Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey (née Lilly; born July 22, 1971) is an American former professional soccer player. She was a member of the United States women's national team for 23 years and is the most-capped football player in the history of the sport (men's or women's), gaining her 354th and final cap against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier in November 2010.[3] Lilly scored 130 international goals for the US national team, making her the team's fourth-highest goal scorer behind Carli Lloyd's 134, Mia Hamm's 158 goals, and Abby Wambach's 184.[4]

Kristine Lilly
Lilly in 2015
Personal information
Full name Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey[1]
Birth name Kristine Marie Lilly[2]
Date of birth (1971-07-22) July 22, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth New York City, U.S.
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Forward/Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Tyresö FF
1995 Washington Warthogs
(indoor)
6 (0)
1998 Delaware Genies 4 (5)
2001–2003 Boston Breakers 59 (14)
2005 KIF Örebro DFF 19 (8)
2009–2011 Boston Breakers 20 (3)
International career
1987–2010 United States 354 (130)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
FIFA Women's World Cup
Winner 1991 China
Winner 1999 United States
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2003 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2007 China
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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Lilly was born in New York City and attended Wilton High School in Wilton, Connecticut. While still attending high school, Lilly became a member of the United States women's national team. She was recruited by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

University of North Carolina

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Lilly competed as a student-athlete, playing for the university's North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. During her time there, she won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship every year she played. She won the Hermann Trophy as a junior in 1991.[5] As a senior, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nations's top soccer player.[6] To honor her time with the school, North Carolina retired her #15 jersey in 1994.

Club career

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Lilly with the Boston Breakers in 2010

Lilly began her career with Tyresö FF of Sweden in 1994. She spent one season with the club before returning to the United States. On August 20, 1995, Lilly joined Washington Warthogs of the now-defunct Continental Indoor Soccer League. She was the only woman in the all-male professional indoor league, following in the footsteps of Collette Cunningham and Shannon Presley who had played in the league sparingly in 1994.

Lilly joined W-League side Delaware Genies in 1998. With the club, she appeared in four games, scoring five goals and providing two assists.

February 2001 saw the formation of the world's first women's professional soccer league in which all the players were paid. Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) had its inaugural season in 2001. Lilly was the team captain and a founding member of Boston Breakers. In her first season with the team, she appeared in all twenty-one matches and played every minute of the season. She led the league in assists with eleven and added an additional three goals. For her performance, she was named First Team All-WUSA. In 2002, she started in a further nineteen games. She increased her point total for the season, scoring eight goals and assisting on thirteen others. She was again named First Team All-WUSA and was a starter on the WUSA North All-Star Team. In 2003 Lilly started all nineteen games in which she played, chipping in three goals and four assists and again being named to First Team All-WUSA, the only player in the history of the league to do so. Following the 2003 season, the WUSA ceased operations.

Following the termination of the league, Lilly followed former Boston Breakers head coach Pia Sundhage to Sweden to play for Damallsvenskan club KIF Örebro DFF in 2005. There she was joined by fellow USWNT teammate Christie Welsh as well as USWNT and Boston Breakers teammate Kate Markgraf.

In late-2006 and early-2007, the formation of a new women's league took shape under the name of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). On September 16, 2008, Lilly was allocated to Boston Breakers along with USWNT teammates Angela Hucles and Heather Mitts. The inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season saw Lilly appear in all twenty games (playing every minute) and score three goals with three assists.

International career

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Lilly (left) with Mia Hamm in St. Louis, 1998

Lilly made her debut for the United States national team in 1987, when she was still attending high school. During her international career, she surpassed the previous women's world record of 151 caps, held by Norway's Heidi Støre, on May 21, 1998.[5] On January 30, 1999, she surpassed what was then the men's record of 164 caps, held by Adnan Al-Talyani of the United Arab Emirates.

Lilly has participated in the 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup. She is a two-time World Cup champion, winning in 1991 and 1999; during extra time of the '99 Final against China, Lilly, standing on the goal line, blocked a Chinese shot which had passed goalkeeper Briana Scurry[7] - since the tournament took place with the golden goal rule in effect, the game would have been over if China had scored - and in the ensuing shootout, she scored the goal which would give the US the lead. When she played against North Korea on September 11, 2007, in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, she became the first woman (and only the third player overall) to participate in five different World Cup Finals; by scoring a goal against England on September 22, 2007, she became the oldest woman to score in the World Cup.

Lilly has also competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 editions of the Olympic Games. She won a gold medal in 1996 and 2004, and a silver medal in 2000. She missed the 2008 Summer Olympics due to the birth of her child.

