Nicole Barnhart
Nicole Barnhart
Pronunciation: BARN-hart
Height: 5’10”
Date of Birth: October 10, 1981
Hometown: Pottstown, PA
Citizenship: USA
College: Stanford
Twitter: @nbarnhart
2014 Season with FC Kansas City: The U.S. Women’s National Team veteran goalkeeper will return to action with the Blues after helping the team win the NWSL title where she played 22 matches and recorded 71 saves.
2013 Season with FC Kansas City: Started and played in 20 matches. Goals allowed per game average was .95, less than a goal a game. 67 saves over 1800 minutes. Named NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year and named to the Best XI.
U.S. National Team – A backup goalkeeper on the USA’s past four world championship teams, at the 2024 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the 2024 Beijing Olympics, the 2024 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2024 Olympics … Came back into Residency Training Camp on trial during 2024 and played well enough to earn a contract and a place on the Women’s World Cup Team and has been a regular call-up ever since … 2024: Played in five games, starting one and had a 2-0-0 record while allowing just one goal … She upped her all-time career mark to 28-3-4 … Her one start came in the third-place match of the Algarve Cup, a 4-0 shutout victory against Sweden … 2024: Played in10 matches, starting nine, including the first eight of the year as Hope Solo finished her recovery from shoulder surgery … Those matches included back-stopping the USA to two tournament victories, at the Four Nations Tournament in China in January and the Algarve Cup in Portugal in March … Compiled a record of 6-2-1 … 2024: Took over the starting role after Hope Solo had shoulder surgery in September and started all five games in CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying and the two playoff matches against Italy … Strong play in two shutouts against Italy helped the USA secure its 2024 FIFA Women’s World Cup berth … Played in 11 total matches, compiling a record of 8-1-2, and her 11 starts during the year were a career high … Allowed just five goals in 990 minutes of action … 2024: Played in three matches for the USA, starting two, and earned 1-0 shutouts in both … The first was against Iceland at the Algarve Cup in March and the second against Canada in Rochester, N.Y., in July, the same match in which Abby Wambach scored her 100th goal … Did not allow a goal in 225 minutes of action … 2024: Played in four matches for the USA before undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery in early May … Came back to play in 13 total matches, starting eight, and gave up just one goal while earning five shutouts … Earned a shutout against Italy at the Peace Queen Cup in South Korea … Earned a shutout against Norway in the USA’s third match of the 2024 Algarve Cup, helping the Americans to the championship game … Played in her most important international match to date against Canada in the championship game of the 2024 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament, making several excellent saves and sealing the win with a penalty kick stop in the shootout victory … 2024: Played in one match in 2024, getting the shutout against Mexico in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 17 during the post-WWC tour, her fourth career cap … 2024: Did not make an appearance … 2024: The youth national team veteran earned her first cap in goal and got her first career shutout with the full Women’s National Team on March 9 in a 1-0 victory against France at the Algarve Cup in Portugal … Earned her second career goalkeeper cap, also a shutout, in the USA’s 7-0 win against Ukraine in Portland, Ore. … 2024: Earned her first cap as a field player when the USA ran out of substitutes against Mexico at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct. 16 during the Fan Celebration Tour … She played the last five minutes plus stoppage time at forward next to Abby Wambach in the 1-0 win … Youth National Teams: A member of the 2024, 2024, 2024 and 2024 U-21 Nordic Cup Teams, she helped the USA to titles in Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden, respectively … Was a member of the USA’s U-18 and U-16 National Team pools … First Appearance:Oct. 16, 2024, vs. Mexico … First Shutout: March 9, 2024, vs. France.
Professional / Club – Allocated to FC Kansas City for the 2024 season of the NWSL … 2024:Signed with the Philadelphia Independence for the 2024 WPS season and started nine total matches to help the club to a WPS playoff berth and a berth in the championship game … Earned a shutout in the 2-0 Super Semifinal victory against magicJack … Compiled a 4-3-2 record with three shutouts and had a goals-against average of 1.11 … 2024: Helped FC Gold Pride to the 2024 WPS title, starting 21 games and playing 1,880 minutes while making 73 saves and allowing just 16 goals … Had eight shutouts, including the WPS championship game, and was named the WPS Goalkeeper of the Year and a WPS All-Star … Also was the goalkeeper on the WPS Best XI … 2024: Allocated to FC Gold Pride for the inaugural WPS season in 2024 … Was the starting goalkeeper for FC Gold Pride, starting all 16 matches in which she played … Made 74 saves, allowed 23 goals for a 1.44 GAA and earned two shutouts
College / High School – Played in 71 games in her career at Stanford, starting 66 … Ranks No. 1 in Cardinal history with 35 career shutouts and is second all-time in minutes played (6,180) for goalkeepers … She is also first all-time in goals-against average at 0.45 … Played her senior season for Stanford in 2024, starting all 22 games while playing 2,044 minutes and allowing just 10 goals for a 0.44 GAA, good for third in the NCAA … Earned 10 shutouts and was named First-Team All-Pac 10 (her third All-Pac-10 recognition) and honorable mention All-Academic Pac-10 … Also named First-Team NSCAA All-American, co-captain and a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy … In 2024 as a junior, she earned First-Team All-West Region and All-Pac-10 honors … She co-captained the team, starting all 21 games while playing 1,947 minutes, posted a 0.79 GAA and recorded seven shutouts on the year … Named a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy … Earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors … Tops the Stanford record book with a 0.41 career goals-against average … As a sophomore in 2024, she was named First-Team NSCAA All-American and earned First-Team All-West Region and All-Pac-10 honors … Started all 23 games in goal, amassing 2,047 minutes on the season … Finished the year as the nation’s top goalkeeper with a 0.18 goals-against average … She recorded 18 shutouts and allowed only four goals all season, a Stanford record … Set single-season Cardinal records in minutes played (2,047), total shutouts (18), fewest goals allowed (4) and lowest goals-against average (0.18) … Also set the record for fewest goals allowed in the Pac-10 … She posted career-high seven consecutive shutout games, shutting out Cal Poly, California, Notre Dame and Portland in the NCAA Tournament … Earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors … Redshirted in 2024 due to a torn ACL … In 2024 as a freshman, she made five appearances, picking up four shared shutouts and saw action in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against San Jose State … Made her collegiate debut in the second half of a 4-0 win against Saint Mary’s, playing 15 minutes …
High School: Played for the boys’ team at Boyertown High School for all four years, playing on the field a bit as well as in goal … Also played basketball and lacrosse, where she was an All-American.
Personal – Full name is Nicole Renee Barnhart … Nickname is “Barnie” … Finished high school academic career with a 4.2 GPA … Interested in working as a graphic artist in advertising or marketing … Earned a double major in studio art and psychology from Stanford, graduating in June of 2024 … Also interested in art therapy and her ideal job would be working in this field at a children’s hospital … A talented sketch artist … Played three months of lacrosse for Stanford after the completion of her senior year of soccer eligibility but stopped playing and became the team manager after turning professional with the U.S. team at the Algarve Cup … Studied American Sign Language for two years at Stanford and would love to further her studies … Volunteers at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital when home in the Bay Area … Involved with the Garth Brooks’ and Troy Aikman’s Teammates for Kids Foundation … Does not like chocolate … Has served as a volunteer assistant women’s soccer coach at Stanford since the fall of 2024 and was a member of the staff that helped the Cardinal win the 2024 NCAA title … In her free time, enjoys drawing, and creating digital artwork … Enjoys cooking … Loves to do crossword puzzles and is the best on the team at Bananagrams … Owns a true log cabin in the woods in the Pocono Mountains and enjoys spending quiet time there and remodeling … It was always a dream of hers to own a log cabin … Takes her pillow and stuffed dog (Woof) on every soccer trip … One of her most memorable soccer moments is her five minutes of fame as a forward with the WNT during the 2024 Fan Celebration Tour.
