Heather O'Reilly

A three-time Olympic gold medalist, Heather O’Reilly was also one of the all-time greats at one of the all-time greatest dynasties in college sports -- the UNC women’s soccer team. O’Reilly helped lead UNC to two NCAA championships, in 2003 and 2006. She was already a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team while in school at Chapel Hill and played on that squad for 14 years, from age 17 to age 31. Besides winning gold medals with the USNWT in 2004, 2008 and 2012, she also won the women’s World Cup in 2015. After a long national and international soccer career, the 39-year-old O'Reilly has returned to Chapel Hill, where she coaches soccer, pursues a variety of business interests and chases after her two young sons. She talks in this podcast about juggling soccer and family life, as well as her hatred of penalty kicks and how she and her husband helped save the 100-year-old Carolina Coffee Shop on Franklin Street from going out of business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices