Indi Cowie Explained

Indi Cowie
Fullname:Indi Armstrong Cowie[1]
Birth Date:1994 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Boca Raton, Florida
United States
Position:Midfielder / Forward
Currentclub:North Carolina Tar Heels
(assistant coach)
Youthclubs1:CASL
Youthclubs2:Triangle United
Youthclubs3:Triangle Futbol Club
Collegeyears1:2012
Years1:2010–2011
Clubs1:Celtic
Nationalyears1:2010
Nationalteam1:Scotland U17[2]
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:1
Manageryears1:2013–
Managerclubs1:North Carolina Tar Heels
(assistant)
Ntupdate:03:13, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
Pcupdate:03:13, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Indi Armstrong Cowie (born 24 September 1994) is a Scottish American professional freestyle footballer and football coach. She became an assistant coach to Anson Dorrance at the North Carolina Tar Heels when a knee injury caused her retirement from college soccer.[3] Cowie had previously played as a midfielder or forward for Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) club Celtic and won three caps for the Scotland women's national under-17 football team.[4]

Cowie was born in Florida to parents from the West of Scotland. She was inspired to take up freestyle football after observing a demonstration by John Farnworth.[5] In 2012 male footballer Lionel Messi picked Cowie as the winner of a global freestyle football competition tied in with the FIFA Street video game.[6] As of 2014, Cowie practices her skills for one to three hours per day.[7] In 2015, Cowie became the first woman to do a three revolution - three full circles around the soccer ball with the foot while it is still in the air.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indi Cowie. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 10 May 2015.
  2. Web site: Indi Cowie. Scottish Football Association. 10 May 2015.
  3. News: McCall. Mike. The next chapter: Why freestyle phenom Indi Cowie shelved her NCAA career at UNC. 10 May 2015. SoccerWire.com. 25 October 2013.
  4. News: Winton. Richard. Who's that girl?. 10 May 2015. The Herald (Glasgow). 3 November 2011.
  5. News: Crothers. Tim. A Soccer Phenom Puts the 'I' in Team. 10 May 2015. The New York Times. 25 March 2011.
  6. News: McIver. Brian. Scots freestyle football star Indi Cowie is crowned world's greatest.. by Lionel Messi. 10 May 2015. Daily Record (Scotland). 16 July 2012.
  7. News: Southwick. Andrew. Fifa Street World Freestyler Indi Cowie back on home turf. 10 May 2015. BBC Sport. 18 June 2014.
  8. Web site: Barnes . Katie . Freestyler Indi Cowie Revels in Her Three Revolution . Espn.go.com . 2015. 2015-09-02.