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CAROLINA & THE U.S. NATIONAL TEAM: CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER The love affair that exists between the United founding and he served in that role for eight years Carolina Players on the U.S. Women’s National Team; States Women’s National Team and the women’s before retiring in 1994 from his national team (Through 2004 Season) soccer program at the University of North Carolina coaching duties to concentrate on his work as the Player ...... Caps . . . . .Goals ...... Era can only be described as a match made in heav- Tar Heels’ head coach. During Dorrance’s coach- Tracey Bates ...... 29 ...... 5 ...... 1987-91 en. Blue Heaven to be exact. ing tenure, he led the U.S. National Team to a Danielle Borgman ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 1997, 2000 Since the founding of the U.S. Women’s record of 65-22-2. Jenni Branam ...... 5 ...... 0 ...... 2000 National Team in 1985, Carolina players have In 1991, Dorrance took the U.S. Team to Susan Bush ...... 10 ...... 3...... 1998-2000 ...... 9 ...... 1 . . . . . 2001, 2003-04 always played an integral role in the team’s suc- to compete in the first-ever Women’s World Cup. Suzy Cobb ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 1986 cess down through the years. A total of 43 Nine of the 18 players on the team were Carolina Robin Confer ...... 8 ...... 1 ...... 1996-98 University of North Carolina players have seen graduates or current UNC players, including team Tracy Ducar ...... 25 ...... 0 ...... 1996-99 action on the National Team since captain , a 1986 alumna of Carolina. Joan Dunlap-Seivold ...... 4 ...... 1 ...... 1986 its creation in 1985 through the close of the 2004 The Americans won that initial World Cup, beating ...... 6 ...... 1 ...... 1993 season, including nine players who were members Norway 2-1 in the championship match. Stacey Enos ...... 10 ...... 0 ...... 1985-86 ...... 114 ...... 7...... 1996-2003 of the team at some point in time during the 2004 Although the U.S. would be dethroned by even- Meredith Florance ...... 3 ...... 0 ...... 1999, 2001 season. Tar Heels who were on the full roster at tual champion Norway four years later in the 1995 Wendy Gebauer ...... 26 ...... 10 ...... 1987-91 some point in time during the 2004 season includ- Women’s World Cup semifinals and have to settle Gretchen Gegg ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 1986-90 ed forward , forward , goal- for the bronze medal, the Americans came back to ...... 1 ...... 0 ...... 1986 keeper , forward Cindy Parlow, mid- claim the 1996 Olympic gold medal in women’s ...... 71 ...... 1 . . 1987-91, 1993-95 fielder , defender Catherine soccer. The U.S. defeated Norway in sudden Mia Hamm ...... 275 ...... 158 ...... 1987-2004 April Heinrichs ...... 47 ...... 37 ...... 1986-91 Reddick, Lori Chalupny, forward death in the semifinals and then downed ...... 39 ...... 3 ...... 1985-91 and forward Heather O’Reilly. China in the gold medal match 2-1 before a capac- Shannon Higgins ...... 51 ...... 4 ...... 1987-91 The U.S. National Team was also coached by ity crowd at the University of Georgia’s Sanford ...... 46 ...... 18 . . . . 1995, 1997-98 UNC alumna April Heinrichs, ‘86, from 2000-04. Stadium. That U.S. Olympic team featured seven Jena Kluegel ...... 24 ...... 1 ...... 2000-03 Heinrichs retired as the team’s coach after leading then current or former Carolina players. Kristine Lilly ...... 291 ...... 101. 1987-88, 1990-91 the Americans to the 2004 Olympic gold medal in More recently the U.S. National Team took ...... 1993-2004 Marcia McDermott ...... 7 ...... 4 ...... 1986, 1988 , Greece. home the silver medal at the 2000 Siri Mullinix ...... 45 ...... 0...... 1999-2004 One of the top highlights of all the National in , Australia with six more Tar Heels on Heather O’Reilly ...... 30 ...... 4 ...... 2002-04 Team’s events was clearly the play of the 1999 that team. The National Team won the bronze ...... 168 ...... 7...... 1988-91, United States Women’s World Cup Team which medal at the 2003 World Cup with six Carolina ...... 1993-2000 recaptured the world championship with a 5-4 players on that squad. Cindy Parlow ...... 158 ...... 75 ...... 1996-2004 shootout victory over China in a sold-out Rose Carolina players dominate the all-time statistical Emily Pickering ...... 15 ...... 