Yael Friedman Averbuch is an American soccer midfielder. She currently plays for the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League and the United States women's national soccer team. During her career as a center midfielder at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Averbuch was named national player of the year by both Soccer Buzz and Top Drawer Soccer. Averbuch was selected in the first round of the 2009 WPS Draft by her home state team, Sky Blue FC. She played for Kopparbergs/G�teborg FC in the Damallsvenskan of the UEFA Women's Champions League and made a brief stint with WFC Rossiyanka. She is a two-time WPS champion with Sky Blue FC and the Western New York Flash. Averbuch played for the United States at every level of the youth national teams, and as of 2013 played for the United States women's national soccer team. 

November 3rd, 1986 in New York City (Age 38)