Linda Ullmark
American soccer player (born 2006)
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Linda Helena Jade Ullmark (born April 21, 2006) is an American professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, winning the 2024 national championship and earning All-American honors in 2025.
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Ullmark with North Carolina in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Linda Helena Jade Ullmark[1] | ||
| Date of birth | April 21, 2006[2] | ||
| Place of birth | San Diego, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Houston Dash | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Western New York Flash | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 48 | (13) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2025 | FC Buffalo | 5 | (4) |
| 2026– | Houston Dash | 17 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | United States U-19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | United States U-20 | 4 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 1, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of June 3, 2024 | |||
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. She was named the New York Girls' Soccer Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior after scoring 42 goals in 16 games in 2022.[1][5] She played club soccer for the Western New York Flash, earning multiple ECNL all-conference honors.[6] She also played for FC Buffalo in the USL W League.[7] She committed to North Carolina after being recruited by Damon Nahas over other offers including Harvard and Florida State.[4][8]
College career
Ullmark was the only freshman to start all 27 games for the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2024.[1] She had a breakout performance against Virginia, scoring her first two career goals and assisting Kate Faasse in the 3–2 victory.[4][9] In the ACC tournament semifinals, she equalized from long range in a 2–1 come-from-behind win over rivals Duke.[10] In the NCAA tournament, she scored three goals in the first three rounds and was named in the all-tournament team after North Carolina won its 23rd national title and first since 2012.[1][11] She finished her freshman season with 6 goals and 5 assists and was named to the ACC all-freshman team and TopDrawerSoccer first-team Freshman Best XI.[1]
Ullmark scored 7 goals and led the team with 8 assists in 21 games as a sophomore in 2025, earning third-team All-ACC and fourth-team All-American honors.[1] Unseeded in the NCAA tournament, the team went to the third round before losing to TCU on penalties.[12] After two seasons, she decided to go professional and give up her remaining college eligibility.[13]
Club career
The Houston Dash announced on January 13, 2026, that they had signed Ullmark to her first professional contract on a four-year deal.[13] She made her professional debut in the season opener on March 14, starting in a 1–0 win over the San Diego Wave.[14] The following week, she assisted Kiki Van Zanten in a 3–0 win over expansion team Boston Legacy.[15] On July 12, she scored her first professional goal and added an assist in a 2–2 draw with expansion team Denver Summit.[16] She scored the late 1–0 winner against Bay FC two weeks later and was named NWSL Rookie of the Month after recording two goals and two assists in July.[17]
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.[18] She made her under-20 debut at the 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, scoring 2 goals with 2 assists in 4 games and being named in the tournament's Best XI.[19][20]
Honors and awards
North Carolina Tar Heels
Individual
- NWSL Rookie of the Month: July 2026
- Fourth-team All-American: 2025
- Third-team All-ACC: 2025
- ACC all-freshman team: 2024
- NCAA tournament all-tournament team: 2024
- ACC tournament all-tournament team: 2024
- CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Best XI: 2025
