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Maddie Dahlien
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) Forward
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Tar Heels
Number 5
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– North Carolina Tar Heels 65 (7)
International career‡
2023–2024 United States U-20 15 (6)
Medal record
Women's soccer
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 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 the 2024 national championship with the Tar Heels. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Early life and college career

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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]

North Carolina Tar Heels

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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 made a team-joint-high seven assists, scored two goals, and drew six out of the team's ten penalties.[9][10] In the semifinals of the NCAA tournament, she drew a penalty for North Carolina's first goal and scored the third goal in a 3–0 win against Duke.[11] North Carolina went on to defeat Wake Forest 1–0 in the final, winning the program's 23rd national title and first since 2012.[12]

International career

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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][13]

Dahlien appeared off the bench in every game at the U-20 Women's World Cup.[14] She scored in both of the team's group stage wins over Morocco and Paraguay.[15] 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.[16] 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.[14]

Honors

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North Carolina Tar Heels

Individual

  • Third-team All-ACC: 2024
  • ACC all-freshman team: 2022

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Maddie Dahlien". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Madeline Dahlien". United States Soccer Federation. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  5. ^ a b c La Vaque, David (July 28, 2022). "Maddie Dahlien, champion who endured hard times, is the All-Metro Female Athlete of the Year". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  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.
  7. ^ Sherman, John (August 7, 2020). "Edina star Maddie Dahlien commits to North Carolina soccer program". Hometown Source. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  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.
  9. ^ Crowther, Harry (December 7, 2024). "UNC women's soccer advances to national championship game led by front three". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
  10. ^ "2024 Women's Soccer Cumulative Statistics". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
  11. ^ Olorunfemi, Victor (December 6, 2024). "UNC Defeats Duke to Reach College Cup Final". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  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. ^ "She's Maddie From Minnesota". United States Soccer Federation. June 2, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "USA Scores Dramatic 119th-Minute Game-Winner To Defeat The Netherlands 2–1 And Finish Third At 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  15. ^ "USA Set to Face Germany in Quarterfinal at 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. September 14, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  16. ^ Sylvs, Southern (September 16, 2024). "Extra! Extra! The Kids are Alright: A FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Recap". All for XI. SB Nation. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
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