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Tessa Dellarose
Dellarose with North Carolina in 2023
Personal information
Full name Tessa Elise Dellarose[1]
Date of birth (2004-04-02) April 2, 2004 (age 20)[1]
Place of birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Defender
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 defender 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.[2] Her father played college baseball at Duquesne.[2] She was raised in Grindstone, Pennsylvania.[2]

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.[2] She committed to the University of North Carolina as a sophomore in August 2019.[3] 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.[4] She played for Racing Louisville of the amateur USL W League in the summer of 2022 and returned in 2024.[5][6]

College career[edit]

Dellarose began playing as a left back for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the fall of 2022.[7] On her first day of preseason training, 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.[4][8] She started almost every game as a freshman, receiving All-ACC third team and ACC All-Freshman honors, and helped North Carolina reach the 2022 NCAA championship game.[9] She appeared in every game as a sophomore and started three.[2]

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.[10][11] 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]

  1. ^ a b "2023 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship – National team roster" (PDF). CONCACAF. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Tessa Dellarose". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Everett, Brad (August 21, 2019). "Brownsville's Tessa Dellarose to play for college soccer power". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Racing sets inaugural USL W League roster with season nearing". Racing Louisville FC. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Racing announces W League roster for 2024 season". Racing Louisville FC. April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ UNC Women's Soccer [@uncwomenssoccer] (August 2, 2023). "Holy smokes!" (Tweet). Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "U16 GNT heads to training camp in Florida". United States Soccer Federation. January 20, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  11. ^ "US U20 WNT Camp Roster – October". United States Soccer Federation. October 7, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.

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