Carin Leslie Jennings-Gabarra is an American retired soccer forward.
15 Facts About Carin Jennings-Gabarra
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra earned 117 caps with the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 to 1996 and was awarded the Golden Ball Award as the best player at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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In 1984, Carin Jennings-Gabarra set the NCAA Division I women's soccer single-season records for goals, goals per game, points, and points per game.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra finished her college career holding numerous NCAA Division I women's soccer records including 102 goals scored, 1.29 goals per game, 60 assists, 0.76 assists per game, 264 points, and 3.34 points per game.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra was named a second-team All-American in 1984 and 1985 and a third-team All-American in 1987.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra graduated from UCSB in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in business management.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra played with The Los Angeles Blues and later with Southern California Ajax of Manhattan Beach, California.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra's fame rests on her achievements with the United States women's national soccer team.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra was selected as the Golden Ball Award winner as the tournament's top player.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra competed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, as well as the 1991 and 1995 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra played 16 matches and scored 6 goals at those 3 global tournaments.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra is creative and has great athletic ability and agility.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra has great speed, can change direction quickly and still keep control of the ball.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra is renowned for her remarkable ball control, imagination, dribbling skills and feints on the wing, as well as her ability to create chances out of nothing.
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Carin Jennings-Gabarra developed it into a competitive Division I NCAA team.