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Born: September 22, 1983 Hometown: Kalamazoo, Michigan College: University of North Carolina U.S. National Team: A forward during her highly successful youth National Team career, she has played mostly in the midfield for the full Women’s National Team … By the age of 21, she had scored two of the most important goals in U.S. soccer history, the first when she pounded in a rebound of her own shot in the championship game of the 2002 FIFA U-19 World Championship, giving the USA a dramatic 1-0 Youth National Teams: Scored one of the biggest goals in U.S. Women’s National Team history when she tallied in sudden death overtime of the 2002 U-19 Women’s World Championship Final against Canada to give the USA a 1-0 victory and the title at the first-ever FIFA world championship for youth women … Won the Bronze Boot as the third leading scorer in the tournament, scoring six goals, including the 109th minute strike that defeated Canada in front of almost 50,000 fans in Edmonton … University of North Carolina * Had her Jersey number 25 retired in Feb. 2006 * 2003 College Soccer Player of the Year * 2003 ACC Player of the Year * Led the Nation in scoring in 2003 with 23 goals and 27 assists (the most points by a Tarheel since Mia Hamm and the 4th highest point total in the history of women’s college soccer) * 2002-2005 NSCAA All-American * 2002-2005 All-ACC * 2002 National Freshman of the Year * 2002 ACC Freshman of the Year * Three Time NCAA All-Tournament team * Team Captain her junior and senior year’s * Scored a remarkable 59 goals and 59 assits in her college career after not playing in almost half of both her junior and senior seasons due to a broken leg
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sudden death overtime victory over host. Canada and the first-ever world title for youth women … The second came in the 2004 Olympic gold medal game off a blast from 25-yards out into the lower left corner for the game’s first score … Named the 2002 U.S. Soccer Chevrolet Young Female Player of the Year … 2004: Had a breakout year, playing in 25 matches and making 13 starts … Played in all six Olympic matches, starting three, and was the second youngest player on the team … Scored the first eight goals of her full National Team career (and had three assists), tallying against Sweden, Canada, Mexico, Norway and Brazil among others … She played only six minutes in one “Fan Celebration Tour” game due to her commitments to her college team, but it was still the third-best scoring performance for a 20-year-old in U.S. history, but just one point behind a then 20-year-old Julie Foudy and nine points behind a then 20-year-old Kristine Lilly … 
Scored an amazing 24 goals in 26 full U-19 international matches … The captain of the USA’s 2002 CONCACAF Qualifying Team, she scored seven goals in three games in the tournament in T&T to help the USA qualify for the 2002 FIFA Under-19 Women’s World Championship … Has four caps and two goals at the U-21 level, scoring both at the 2003 Nordic Cup in Denmark … One of the all-time leaders in full U-19 caps, she first appeared for the USA in international matches at the Varna Cup in Bulgaria in 2000, taking second place in that tournament and playing against Scotland, Urkaine, Moldova and Bulgaria … … Also played with the U.S. U-16 National Team in 1999 at the USYSA International Tournament in Orlando, Florida, facing Sweden, Germany and Japan and against Australia, China, Japan and Canada at the USYSA international tournament in Houston, Texas, in 2000.