Unlike several of her longtime teammates (among them Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy, and Mia Hamm), she did not retire after the team's "farewell tour" which finished on December 8, 2004.

On January 18, 2006, Lilly made her 300th international appearance in a game against Norway. In the same match, she equaled Michelle Akers for second place on the team's all-time goal scoring list with 105. Lilly was named as a finalist for the 2006 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year. She finished second in the voting to Brazil's Marta.

After the birth of her daughter, Lilly returned to the national team in December 2008. Her last match for the national team, representing her record 354th cap, was a World Cup qualifying loss to Mexico (1–2) on November 5, 2010, in which she played for six minutes as a substitute.

Coaching career

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Lilly has been an assistant coach for the Boston Breakers since 2012.[8]

Personal life

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Lilly grew up in Wilton, Connecticut, and lives in Medfield, Massachusetts. She is married to Brookline firefighter David Heavey, a former hockey player and golfer at the University of Connecticut. Lilly gave birth to her first daughter Sidney Marie Heavey on her birthday, July 22, 2008, and her second daughter Jordan Mary Heavey on September 2, 2011.

She appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team. Lilly helps run a soccer camp with Mia Hamm and Tisha Venturini-Hoch.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Tyresö FF 1994
Washington Warthogs 1995 CISL
Delaware Genies 1998 W-League 4 5
Boston Breakers 2001 WUSA 21 3
2002 WUSA 19 8
2003 WUSA 19 3
KIF Örebro DFF 2005
Boston Breakers 2009 WPS 4 4
Career total

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

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Kristine Lilly competed in five FIFA Women's World Cup: China 1991, Sweden 1995, USA 1999, USA 2003 and China 2007; and three Olympics: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004; altogether played in 46 matches and scored 12 goals at those eight global tournaments.[10] With her USA teams, in eight world cup and olympic tournaments, Lilly had 39 wins, 3 losses, and 4 draws; finished first place with her teams 4 times, second place once and third place 3 times.

Key (expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals")
Location Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup Start – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
(c) – captain

Min The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score The match score after the goal was scored.
Result The final score.

W – match was won
L – match was lost to opponent
D – match was drawn
(W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match
(L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match

aet The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
Goal Match Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Score Result Competition
China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 1991-11-17[m 1] Panyu   Sweden {{{4}}}.

off 33' (on Hamilton)

3–2 W

Group stage
2 1991-11-19[m 2] Panyu   Brazil {{{4}}}.

off 67' (on Belkin)

5–0 W

Group stage
3 1991-11-21[m 3] Foshan   Japan {{{4}}}.

off 41' (on Akers)

3–0 W

Group stage
4 1991-11-24[m 4] Foshan   Chinese Taipei Start

7–0 W

Quarter-final
5 1991-11-27[m 5] Guangzhou   Germany Start

5–2 W

Semifinal
6 1991-11-30[m 6] Guangzhou   Norway Start

2–1 W

Final
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
7 1995-06-06[m 7] Gävle   China Start

3–3 D

Group stage
1 8 1995-06-08[m 8] Gävle   Denmark Start 9 1–0

2–0 W

Group stage
9 1995-06-10[m 9] Helsingborg   Australia Start

4–1 W

Group stage
2 10 1995-06-13[m 10] Gävle   Japan {{{4}}}.

off 68' (on Bryan)

8 1–0

4–0 W

Quarter-final
3 42 2–0
11 1995-06-15[m 11] Västerås   Norway Start

0–1 L

Semifinal
12 1995-06-17[m 12] Gävle   China Start

2–0 W

Third place match
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
13 1996-07-21[m 13] Orlando   Nigeria Start

3–0 W

Group stage
14 1996-07-23[m 14] Orlando   Korea DPR Start

2–1 W

Group stage
15 1996-07-25[m 15] Miami   Germany Start

0–0 D

Group stage
16 1996-07-28[m 16] Athens   Brazil Start

2–1 aet W

Semifinal
17 1996-08-01[m 17] Athens   China Start

2–1 W

Gold medal match
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
4 18 1999-06-19[m 18] E Rutherford   Denmark Start 89 3–0

3–0 W

Group stage
5 19 1999-06-24[m 19] Chicago   Nigeria Start 32 4–1

7–1 W

Group stage
20 1999-06-27[m 20] Boston   Korea DPR Start

3–0 W

Group stage
21 1999-07-01[m 21] Washington   Germany Start

3–2 W

Quarter-final
22 1999-07-04[m 22] San Francisco   Brazil Start

2–0 W

Semifinal
23 1999-07-10[m 23] Los Angeles   China Start

0–0 (pso 5–4) (W)

