Lucy Bronze

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Northumberland, England
High School:
Dutchess's Common

General: A talented defender who could see significant minutes in UNC's flat back three defense as a freshman...Coach Anson Dorrance believes she could be a full-time starter on defense as early as her sophomore year at UNC.

National Team Soccer: Has attained great experience with English National Team...in February of 2007, she was invited to the U17 team camp...competed with the national U17 team when it won tournaments in Holland (April 2007) and Finland (May 2007)...competed with U17 Team in October 2007 in first phase of European qualifying in Georgia...continued her play with the U17 Team in 2008, competing in April in the second phase of the European qualifiers in the Czech Republic...in May, the English U17s played in the European finals in Geneva, finishing in fourth place...spent the rest of the year rotating between the U17 and U19 national squads...went to training camp in August with the U17 team, competed with the U19 team in Slovenia in September and was with the U17 Team in October and November in New Zealand at the U17 World Cup finals, where the Brits finished fourth...continued play with the U19s in 2009...played in the La Manga Tournament in February, the second phase of the European qualifiers in Hungary in March, in friendly matches in Germany in June and in the European finals in Belarus in July where the English U19s won the championship.

Club Team Soccer: Played for the open age FA finalists in 2009 and the Northern Premier League champions the same year...competed for the Sunderland Women's Football Club from 2002-09...captain of U16 section in 2006...manager's player in 2008.

Prep: Graduated from The Duchess's Community High School in Northumberland, England on July 24, 2009...played soccer, hockey and netball for five years each from 2004-09...was a midfielder on the pitch, a defender in hockey and center in netball...also played tennis for four years (2004-08), ran cross country for four years (2004-08) and competed in athletics for three years (2005-07), running the 800 meters while also competing in shot put and pentathlon...served as the captain of her teams in soccer, tennis and hockey...member of teams which won three successive county championships in soccer.. her hockey team won the county title in 2006 while finishing as the runner-up in 2007... a cross country national finalist in 2005 and 2006...pentathlon national finalist (both team and individual) in 2007...county champion in tennis in 2006...won United Kingdom's Math Challenge Bronze award...finished at the top of her class in math and sports studies.

Personal: Lucia Bronze is the daughter of Diane Bronze and Joaquim and Kim Bronze...was born October 28, 1991 in Berwick-upon-Tweed in the county of Northumberland in England...has one brother, Jorge, 19, and on sister, Sophie, 11

About Lucy...
Academic Major at Carolina: Undeclared
Career Plans: Anything to do with soccer
Hobbies: Skiing, snowboarding, road trips
Biggest Sports Thrill: Winning the European Cup final with the England U19s
Person With the Greatest Influence on My Athletic Career: My mum
Favorite Book: Ugly
Favorite Food: Chinese!!
Favorite Movie: The Lion King ☺
Favorite TV Show: One Tree Hill
Biggest Pet Peeve: Needles!!!
If I Could Travel Anywhere, It Would Be: Brazil
What I Would Do on a Saturday Full of Free Time: Play soccer
If I Could Play Another Sport at Carolina, It Would Be: Tennis
What I Like Most About Coach Dorrance: His sense of humor