JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman women's soccer goalkeeper Berna Kabakci has been part of North Macedonia's national team on two different occasions. She will join the club for a third time as she was announced as part of the squad that compete in Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Moldova in the next two weeks.
North Macedonia will serve as host to Moldova on May 31st at FFM's Peter Miloshevski Training Center in Skopje at 17:00 CET (5pm ET). The two clubs will meet again on June 4th at the Zimbru stadium in Chisinau at 19:00 CET (7pm ET).
In a recent callup earlier this spring, Kabakci competed in a pair of international qualifying matches against Latvia and Slovenia.
The goalkeeper is the fourth Carson-Newman player coached by Simon Duffy to be called up to compete for their national team, joining Jackie Burns, Catarina Realista and Lauren Wade.
Kabakci has competed at a high level on both the U17 and U19 teams, which ultimately has set her up with these opportunities to get the call up to compete with her national club.
In her first season with C-N, Kabakci made 52 saves and competed in 14 matches. Her presence in goal was felt immediately for the Eagles. In her first career start, she made a career-high ten saves in a 1-0 loss to Anderson. It was the first time a C-N keeper had ten or more saves in a match since Jasmine Rizk had eleven saves against Catawba in 2019.
The national team officially began their preparations for the upcoming qualifying matches earlier today.
