Beene attended and played college soccer as goalkeeper for the University of Notre Dame.
With the Fighting Irish, Beene was a two-time All-American and backstopped the team to a runners-up finish in the 1999 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship.
[2] Beene previously played for pro–am Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) team California Storm.
[3] Beene's first appearance on the United States women's national soccer team was on January 7, 2000, in an 8–1 win over Czech Republic in Melbourne, Australia.
[4][5] She collected a total of 18 caps over the following three years,[6] but was not included in the US squads for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, or the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.