Player Bio

2010: Had a breakthrough year for the U.S. WNT, becoming a starter and was named co-captain … Started 17 matches and led the team in minutes played with 1,474, playing in the central defense and at outside back … Played four matches in the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament and scored her first career goal against Haiti in a 5-0 win … Played all 180 minutes in the two-leg Women’s World Cup playoff against Italy … 2009: Played in all eight WNT matches, making five starts, including the huge win against Germany in Germany at the end of October … Also started the final two matches at the Algarve Cup in Portugal … Solidified her role as an impact player on the USA’s backline as she passed 30 career caps … 2008: Made her first WNT roster and debuted for the full team in March of 2008 at the Algarve Cup in Portugal, starting and playing the entire game against China … Earned the first 23 caps of her career in 2008, playing well enough, mostly at outside back, to earn a spot on the 2008 Olympic Team … Played in two matches at the Olympics, starting one, in which she played all 90 minutes against New Zealand in group play … Started eight total matches during the year and picked up one assist … 2007: Attended training camps throughout the winter and spring with the Women’s National Team and participated in the Residency Training Camp ... 2006: Got her first call-up to training camp in July 2006 … Youth National Team: Played extensively with the U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team (earning 17 U-21 caps), playing in the Nordic Cup in Sweden (2005), Norway (2006) and Finland (2007), while winning the title in 2005 and 2007 … Was a starter for the USA in two FIFA youth world championships … Played on the U.S. team that took third place in the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Cup in Thailand and on the team that won the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Cup in Canada, but suffered a torn ACL right at the beginning of the championship game in Edmonton … She had started five of six games in the tournament to that point, scoring a goal off a penalty kick against England … Started all five games at the CONCACAF qualifying tournament in Canada in 2004, playing every minute while scoring two goals with one assist … Finished her U-19 international career with 30 U-19 caps … In 2003, she did not play with U-19s as she was recovering from another ACL injury, this one to her other knee coming just two weeks after returning to the field after rehabbing her first torn ACL … Played with the U-17 and U-16 National Teams … First Appearance: March 5, 2008, vs. China … First Goal: None.

2011: Signed with the Boston Breakers … 2010: Played in and started 22 matches for the Gold Pride, scoring one goal while captaining the club to the WPS title … Named a starter in the WPS All-Star Game and to the WPS Best IX … Committed just 13 fouls over 1,958 minutes … 2009: Allocated to FC Gold Pride for the inaugural WPS season … Started 17 matches, playing every minute of each game as she anchored the back line … Had one goal and one assist … Committed just 10 fouls more than 1530 minutes … Youth: Competed for the San Diego Surf for seven years ... Named the club’s 2003 Player of the Year ... Was an NSCAA U-16 and U-17 Youth All-American.

Finished a decorated career at Stanford in the fall of 2007 and was named by the NCAA Honors Committee as a recipient of the prestigious NCAA Top VIII Award … A three-year captain for the Cardinal, she was an All-Pac-10 Conference First-Team selection …She was a NSCAA First-Team All-American Scholar Athlete and was chosen as the ESPN Academic All-American of the Year … As a red-shirt senior, she started all 23 of Stanford’s games during one of the school’s most successful years ever … As a redshirt junior in 2006, she was All-Pac-10 First Team selection and named to the Pac-10 All-Academic First Team, one of two players in the conference to be named to both First Teams ... She was also an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American First Team selection ... Started all 23 games for the Cardinal, one of four Stanford players to start every game ... Led the defense to 15 shutouts and a .55 goals-against average ... As a redshirt sophomore in 2005, she started all 20 games for the Cardinal and earned Second Team All-Pac-10 accolades ... Named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Second-Team ... Tallied two goals on the year, both game-winners during the Stanford Nike Invitational ... Her first collegiate goal came against Santa Clara ... Followed up with her second goal two days later against Colorado College ... As a sophomore in 2004, she redshirted the season, spending the fall with the U.S. Under-19 National Team … As a freshman in 2003, she played in 15 games and made eight starts … High School: At Torrey Pines High School, she was twice named a Parade Magazine All-American (2002 and 2003) and named the Torrey Pines’ Defender of the Year in 2000 and Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002 ... Captained her high school squad during her junior and senior seasons ... Named the 2001 and 2002 Palomar League Player of the Year ... Earned First Team All-CIF and All-Palomar League honors for three straight years (2000-02).

Full name is Rachel Marie Buehler … Nicknames are Rach, Buehles, Bue and, of course, the Buehldozer … Father, Donald, who is a heart surgeon, was a member of Stanford’s water polo and wrestling teams ... Is the proud daughter of the ultimate soccer mom, Mary Ellen … Graduated pre-med with a degree in human biology … Took her medical school entrance exams in July of 2008 and hopes to be in the medical field one day after her soccer career is over … Received a NCAA post-graduate scholarship … She is one of 27 Buehlers to have attended Stanford … Has one sister, Anna, who played soccer for the Surf and now attends Stanford … Enjoys going to the beach, rocking out to oldies, taking pictures and hanging out with her family, friends and boyfriend Bobby … Loves to hike and be in nature … She is known for being dedicated to warming up before practices and games … Loves to go to farmers markets on the weekends … Considers ladybugs her lucky charm … When she has free time, she volunteers at local elementary schools and spends time with senior citizens.