Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tessa Elise Dellarose [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | April 2, 2004||
Place of birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
Number | 34 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2022– | North Carolina Tar Heels | 46 | (1) |
International career | |||
2023– | United States U-20 | 8 | (1) |
Tessa Dellarose (born April 2, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a defender for the North Carolina Tar Heels and the United States national under-20 team.
Dellarose was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Melinda and Ron Dellarose, and has two older siblings. [2] Her father played college baseball at Duquesne. [2] She was raised in Grindstone, Pennsylvania. [2]
Dellarose played three seasons of high school soccer for Brownsville High School, where she captained the team and set a school record with 108 career goals. [2] She committed to the University of North Carolina as a sophomore in August 2019. [3] She sat out her senior high school season to play with her club squad, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds's academy team, and the youth national team. [4] She played for Racing Louisville of the amateur USL W League in the summer of 2022 and returned in 2024. [5] [6]
Dellarose began playing as a left back for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the fall of 2022. [7] On her first day of preseason training, she set a team record in the beep test (multi-stage fitness test) by reaching level 57, a mark she surpassed the next year at 63. [4] [8] She started almost every game as a freshman, receiving All-ACC third team and ACC All-Freshman honors, and helped North Carolina reach the 2022 NCAA championship game. [9] She appeared in every game as a sophomore and started three. [2]
Dellarose was called into training camp with the United States national under-16 team in 2020 and the under-20 team the following year. [10] [11] She appeared in all five games at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where the United States finished runners-up. [9]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Tessa Elise Dellarose [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | April 2, 2004||
Place of birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
Number | 34 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2022– | North Carolina Tar Heels | 46 | (1) |
International career | |||
2023– | United States U-20 | 8 | (1) |
Tessa Dellarose (born April 2, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a defender for the North Carolina Tar Heels and the United States national under-20 team.
Dellarose was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Melinda and Ron Dellarose, and has two older siblings. [2] Her father played college baseball at Duquesne. [2] She was raised in Grindstone, Pennsylvania. [2]
Dellarose played three seasons of high school soccer for Brownsville High School, where she captained the team and set a school record with 108 career goals. [2] She committed to the University of North Carolina as a sophomore in August 2019. [3] She sat out her senior high school season to play with her club squad, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds's academy team, and the youth national team. [4] She played for Racing Louisville of the amateur USL W League in the summer of 2022 and returned in 2024. [5] [6]
Dellarose began playing as a left back for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the fall of 2022. [7] On her first day of preseason training, she set a team record in the beep test (multi-stage fitness test) by reaching level 57, a mark she surpassed the next year at 63. [4] [8] She started almost every game as a freshman, receiving All-ACC third team and ACC All-Freshman honors, and helped North Carolina reach the 2022 NCAA championship game. [9] She appeared in every game as a sophomore and started three. [2]
Dellarose was called into training camp with the United States national under-16 team in 2020 and the under-20 team the following year. [10] [11] She appeared in all five games at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where the United States finished runners-up. [9]