Final
Sydney 2000 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
24 2000-09-14[m 24] Melbourne   Norway Start

2–0 W

Group stage
25 2000-09-17[m 25] Melbourne   China Start

1–1 D

Group stage
6 26 2000-09-20[m 26] Melbourne   Nigeria {{{4}}}.

off 45' (on Serlenga)

35 2–0

3–1 W

Group stage
27 2000-09-24[m 27] Canberra   Brazil Start

1–0 W

Semifinal
28 2000-09-28[m 28] Sydney   Norway Start

2–3 aet L

Gold medal match
7 29 2003-09-21[m 29] Washington   Sweden Start 27 1–0

3–1 W

Group stage
30 2003-09-25[m 30] Philadelphia   Nigeria Start

5–0 W

Group stage
31 2003-09-28[m 31] Columbus   Korea DPR {{{4}}}.

off 45' (on Foudy)

3–0 W

Group stage
32 2003-10-01[m 32] Foxborough   Norway Start

1–0 W

Quarter-final
33 2003-10-05[m 33] Portland   Germany Start

0–3 L

Semifinal
8 34 2003-10-11[m 34] Carson   Canada Start 22 1–0

3–1 W

Third place match
Athens 2004 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
35 2004-08-11[m 35] Heraklion   Greece Start

3–0 W

Group stage
36 2004-08-14[m 36] Thessaloniki   Brazil {{{4}}}.

off 69' (on O'Reilly)

2–0 W

Group stage
9 37 2004-08-17[m 37] Thessaloniki   Australia Start 19 1–0

1–1 D

Group stage
10 38 2004-08-20[m 38] Thessaloniki   Japan Start 43 1–0

2–1 W

Quarter-final
11 39 2004-08-23[m 39] Heraklion   Germany Start 33 1–0

2–1 aet W

Semifinal
40 2004-08-26[m 40] Piraeus   Brazil Start

2–1 aet W

Gold medal match
China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
41 2007-09-11[m 41] Chengdu   Korea DPR Start; (c)

2–2 D

Group stage
42 2007-09-14[m 42] Chengdu   Sweden Start; (c)

2–0 W

Group stage
43 2007-09-18[m 43] Shanghai   Nigeria {{{4}}}.

off 84' (on Tarpley); (c)

1–0 W

Group stage
12 44 2007-09-22[m 44] Tianjin   England Start; (c) 60 3–0

3–0 W

Quarter-final
45 2007-09-27[m 45] Hangzhou   Brazil Start; (c)

0–4 L

Semifinal
46 2007-09-30[m 46] Shanghai   Norway {{{4}}}.

off 89' (on Kai); (c)

