL Elite.[7]

FC Kansas City

On February 7, 2013, Henninger was drafted by FC Kansas City for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League.[8]

Houston Dash

On January 13, 2014, Henninger was traded to the Houston Dash in exchange for the first pick of the third round (19th overall) in the 2014 NWSL College Draft.[9]

Henninger was named Player of the Week for week 7 of the 2015 NWSL season after recording eight saves in a 1–0 Houston win over Portland.[10]

Loan to Melbourne Victory

In October 2016, Henninger was loaned to Melbourne Victory for the 2016–17 W-League season.[11][12]

International career

Henninger was a member of the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup U.S. squad that was eliminated in the quarterfinals. She played in all four games and allowed only two goals. [13] She also played in all 5 games for the Gold-Medal winning U.S. team in the 2010 Concacaf U20 World Cup qualifying tournament in Guatemala, during which she surrendered 2 goals.[14] She played for various U.S. youth teams before 2010, and the U-23's in 2011 and 2012. She attended training camp with the full national team in 2011.[15] She was called up by the Mexico Women's National Team in 2016 for the Four Nations Tournament in China. [16]

Honors and awards

Henninger received the adidas Golden Glove award while representing the United States with the United States U-20 women's national soccer team at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany.[17]

Henninger received the US Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year award in 2010.[18] NSCAA/Performance Subaru First-Team All-American in 2010 [19] and Third-Team in 2011.[20] Henninger was WCC 1st team All Conference in 2010 [21] and in 2011 was WCC 1st team All Conference in addition to being the conference Goalkeeper of the Year.[22]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nscaa.com/news/2007/02/2006-nscaaadidas-girls-youth-allamerica-team-revealed
  2. ↑ http://www.nscaa.com/news/2008/04/2007-nscaaadidas-girls-youth-allamerica-team-announced
  3. 1 2 "Bianca Henninger". US Soccer. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Santa Clara's Henninger has no equal". ESPN. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bianca Henninger". NCAA. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Independence takes Hagen, 5 others in WPS draft". Philly.com. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Henninger Signs with New York Fury of WPSL". Santa Clara University. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ "FC Kansas City sign Erika Tymrak and Bianca Henninger". NWSL News. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Houston Dash acquire goalkeeper Bianca Henninger from FC Kansas City". Houston Dash Communications. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
  10. ↑ "DASH'S BIANCA HENNINGER VOTED NWSL PLAYER OF THE WEEK; Henninger recorded her second shutout of the 2015 NWSL season on Saturday night". nwslsoccer.com.
  11. ↑ "Melbourne Victory announce Henninger and Johnson as full squad is completed". The Women's Game. 21 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Victory finalises W-League squad for 2016/17 season". Melbourne Victory. 21 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Henninger keeping the opposition at bay". FIFA. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Women's U20 2010 Statistics". CONCACAF. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Bianca Henninger". Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  16. ↑ "La Selección Nacional de México Femenil inició su primera concentración del 2016". Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Marta, Popp and Leroux pave the way". FIFA. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Donovan, Wambach, Agbossoumonde and Henninger Voted 2010 U.S. Soccer Athletes of the Year". US Soccer. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Henninger Named NSCAA/Performance Subaru First-Team All-American". West Coast Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Five WCC players named All-Americans by NSCAA". West Coast Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  21. ↑ "WCC Women's Soccer All-Conference Team Announced". West Coast Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  22. ↑ "WCC Women's Soccer All-Conference Teams Announced". West Coast Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2013.

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