{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Beth Keller | image = | fullname = Elizabeth Ann Keller<ref>{{cite magazine |location=Clemson, South Carolina |url=https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1217&context=comm_programs |title=Candidates for the Bachelor's Degree – College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities – Double Major: History and Political Science |magazine=One Hundred Fourth Commencement |publisher=Clemson University |page=23 |date=May 12, 2000 |access-date=August 5, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626224827/https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1217&context=comm_programs |archive-date=June 26, 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|25}}<ref name="WUSA">{{cite web |url=http://www.wusa.com/players/kel385627.html |title=Beth Keller |work=Women's United Soccer Association |year=2001 |access-date=July 20, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010611053902/http://www.wusa.com/players/kel385627.html |archive-date=June 11, 2001}}</ref> | birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} | position = Midfielder/Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | collegeyears1 = 1996–1999 | college1 = Clemson Tigers | collegecaps1 = | collegegoals1 = | years1 = 2000 | clubs1 = Chicago Cobras | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2001 | clubs2 = Philadelphia Charge | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2001–2002 | clubs3 = Carolina Courage | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1998–1999 | nationalteam1 = United States U21 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 1999 | nationalteam2 = United States | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 1 }}
'''Elizabeth Ann Keller''' (born June 25, 1978) is an American soccer player who last played for the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association.
==High school career== She played on the men's varsity soccer team from the seventh through twelfth grades at Hilton Head Island High School in South Carolina, was a two-time South Carolina Girls State Player of the Year, rated as one of the nation's top 25 high women's high school players,<ref>{{Cite web |last=HARMON |first=CEDRIC |title=WOMEN'S SOCCER; Prep experience lifts Keller's game |url=https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/1996/10/13/women39s-soccer-prep-experience-lifts-keller39s-game/29588711007/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Spartanburg Herald Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> and was elected to Parade Magazine's All-American Girls Soccer Team in 1996.<ref name=SpartanburgHerald-Journal1>{{cite news |last1=Harmon |first1=Cedric |title=WOMEN'S SOCCER; Prep experience lifts Keller's game |url=http://www.goupstate.com/article/19961013/NEWS/610130362 |accessdate=June 23, 2015 |work=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |date=October 13, 1996 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623042033/http://www.goupstate.com/article/19961013/NEWS/610130362 |archivedate=June 23, 2015 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name=Savannah1>{{cite news|last1=Prudhomme|first1=Steve|title=Keller's co-ed soccer experience serving her well at Clemson|url=http://savannahnow.com/stories/080797/SPTkeller.html#.VYkajflVheU|accessdate=June 23, 2015|work=Savannah Morning News|date=August 7, 1997}}</ref> Keller was inducted to the Hilton Head High Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-09-11 |title=Article clipped from The Island Packet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-island-packet/176657375/ |access-date=2025-07-14 |work=The Island Packet |pages=11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-09-11 |title=Article clipped from The Island Packet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-island-packet/176657715/ |access-date=2025-07-14 |work=The Island Packet |pages=14}}</ref> Her sister, [https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/winner/Missy-Keller/26240?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=2003851&utm_content=G.com%20Evergreen%20&utm_source=Bing%20Rebates%20by%20Microsoft&utm_term=BANNER&irclickid=zKQUgo08dxycUnH0K5zMFVSbUksSN7V5R1CSWg0&irgwc=1 Missy Keller], was also inducted in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDowell |first=Sam |date=October 15, 2010 |title="Four set to enter Hilton Head High Athletic Hall of Fame" |url=https://www.islandpacket.com/sports/article33395652.html |access-date=July 14, 2025 |work=The Island Packet}}</ref>
==Collegiate career == Keller played on the Clemson University women's soccer team from 1996-2000. Keller was three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection, including a First Team selection in 1999, named first team All-Southeast Region in 1996 and 1999, All-American honorable mention in 1998,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-06-21 |title=Three Tigers Named All-American |url=https://clemsontigers.com/three-tigers-named-all-american-2/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site |language=en-US}}</ref> finished her career in fourth on Clemson’s career list for goals scored with 35 and third in assists with 23, had 12 game-winning goals in her career at Clemson.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-01 |title=Clemson Women's Soccer Record Book |url=https://clemsontigers.com/clemson-womens-soccer-record-book/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site |language=en-US}}</ref> She received the Olympic Sport Dedication Award <ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-16 |title=Olympic Sport Dedication Award Winners |url=https://clemsontigers.com/olympic-sport-dedication-award-winners/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site |language=en-US}}</ref> from the Strength and Conditioning Coaches 1998-1999. She was on the Academic Honor Roll<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-06-21 |title=Clemson Athletes Excell in the Classroom |url=https://clemsontigers.com/clemson-athletes-excell-in-the-classroom/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site |language=en-US}}</ref> in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
In 2002, she was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary Women’s Soccer team<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002-09-12 |title=Clemson's Selections to the ACC 50th Anniversary Team |url=https://clemsontigers.com/clemsons-selections-to-the-acc-50th-anniversary-team/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site |language=en-US}}</ref> representing a 50-member team voted on by the eight league institutions that sponsor the sport as decided by the league’s 50th Anniversary Committee.
