29 Facts About Nicole Barnhart

Nicole Renee Barnhart was born on October 10,1981 and is an American retired soccer player who played as a goalkeeper.

Nicole Barnhart played professionally for FC Gold Pride and Philadelphia Independence in Women's Professional Soccer, and FC Kansas City, Utah Royals, Kansas City, and Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League.

Nicole Barnhart is currently the goalkeeping coach for the Washington Spirit.

Nicole Barnhart competed in qualifying matches for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2011 Four Nations Tournament and 2011 Algarve Cup.

Nicole Barnhart attended Boyertown High School in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where she played for the boys' team for all four years, playing on the field as well as in goal.

Nicole Barnhart played basketball and lacrosse, and was named an All-American.

Nicole Barnhart played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal at Stanford University.

Nicole Barnhart was named an all-Pacific-10 Conference player in 2002,2003 and 2004, and holds the Stanford women's record for lowest career goals-against average.

In 2009, Nicole Barnhart was allocated to FC Gold Pride for the inaugural season of Women's Professional Soccer.

In 2010, Nicole Barnhart helped the FC Gold Pride to the 2010 WPS title, starting 21 games and playing 1880 minutes while making 73 saves and allowing just 16 goals.

Nicole Barnhart had eight shutouts, including the WPS championship game, and was named the WPS Goalkeeper of the Year and a WPS All-Star.

Nicole Barnhart made 74 saves, allowed 23 goals for a 1.44 goals against average and earned two shutouts.

On January 11,2013, Nicole Barnhart was one of three members from the United States women's national team that was allocated to the new NWSL club FC Kansas City, along with Lauren Cheney and Becky Sauerbrunn via the NWSL Player Allocation.

Nicole Barnhart was named NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year for the 2013 season.

Nicole Barnhart appeared in 22 games in 2014, recording 8 clean sheets.

Nicole Barnhart played in both the semi-final and final for FCKC, helping them to win the 2014 NWSL Championship over the Seattle Reign.

Nicole Barnhart was crowned NWSL Champion again in 2015 as FC Kansas City defeated Seattle Reign in the final for the second straight year.

Nicole Barnhart had similarly strong numbers in 2016, starting 20 games and recording 6 clean sheets, but FC Kansas City failed to qualify for the playoffs.

In 2017 Nicole Barnhart started all 24 games for FC Kansas City, and recorded 6 shutouts, however FCKC missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

Nicole Barnhart has appeared in 53 matches for the United States women's national soccer team.

Nicole Barnhart made her debut in a five-minute appearance as forward against Mexico on October 16,2004.

Nicole Barnhart was the hero of the US Women's 2008 CONCACAF final against Canada when she saved a penalty that won the final.

Nicole Barnhart was a member of the gold medal-winning USA team at 2008 Beijing Olympic, although she did not appear in a match with Hope Solo playing all six US matches.

In 2010, with Solo out for shoulder surgery and recovery, Nicole Barnhart started 11 matches, with 8 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws, and allowed 5 goals in 990 minutes; including 5 matches in CONCACAF qualifying tournament for FIFA Women's World Cup and 2 shutout playoff matches against Italy that secured the berth for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Nicole Barnhart was on the roster for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup alongside Hope Solo, but did not get playing time.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Nicole Barnhart received her second Olympic gold medal as a standby goalkeeper for the United States; she did not get playing time, with Hope Solo playing every minute of the United States' six matches.

On January 17,2025, the Washington Spirit announced that Nicole Barnhart would be staying with the club as a goalkeeping coach.

Nicole Barnhart became the secretary of the NWSL Players Association in 2017.

In March 2022, Nicole Barnhart was part of the Players' Commissioner Search Committee for the NWSL that selected Jessica Berman as the league's new commissioner.