{{Short description|American soccer player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Betsy Barr | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|4|29}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wusa.com/players_coaches/players/betsy_barr/|title=WUSA|date=July 5, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030705065100/http://wusa.com/players_coaches/players/betsy_barr/ |archive-date=2003-07-05 }}</ref> | birth_place = Long Beach, California | height = 1.70m<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://wusa.com/players_coaches/players/betsy_barr/342535.html|title=WUSA|date=July 5, 2003|access-date=September 1, 2023|archive-date=July 5, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030705065655/http://wusa.com/players_coaches/players/betsy_barr/342535.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> | position = Midfielder |collegeyears1 = 1999–2002 |college1 = Portland Pilots |collegecaps1 = |collegegoals1 = |years1 = 2003 |clubs1 = San Jose CyberRays |caps1 = 20 |goals1 = 1 }}
'''Betsy Barr''' (born April 29, 1981) is a retired American soccer player who played for the San Jose CyberRays in the WUSA.<ref name="auto"/>
==Soccer career==
Barr attended University of Portland and played for their women's soccer team Portland Pilots,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wccsports.com/news/2002/10/8/Portland_s_Betsy_Barr_was_named_the_WCC_Player_of_the_Week_after_leading_the_Portland_Pilots_to_a_2_0_record_over_the_weekend.aspx?path=wsoc|title=Portland' Betsy Barr was named the WCC Player of the Week after leading the Portland Pilots to a 2-0 record over the weekend|date=October 8, 2002|website=wccsports.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/sports/college/article/texas-a-m-eliminated-from-soccer-tournament-2035357.php|title=Texas A&M eliminated from soccer tournament|date=3 December 2001 }}</ref>
Barr was a fifth round pick in the 2003 WUSA Draft for the San Jose CyberRays.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2003/02/02/wusa_draft/|title=CNNSI.com - Soccer - US - WUSA Draft and Player Biographies - Sunday February 02, 2003 04:59 PM|date=February 17, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030217223958/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2003/02/02/wusa_draft/ |archive-date=2003-02-17 }}</ref> Barr played for CyberRays for one season, after the collapse of the WUSA Barr continued her professional soccer career with the California Storm in the Women's Premier Soccer League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/5266/women39s-soccer-more-wusa-players-join-califor.html|title=WOMEN'S SOCCER: More WUSA players join California Storm|website=www.socceramerica.com}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Betsy Barr is the daughter of Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Barr and her sister is Emmy Barr who also was a professional soccer player.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Raising-the-Barrs-Former-Giant-s-daughters-2621733.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806154158/http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Raising-the-Barrs-Former-Giant-s-daughters-2621733.php|archive-date=2023-08-06|title=Raising the Barrs / Former Giant's daughters become rivals as CyberRays host Freedom}}</ref>
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