Tracey Wheeler

Tracey Lee Wheeler was born on 26 September 1967 in Sydney. She first played soccer as an 8 year-old, in a boys' team. After secondary education Wheeler completed a Bachelor in Applied Science (Physiotherapy) degree at University of Sydney. She moved to Perth in 1991. Her playing career was disrupted in both 1993 and 1996 by anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries to the same knee. Each took 10 months of rehabilitation to recover. As a member of the national team, she had access to Australian Institute of Sport's (AIS) medical and physiotherapy staff. Wheeler completed a post-graduate Diploma in Sports Physiotherapy at Curtin University in 1997, thereby establishing her physiotherapy practice. In April 1997, she married Peter. == Playing career ==

State and club teams Wheeler was a soccer player for various New South Wales regional leagues teams. At 13 she joined another Granville districts side, Wenty Waratahs seniors (1981–1985), After 1991, Wheeler spent most of her club career in Western Australian teams. The latter team won the Women's National Soccer League championship for 1998–99. She first played for the Female Socceroos in the 1989 OFC Women's Championship match against New Zealand, held in Brisbane on 26 March; New Zealand won 0–3. Their coach Steve Darby named Wheeler for the squad for the 1991 OFC Women's Championship held in May in Sydney. Australian had equal points with New Zealand, however due to an inferior goal difference the Female Socceroos finished second. They lost their first game against New Zealand, but won the second. At that world cup, held in Sweden in June, the Matildas lost all three group stage games and were eliminated. She was replaced by Belinda Kitching for the rest of the tournament, which Australia won, again. Wheeler only kept for the first group stage game – a 1–1 draw against Ghana. In their group they faced Germany (0–3), Sweden (1-1) and Brazil (1–2) – they finished bottom of their group and were eliminated. ==See also==