After graduating from Clemson, she was selected as one of sixteen Atlantic Coast Conference scholar-athletes to receive the 2000 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-02-29 |title=ACC Names 2000 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients |url=https://clemsontigers.com/acc-names-2000-weaver-james-corrigan-postgraduate-scholarship-recipients/ |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site |language=en-US}}</ref> This scholarship is given to selected student-athletes who have intentions of continuing academic work as full-time graduate students and who performed with distinction both in the classroom and in their respective sports, and demonstrated exemplary conduct in the community.
==International career== Keller played for the US Women's National Team (USWNT) in 1998 and 1999.<ref name="U.S.Soccer1">{{cite web |date=February 24, 1999 |title=U.S. Women's National Team Defeats Finland, 3-1; Two Teams Meet Again in Tampa, Fla. on Saturday, Feb. 27 |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/38/u-s-womens-national-team-defeats-finland-3-1-two-teams-meet-again-in-tampa-fla-on-saturday-feb-27 |accessdate=June 23, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Soccer}}</ref> She played with the US U-21 Team and won the 1999 Nordic Cup in Iceland.<ref name="U.S.SoccerTriptoIceland">{{cite web |date=July 28, 1999 |title=U.S. Under-21 Women's National Team Heads to Iceland Looking to Win Back Nordic Cup Title |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/31/u-s-under-21-womens-national-team-heads-to-iceland-looking-to-win-back-nordic-cup-title |accessdate=June 23, 2015 |publisher=U.S. Soccer}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes1">{{cite news |date=August 9, 1999 |title=PLUS: SOCCER -- NORDIC CUP; U.S. Women Top Norway for Title |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/09/sports/plus-soccer-nordic-cup-us-women-top-norway-for-title.html |accessdate=June 23, 2015 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
She earned her first and only cap for the senior United States women's national team on February 24, 1999''',''' in a friendly against Finland. She scored in that match, becoming one of the few players to score in their only international appearance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=The USWNT one-cap club: Stories of those who got just one shot with the national team |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37930108/uswnt-one-cap-club-stories-got-one-chance |access-date=2025-07-13 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Professional career== She played for the Chicago Cobras and was invited to the inaugural Women's United Soccer Association combine.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Times|first1=Soccer|title=After five-day combine, inaugural eight teams prepare for first draft.|url=http://www.soccertimes.com/proleagues/wusa/2000/dec09.htm|website=soccertimes.com|accessdate=July 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103317/http://www.soccertimes.com/proleagues/wusa/2000/dec09.htm|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was drafted to the Philadelphia Charge<ref name="SoccerAmerica1">{{cite web|title=WUSA: Complete Draft Results|url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/13409/wusa-complete-draft-results.html|publisher=Soccer America|accessdate=June 23, 2015|date=December 11, 2000}}</ref><ref name="TheIslandPacket1">{{cite news|last1=Needham|first1=Vicki|title=Keller part of boom in women's pro sports|url=http://www.lowcountrynewspapers.net/archive/node/95134|accessdate=June 23, 2015|work=The Island Packet|publisher=Low Country Newspapers|date=December 31, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623082416/http://www.lowcountrynewspapers.net/archive/node/95134|archive-date=June 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and later played for the Carolina Courage.<ref name="NYTimesCourage">{{cite news|title=TRANSACTIONS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/21/sports/transactions-905801.html|accessdate=June 23, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=June 21, 2001}}</ref>
==Personal life== Keller majored in political science and history at Clemson University.<ref name="WUSA"/>
She received her [https://mpa.utah.edu/ Master of Public Administration] with focus in Nonprofit Management from the University of Utah.
Keller lives in Washington D.C. and works at a think tank. Previously she lived in Atlanta and was a supporter of Major League Soccer club Atlanta United.<ref>{{cite web |title=Behind the Stripes: Beth Keller |url=https://www.atlutd.com/news/behind-the-stripes/beth-keller |website=ATLUtd.com |publisher=Atlanta United |access-date=31 October 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://soccerstats.us/bios/beth-keller/ WUSA statistics]
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