4–1 W

Third place match

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 13 August 1987 Shenyang, China   China 1–? 1–1 Friendly
2. 27 July 1990 Winnipeg, Canada   Canada 1–? 4–1
3. 5 April 1991 Varna, Bulgaria   France 1–0 2–0
4. 7 April 1991   Soviet Union 1–0 5–0
5. 25 April 1991 Port-au-Prince, Haiti   Haiti ?–0 10–0 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship
6. 28 April 1991   Canada 3–0 5–0
7. 28 May 1991 Vianen, Netherlands   Netherlands ?–? 3–4 Friendly
8. 1 September 1991 Medford, United States   Norway 1–? 1–2
9. 12 October 1991 Fairfax, United States   China 1–0 2–0
10. 10 April 1993 Atlanta, United States   Germany 1–0 3–0
11. 3–0
12. 12 June 1993 Cincinnati, United States   Canada 3–0 7–0
13. 15 June 1993 Mansfield, United States   Italy ?–0 5–0
14. 7 July 1993 Hamilton, Canada   Australia ?–0 6–0
15. 12 July 1993   Chinese Taipei 2–? 3–1
16. 14 July 1993   Russia 2–0 2–0
17. 4 August 1993 New Hyde Park, United States   New Zealand ?–0 3–0 1993 CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament
18. 6 August 1993   Trinidad and Tobago ?–0 9–0
19. 16 March 1994 Silves, Portugal   Portugal 2–0 5–0 1994 Algarve Cup
20. 10 April 1994 Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago   Trinidad and Tobago 3–? 3–1 Friendly
21. 13 August 1994 Montreal, Canada   Mexico ?–0 9–0 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship
22. ?–0
23. 17 August 1994   Trinidad and Tobago ?–? 11–1
24. 19 August 1994   Haiti ?–0 10–0
25. ?–0
26. 24 February 1995 Orlando, United States   Denmark ?–0 7–0 Friendly
27. 14 March 1995 Faro, Portugal   Portugal 1–0 2–0 1995 Algarve Cup
28. 15 April 1995 Strasbourg, France   France 2–0 3–0 Friendly
29. 30 April 1995 Davidson, United States   Finland 1–0 6–0
30. 19 May 1995 Dallas, United States   Canada 6–? 9–1
31. 7–?
32. 8 June 1995 Gävle, Sweden   Denmark 1–0 2–0 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
33. 13 June 1995   Japan 1–0 4–0
34. 2–0
35. 3 August 1995 Piscataway, United States   Australia ?–? 4–2 1995 Women's U.S. Cup
36. 10 February 1996 Orlando, United States   Denmark 1–? 2–1 Friendly
37. 16 March 1996 Davidson, United States   Germany 2–0 2–0
38. 20 April 1996 Fullerton, United States   Netherlands 3–0 6–0
39. 4–0
40. 26 April 1996 St. Louis, United States   France 2–0 4–1
41. 16 May 1996 Horsham, United States   Japan 2–0 4–0 1996 Women's U.S. Cup
42. 3–0
43. 4 July 1996 Pensacola, United States   Australia 2–? 2–1 Friendly
44. 3 March 1997 Bathurst, Australia   Australia 2–? 3–1
45. 24 April 1997 Greensboro, United States   France 4–2 4–2
46. 4 May 1997 St. Charles, United States   South Korea 1–0 6–1
47. 11 May 1997 Portland, United States   England 5–0 6–0
48. 5 June 1997 Ambler, United States   Australia 7–0 9–1 1997 Women's U.S. Cup
49. 9 October 1997 Duisburg, Germany   Germany 1–0 1–3 Friendly
50. 1 November 1997 Chattanooga, United States   Sweden 2–0 3–1
51. 17 March 1998 Loulé, Portugal   China 3–? 4–1 1998 Algarve Cup
52. 21 March 1998 Quarteira, Portugal   Sweden 3–1 3–1
53. 26 April 1998 Fullerton, United States   Argentina 1–0 7–0 Friendly
54. 21 May 1998 Kobe, Japan   Japan 1–0 2–0
55. 24 May 1998 Tokyo, Japan   Japan 2–0 3–0
56. 12 September 1998 Foxborough, United States   Mexico 2–0 9–0 1998 Women's U.S. Cup
57. 5–0
58. 27 January 1999 Orlando, United States   Portugal 2–0 7–0 Friendly
59. 5–0
60. 6–0
61. 30 January 1999 Fort Lauderdale, United States   Portugal 1–0 6–0
62. 4–0
63. 18 March 1999 Albufeira, Portugal   Norway 2–1 2–1 1999 Algarve Cup
64. 28 March 1999 Pasadena, United States   Mexico 2–0 3–0 Friendly
65. 3–0
66. 13 May 1999 Milwaukee, United States   Netherlands 3–0 5–0
67. 22 May 1999 Orlando, United States   Brazil 2–0 3–0
68. 3 June 1999 Beaverton, United States   Australia 3–0 4–0
69. 6 June 1999 Portland, United States   Canada 3–2 4–2
70. 19 June 1999 East Rutherford, United States   Denmark 3–0 3–0 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
71. 24 June 1999 Chicago, United States   Nigeria 4–1 7–1
72. 4 September 1999 Foxboro, United States   Republic of Ireland 5–0 5–0 Friendly
73. 7 October 1999 Kansas City, United States   Finland 4–0 6–0 1999 Women's U.S. Cup
74. 5–0
75. 10 October 1999 Louisville, United States   Brazil 2–2 4–2
76. 4–2
77. 6 February 2000 Fort Lauderdale, United States   Norway 2–1 2–3 Friendly
78. 5 April 2000 Davidson, United States   Iceland 7–0 8–0
79. 5 May 2000 Portland, United States   Mexico 2–0 8–0 2000 Women's U.S. Cup
80. 20 August 2000 Kansas City, United States   Canada 1–0 1–1 Friendly
81. 20 September 2000 Melbourne, Australia   Nigeria 2–0 3–1 2000 Summer Olympics
82. 10 December 2000 Houston, United States   Mexico 1–0 3–2 Friendly
83. 12 January 2002 Charleston, United States   Mexico 2–0 7–0
84. 6 October 2002 Cary, United States   Italy 1–0 4–0 2002 Women's U.S. Cup
85. 6 November 2002 Seattle, United States   Costa Rica 7–0 7–0 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
86. 26 April 2003 Washington, D.C., United States   Canada 2–1 6–1 Friendly
87. 21 September 2003   Sweden 1–0 3–1 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
88. 11 October 2003 Carson, United States   Canada 1–0 3–1
89. 25 February 2004 San José, Costa Rica   Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 7–0 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament
90. 3 March 2004   Costa Rica 3–0 4–0
91. 17 August 2004 Thessaloniki, Greece   Australia 1–0 1–1 2004 Summer Olympics
92. 20 August 2004   Japan 1–0 2–1
93. 23 August 2004 Heraklio, Greece   Germany 1–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
94. 29 September 2004 Pittsburgh, United States   Iceland 3–0 3–0 Friendly
95. 3 October 2004 Portland, United States   New Zealand 4–0 5–0
96. 10 October 2004 Cincinnati, United States   New Zealand 2–0 6–0
97. 13 March 2005 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal   Denmark 1–0 4–0 2005 Algarve Cup
98. 4–0
99. 10 July 2005 Portland, United States   Ukraine 2–0 7–0 Friendly
100. 23 October 2005 Charleston, United States   Mexico 1–0 3–0
101. 18 January 2006 Guangzhou, China   Norway 1–0 3–1 2006 Four Nations Tournament
102. 22 January 2006   China 1–0 2–0
103. 2–0
104. 11 March 2006 Faro, Portugal   Denmark 4–0 5–0 2006 Algarve Cup
105. 13 March 2006   France 1–0 4–1
106. 15 July 2006 Blaine, United States   Sweden 3–2 3–2 Friendly
107. 1 October 2006 Carson, United States   Chinese Taipei 5–0 10–0
108. 29 October 2006 Gimhae, South Korea   Denmark 1–1 1–1 2006 Peace Queen Cup
109. 31 October 2006 Cheonan, South Korea   Australia 1–0 2–0
110. 4 November 2006 Seoul, South Korea   Canada 1–0 1–0
111. 26 November 2006 Carson, United States   Canada 2–1 2–1 (a.e.t.) 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
112. 7 March 2007 Faro, Portugal   China 1–0 2–1 2007 Algarve Cup
113. 14 March 2007 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal   Denmark 1–0 2–0
114. 14 April 2007 Foxboro, United States   Mexico 3–0 5–0 Friendly
115. 4–0
116. 12 May 2007 Frisco, United States   Canada 4–1 6–2
117. 23 June 2007 East Rutherford, United States   Brazil 1–0 2–0
118. 28 July 2007 San Jose, United States   Japan 3–0 4–1
119. 12 August 2007 Chicago, United States   New Zealand 2–0 6–1
120. 25 August 2007 Carson, United States   Finland 2–0 4–0
121. 22 September 2007 Tianjin, China   England 3–0 3–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
122. 13 October 2007 St. Louis, United States   Mexico 3–1 5–1 Friendly
123. 17 October 2007 Portland, United States   Mexico 1–0 4–0
124. 22 May 2010 Cleveland, United States   Germany 3–0 4–0

Honors and awards

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Year Team Championship/Medal/Award
1989 University of North Carolina NCAA National Champion
1990 University of North Carolina NCAA National Champion
1991 USA WNT FIFA World Cup Champion
1991 University of North Carolina NCAA National Champion
1992 University of North Carolina NCAA National Champion
1992 University of North Carolina Honda Sports Award[11]
1995 USA WNT FIFA World Cup Bronze
1996 USA WNT Olympic Gold
1999 USA WNT FIFA World Cup Champion
2000 USA WNT Olympic Silver
2003 USA WNT FIFA World Cup Bronze
2004 USA WNT Olympic Gold
2007 USA WNT FIFA World Cup Bronze
2015 None Inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame

See also

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References

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Match reports
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  15. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Atlanta 1996: MATCH Report: USA – Germany". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013.
  16. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Atlanta 1996: MATCH Report: USA – Brazil". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013.
  17. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Atlanta 1996: MATCH Report: USA – China PR". FIFA. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013.
  18. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup: USA 1999: MATCH Report: USA – Denmark". FIFA. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012.
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Further reading

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  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
  • Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810874164
  • Longman, Jere (2009), The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How it Changed the World, HarperCollins, ISBN 0061877689
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2004–2008
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