Kimberly Bingham

Kimberly "Kim" Marie Bingham (born October 23, 1984, in San Leandro, California) is an American goalkeeper. Bingham went to college at Arizona State University and also played for the
Personal
Bingham was born on October 23, 1984, in San Leandro, California. Her parents are Greg Bingham and Lisa Perez. Kim has one younger brother, David, who is also a goalkeeper. He currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer. Kim is 5'7. Bingham's hometown is San Ramon, California. She enjoys water skiing in her free time.
Career
Youth
Kim Bingham was a member of the Southern California 1984 girls ODP (Olympic Development Program) team. She won the ODP National Championship in 2000 with her team. In November 2000, Bingham was selected to the US U19 Girls National Top 32 Pool. In one of the games she played for the U19 National ODP team, she played the full 90 minutes and recorded a shutout. Bingham played for the Pleasanton Rage club team which one the National Championship her U-17 and U-19 years. She also spent time at the San Ramon Illusion. Bingham graduated from California High School (San Ramon, California) in 2003. She was a 2001 and 2002 Parade All-American pick and NSCAA All-American selection. She was the 2002 Contra Costa time top 100-prep athlete and won the golden glove at the 2001 ESP camp. Bingham was the Tri-Valley Herald Winter Athlete of the year.
College
Kim attended Arizona State University from 2003-2006. She majored in psychology and marketing. In her freshman college season with the Sun Devils, Bingham played in 11 games with 9 starts. Her overall record for the season was 7-3-1 giving up only 13 goals with 36 saves. Bingham went on and continued to play the next 3 years of college. In her junior year, she earned ESPN the magazine Academic All-district VIII third team and Academic All-Pac 10 first team honors. She was a maroon and gold scholar athlete. She was originally named to the U-19 roster that would compete in CONCACAF Qualifying for the first ever U-19 . The qualifying tournament was held May 7-11, 2002 in Trinidad & Tobago. After Bingham injured her foot, though, she could not compete in the Qualifying tournament. During Bingham's senior year in High School, she was named to the U-21 USWNT for a camp at the ARCO U.S. Olympic Training Center. Later during Bingham's senior year, she was again named to the U-21 youth national team for a 10-day training camp where she and Heather O'Reilly were the only two players not in college yet to be named to the roster. In 2007, Bingham was invinted by Greg Ryan to the full national team camp to determine the team that would compete at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. Unfortunately Bingham was released when Ryan had to make the final cuts.

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