Betsy Barr (born April 29, 1981) is a retired American soccer player who played for the San Jose CyberRays in the WUSA.[2]

Betsy Barr
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-04-29) April 29, 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Long Beach, California
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 San Jose CyberRays 20 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Soccer career

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Barr attended University of Portland and played for their women's soccer team Portland Pilots,[3][4]

Barr was a fifth round pick in the 2003 WUSA Draft for the San Jose CyberRays.[5] Barr played for CyberRays for one season, after the collapse of the WUSA Barr continued her professional soccer career with the California Storm in the Women's Premier Soccer League.[6]

Personal life

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Betsy Barr is the daughter of Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Barr and her sister is Emmy Barr who also was a professional soccer player.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "WUSA". July 5, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-07-05.
  2. ^ a b "WUSA". July 5, 2003. Archived from the original on July 5, 2003. Retrieved September 1, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Portland' Betsy Barr was named the WCC Player of the Week after leading the Portland Pilots to a 2-0 record over the weekend". wccsports.com. October 8, 2002.
  4. ^ "Texas A&M eliminated from soccer tournament". 3 December 2001.
  5. ^ "CNNSI.com - Soccer - US - WUSA Draft and Player Biographies - Sunday February 02, 2003 04:59 PM". February 17, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-02-17.
  6. ^ "WOMEN'S SOCCER: More WUSA players join California Storm". www.socceramerica.com.
  7. ^ "Raising the Barrs / Former Giant's daughters become rivals as CyberRays host Freedom". Archived from the original on 2023-08-06.