Book Angela Hucles

Angela Hucles is an American soccer executive and former pro midfielder, an Olympic gold medalist with the US women's national team who now helps shape the future of the women's game. At the University of Virginia she was a four-time all-ACC player, scoring 59 goals with a school-record 19 game-winners, and she remains the program's career leader in goals, game-winning goals and points. After graduating in 2000 she played for the Hampton Roads Piranhas in the W-League and then the Boston Breakers, returning to the Breakers in 2009 for the first season of Women's Professional Soccer. A versatile midfielder, she earned her place on the national team and starred at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, scoring four goals as the United States won the gold medal; she also won gold at the 2004 Athens Games. After retiring as a player, she moved into leadership, running player development and operations at Angel City FC, where she is also a minority owner. She is now president of women's soccer for the Houston Dash of the NWSL, speaking on leadership, equity and teamwork.