Margaret J. "Tucka" Healy (born September 20, 1962) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward, making three appearances for the United States women's national team. She later worked as an employee for

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Career

In college, Healy played for the California Golden Bears from 1981 to 1985, though she missed the 1984 season. Her first season in 1981 was under the

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, while the remaining were in the

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. In her NCAA career, she scored 45 goals and had 10 assists. She was an

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Third Team

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n in 1983 and 1985, and was included in the NSCAA All-Region team in 1985. In 2015, she was inducted into the "Lair of Legends" of the California Golden Bears, as part of the athletics hall of fame. Healy made her international debut for the

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in the team's inaugural match on August 18, 1985 at the Mundialito against hosts

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. In total, she made three appearances for the U.S. at the tournament, earning her final cap on August 24, 1985 against

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Personal life

Healy was born to Mary and John Helding "Jack" Healy, one of five children. At a young age, her family moved from the

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area to

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. Healy was employee 81 at

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, where she worked as an enterprise sales manager, and later for the

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partner program, Google Fiber, and

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Career statistics

International

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, Tucka 1962 births Living people Soccer players from Colorado Sportspeople from Palo Alto, California Soccer players from Santa Clara County, California American women's soccer players United States women's international soccer players Women's association football forwards California Golden Bears women's soccer players Google employees