[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 23089]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            CONGRATULATING THE 2006 UNC WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM

  (Mr. PRICE of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate 
an accomplishment for which my constituents and all North Carolinians 
have tremendous pride. The 2006 Lady Tarheels of the University of 
North Carolina have just claimed their 19th Women's Soccer National 
Championship, beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2-1 in the title 
game last Sunday.
  Under the leadership of Head Coach Anson Dorrance, Carolina women's 
Soccer has been the most dominant program in the history of college 
athletics, winning 18 of the last 25 national championships since the 
NCAA established the women's tournament.
  The national title game capped off a stellar career for senior 
captain Heather O'Reilly, who was named the tournament's Most 
Outstanding Offensive Player, as well as for Carolina's other seniors. 
Junior Defender Robyn Gayle was named Most Outstanding Defense Player, 
and seven freshmen played for the Lady Tarheels in the game.
  I also take great pride in the fact that the championship game took 
place in my district at the SAS Soccer Park in Cary. The sell-out crowd 
of more than 8,300 enthusiastic fans is a testament to the growing 
popularity of soccer in North Carolina and across the country.
  So I extend my congratulations to the Lady Tarheels on their 
outstanding success, to a Notre Dame squad for a well-played 
tournament, and to the university community in Chapel Hill that has 
come to embrace women's soccer as one of its most precious gems.
  Even the great Dean Smith, himself the winningest coach in college 
basketball history, once remarked: ``This is a women's soccer school. 
We're just trying to keep up with them.''

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