Linda Ullmark

Linda Ullmark
Ullmark with North Carolina in 2024
Personal information
Full name Linda Helena Jade Ullmark[1]
Date of birth (2006-04-21) April 21, 2006[2]
Place of birth San Diego, California, United States
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Tar Heels
Number 7
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– North Carolina Tar Heels 27 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– FC Buffalo 3 (4)
International career‡
2024 United States U-19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 19, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 3, 2024

Linda Helena Jade Ullmark (born April 21, 2006) is an American college soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the North Carolina Tar Heels. She won the 2024 national championship with the Tar Heels.

Early life

Ullmark was born in San Diego, California, the daughter of Jamie and William Ullmark.[1][3] When she was two, her family moved to Okinawa, Japan, where her father was stationed with the United States Marine Corps for ten years.[3][4] She later moved to Buffalo, New York, and attended the Nichols School, where she played on the soccer, lacrosse, basketball, and squash teams.[1] In her junior year in 2022, she scored 42 goals in 16 games and was named the New York Gatorade Player of the Year.[5] She played ECNL club soccer for the Western New York Flash.[1] She committed to North Carolina after being recruited by Damon Nahas; among her other offers were Harvard and Florida State.[4][6] While in college, she has played during the summer for FC Buffalo of the USL W League.[7]

College career

Ullmark was the only freshman to start all 27 games for the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2024 season.[1] She had a breakout performance against Virginia, scoring her first two career goals and assisting Kate Faasse in a 3–2 victory.[4][8] In the semifinals of the ACC tournament, she equalized from long range in a 2–1 comeback win against rivals Duke.[9] She notched three goals in the first three rounds of the NCAA tournament and was named in the all-tournament team after North Carolina won their 23rd national title and first since 2012.[1][10] She finished her freshman season with 6 goals and 5 assists and was named to the ACC all-freshman team and TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI first team.[1]

International career

Ullmark was called up to the United States youth national team at the under-17 level in 2023.[5] She played in a friendly for the under-19 team against Spain in 2024.[11] She was named to the under-20 roster for the 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[12]

Honors and awards

North Carolina Tar Heels

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Linda Ullmark". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  2. ^ "Linda Ullmark". FC Buffalo. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  3. ^ a b TCT Network (March 5, 2025). "Playing 4 Purpose | Linda Ullmark". YouTube. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Crowther, Harry (September 28, 2024). "'The one moment she needed': Linda Ullmark makes first career brace to best Virginia". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Bambini, Cole (June 26, 2023). "Nichols' Linda Ullmark named Gatorade New York Girls Soccer Player of the Year". The Buffalo News. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  6. ^ "Nichols' Linda Ullmark named Class B state player of year in girls soccer; Clarence's Matt Andrews shares coach honors". The Buffalo News. December 5, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
    Murray, Clevis (August 11, 2023). "Ullmark shows why she's state's best". The Buffalo News. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  7. ^ Beyer, Gretchen (May 21, 2025). "Buffalo's own headed to U.S. U20 Women's National Team". WIVB-TV. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  8. ^ "Women's Team of the Week: Sept. 30". TopDrawerSoccer. October 1, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  9. ^ Moon, Emma (November 7, 2024). "No. 4–seed UNC women's soccer upsets No. 1–seed Duke, 2–1, to advance to ACC championship". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  10. ^ Koh, Michael (December 9, 2024). "UNC Women's Soccer Beats Wake Forest to Win 23rd National Championship". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  11. ^ Linda Ullmark at Soccerway
  12. ^ Lenzi, Rachel (May 22, 2025). "Nichols alum Linda Ullmark to play for U.S. U-20 soccer team in CONCACAF tournament". The Buffalo News. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
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