By the time a women’s soccer tournament was added to the Olympics, North Carolina already had become a college soccer powerhouse. Coach Anson Dorrance had led UNC to 12 NCAA championships and the US women’s team to a World Cup victory in 1991. When the 1996 Olympics rolled around, but the team still had quite the Tar Heel bent to it. (Tar Heel Blog) Tobin Heath proves it was a worthwhile gamble to bring her to the Olympics
Tobin Heath wasted no time getting back to her old ways upon returning to the US Women's National Team.
UNC Olympians: Seven Tar Heels win women’s soccer gold at Atlanta 1996
