Kimberly Bingham

Kimberly "Kim" Marie Bingham (born October 23, 1984, in San Leandro, California) is an American goalkeeper. Bingham went to college at Arizona State University and also played for the United States Women's National Soccer Team.

Personal

Bingham was born on October 23, 1984, in San Leandro, California. Her parents are Greg and Lisa Bingham. Kim has one younger brother, David, who is also a goalkeeper. He currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer. Kim is 5'7. Bingham's hometown is San Ramon, California. She enjoys water skiing in her free time.^[1]

Career

Youth

Kim Bingham was a member of the Southern California 1984 girls ODP (Olympic Development Program) team. She won the ODP National Championship in 2000 with her team. In November 2000, Bingham was selected to the US U19 Girls National Top 32 Pool. In one of the games she played for the U19 National ODP team, she played the full 90 minutes and recorded a shutout. Bingham played for the Pleasanton Rage club team which one the National Championship her U-17 and U-19 years.^[2] She also spent time at the San Ramon Illusion.^[3] Bingham graduated from California High School (San Ramon, California) in 2003. She was a 2001 and 2002 Parade All-American pick and NSCAA All-American selection. She was the 2002 Contra Costa time top 100-prep athlete and won the golden glove at the 2001 ESP camp. Bingham was the Tri-Valley Herald Winter Athlete of the year.^[4]

College

Kim attended Arizona State University from 2003-2006. She majored in psychology and marketing. In her freshman college season with the Sun Devils, Bingham played in 11 games with 9 starts. Her overall record for the season was 7-3-1 giving up only 13 goals with 36 saves. Bingham went on and continued to play the next 3 years of college. In her junior year, she earned ESPN the magazine Academic All-district VIII third team and Academic All-Pac 10 first team honors. She was a maroon and gold scholar athlete.^[4]

International

Bingham was a member of the U.S. youth national teams between U-19 and U-23. Bingham was invited to United States women's national soccer team camps, but never earned a cap for the full national team. In 2001, Bingham traveled to Canada with the US U-19 team to face off against the Canadian U-19 team on June 30 and again on July 2, 2001. During Bingham's junior year in High School, Kim was named to the U-19 roster that would go to Mexico to face off against Costa Rica on March 2, 2002 along with the Mexicans on the 3rd in preparation for the CONCACAF Qualifiers.^[5] She was originally named to the U-19 roster that would compete in CONCACAF Qualifying for the first ever U-19 Women's World Cup. The qualifying tournament was held May 7–11, 2002 in Trinidad & Tobago.^[6] After Bingham injured her foot, though, she could not compete in the Qualifying tournament.^[7] During Bingham's senior year in High School, she was named to the U-21 USWNT for a camp at the ARCO U.S. Olympic Training Center. Later during Bingham's senior year, she was again named to the U-21 youth national team for a 10-day training camp where she and Heather O'Reilly were the only two players not in college yet to be named to the roster.^[8] In 2007, Bingham was invinted by Greg Ryan to the full national team camp to determine the team that would compete at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. Unfortunately Bingham was released when Ryan had to make the final cuts.^[9]

References

1. "Player Bio". USSOCCER. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
2. "2001 Thanksgiving Interregional Boca Raton, Florida".
3. "U.S. Soccer Wire: U.S. Men's Match vs. Japan Re-Confirmed for March 29 in Seattle".
4. "Kim Bingham".
5. "U.S. Soccer Wire: U.S. Women Open Algarve Cup Against Sweden on Friday; Friedel Named "Man of the Match" in Worthington Cup Win".
6. "U.S. Soccer Wire".
7. "U.S. Soccer Wire".
8. "U.S. Soccer Wire: Men's National Team Cruises in 2-0 Win Over Venezuela in Seattle, Next Face Mexico and Wales in May".
9. "Ryan cuts women's residency squad to 24 players".