Tessa Dellarose
_080.jpg) Dellarose with North Carolina in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tessa Elise Dellarose[1] | ||
| Date of birth | April 2, 2004[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back[2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | North Carolina Tar Heels | 46 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2023– | United States U-20 | 8 | (1) |
Tessa Dellarose (born April 2, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a left back for the North Carolina Tar Heels and the United States national under-20 team.
Early life
[edit]Dellarose was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Melinda and Ron Dellarose, and has two older siblings.[3] Her father played college baseball at Duquesne.[3] She was raised in Grindstone, Pennsylvania.[3]
Dellarose played three seasons of high school soccer for Brownsville High School, where she captained the team and set a school record with 108 career goals.[3] She committed to the University of North Carolina as a sophomore in August 2019.[4] She sat out her senior high school season to play with her club squad, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds's academy team, and the youth national team.[5] She played for Racing Louisville of the amateur USL W League in the summer of 2022 and returned in 2024.[6][7]
College career
[edit]On her first day of preseason training with the North Carolina Tar Heels, she set a team record in the beep test (multi-stage fitness test) by reaching level 57, a mark she surpassed the next year at 63.[5][8] She started almost every game as a freshman in 2022, receiving All-ACC third team and ACC All-Freshman honors, and helped North Carolina reach the NCAA championship game.[9] She appeared in every game as a sophomore and started three.[3] The following summer, she represented the US Women team, composed for youth and former national team players, at the Soccer Tournament 2024. She scored the winning goal in the final game and was named the tournament's most valuable player.[10]
International career
[edit]Dellarose was called into training camp with the United States national under-16 team in 2020 and the under-20 team the following year.[11][12] She appeared in all five games at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where the United States finished runners-up.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2023 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship – National team roster" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- ^ Nelson, Hunter (August 14, 2022). "'We have something to prove': UNC women's soccer ready to bounce back after last season". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Tessa Dellarose". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ Everett, Brad (August 21, 2019). "Brownsville's Tessa Dellarose to play for college soccer power". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ a b Mueller, Chris (September 20, 2022). "Fitness, finesse earn Brownsville's Tessa Dellarose starting spot for North Carolina". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "Racing sets inaugural USL W League roster with season nearing". Racing Louisville FC. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "Racing announces W League roster for 2024 season". Racing Louisville FC. April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ UNC Women's Soccer [@uncwomenssoccer] (August 2, 2023). "Holy smokes!" (Tweet). Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Santa, John (June 25, 2023). "Pittsburgh's next great soccer star? Brownsville graduate Tessa Dellarose making impact with North Carolina, United States U-20 Women's Youth National Team". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "Dellarose Named MVP, US Women Win TST 2024". North Carolina Tar Heels. June 11, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ^ "U16 GNT heads to training camp in Florida". United States Soccer Federation. January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ^ "US U20 WNT Camp Roster – October". United States Soccer Federation. October 7, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
External links
[edit]
- Tessa Dellarose at Soccerway
- Tessa Dellarose at the North Carolina Tar Heels
- Tessa Dellarose at U.S. Soccer
- Living people
- 2004 births
- Soccer players from Pennsylvania
- Sportspeople from Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- American women's soccer players
- Women's association football defenders
- Racing Louisville FC (USL W League) players
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players
- 21st-century American sportswomen