2 . . . . . 1985-87, 1992 Lou Ellen Poore ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 1992 Bowl on July 10, 1999. That year also marked the charts in appearances, goals scored, assists and Alyssa Ramsey ...... 8 ...... 0 ...... 2000-01 first of two times the U.S. has hosted the Women’s points led by Mia Hamm and Kristine Lilly, both Sara Randolph ...... 2 ...... 0 ...... 2001 World Cup. team members since 1987 as well as Cindy Catherine Reddick ...... 74 ...... 6 ...... 2000-04 Rarely has any athletic team ever captured the Parlow who has scored 75 goals while playing on Tiffany Roberts ...... 110 ...... 7 . 1994-99, -2002-04 imagination of the American public as did that par- the team since 1996. Keri Sanchez ...... 13 ...... 0 . . 1991-94,-2000-01 ticular United States National Team. Forty percent Laurie Schwoy ...... 4 ...... 0 ...... 1997, 1999 Zola Springer ...... 9 ...... 0 ...... 1992-93 of the United States roster was the product of Amy Steadman ...... 4 ...... 0 ...... 2001 Carolina Blue led by starting forwards Mia Hamm U.S. Women’s National Team All-Time Caps Leaders Lindsay Tarpley ...... 33 ...... 8 ...... 2003-04 and Cindy Parlow, starting midfielder Kristine Lilly Player...... Caps ...... Goals ...... Era Rita Tower ...... 6 ...... 0 ...... 1993-94 1. Kristine Lilly ...... 291 ...... 101...... 1987-2004 ...... 132 ...... 44 ...... 1992-2000 and starting defender Carla Overbeck, one of the 2. Mia Hamm...... 275 ...... 158...... 1987-2004 ...... 14 ...... 0...... 1995-96 team’s co-captains. Reserve roles were played by 3. ...... 271 ...... 45...... 1988-2004 Tar Heel Tisha Venturini and Tiffany 4. ...... 239 ...... 27...... 1987-2004 U.S. National Team All-Time Goal Scorers 5. ...... 199 ...... 99...... 1991-2003 Roberts, defender Lorrie Fair and goalkeeper Player ...... Goals . . . . .Caps ...... Era Tracy Ducar. 6. ...... 192 ...... 30...... 1988-2004 7. Shannon MacMillan ...... 174 ...... 60...... 1993-2004 1. Mia Hamm ...... 158 ...... 275 ...... 1987-2004 The U.S. dominated pool play as Hamm scored 8. Carla Overbeck ...... 168 ...... 7...... 1988-2000 2. ...... 105 ...... 153 ...... 1985-2000 the game-winning goals in victories over Denmark 9. Cindy Parlow...... 158 ...... 75...... 1996-2004 3. Kristine Lilly ...... 101 ...... 291 ...... 1987-2004 3-0 and Nigeria 7-1. Then the U.S. clinched pool 10. ...... 155 ...... 0...... 1994-2004 4. Tiffeny Milbrett ...... 99 ...... 199 ...... 1991-2003 5. Cindy Parlow ...... 75 ...... 158 ...... 1996-2004 play first place as Venturini scored two goals in a 11. Michelle Akers...... 153 ...... 105...... 1985-2000 12. ...... 137 ...... 0...... 1998-2004 6. Shannon MacMillan ...... 60 ...... 174 ...... 1993-2004 win over North Korea 3-0. 13. Christie Rampone...... 136 ...... 4...... 1997-2004 7. Carin Gabarra ...... 53 ...... 117 ...... 1987-1996 After beating Germany 3-2 in the quarterfinals, 14. Tisha Venturini...... 132 ...... 44...... 1992-2000 8. Julie Foudy ...... 45 ...... 239 ...... 1988-2004 Parlow tallied the game-winner as the U.S. ousted 15. Carin Gabarra...... 117...... 53...... 1987-1996 Abby Wambah ...... 45 ...... 55 ...... 2001-04 Brazil 2-0 in the semifinals. After battling China to 16. Lorrie Fair...... 114...... 7...... 1996-2003 10 Tisha Venturini ...... 44 ...... 132 ...... 1992-2000 a 0-0 tie through 120 minutes of play in the final, 17. Tiffany Roberts ...... 110...... 7...... 1994-2004 18. ...... 80 ...... 18...... 1998-2004 U.S. National Team All-Time Assist Leaders the U.S. triumphed 5-4 on penalty kicks with Tar 19. Catherine Reddick .....74 ...... 6...... 2000-04 Player ...... Assists . . . .Caps ...... Era Heels Overbeck, Lilly and Hamm providing three 20. Linda Hamilton...... 71 ...... 0...... 1987-1995 1. Mia Hamm ...... 144 ...... 175 ...... 1987-2004 of the five U.S. goals in the penalty shootout. Figures above are accurate through 2004 season. 2. Kristine Lilly ...... 85 ...... 291 ...... 1987-2004 The most recent National Team triumph came Former Tar Heels in bold. 3. Tiffeny Milbrett ...... 61 ...... 199 ...... 1991-2003 4. Julie Foudy ...... 60 ...... 271 ...... 1998-2004 during the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. That Tar Heels on U.S. World Cup Rosters 5. Shannon MacMillan ...... 53 ...... 174 ...... 1993-2004 squad was coached by Heinrichs and six Tar 1991--Tracey Bates, (Coach), Wendy 6. Carin Gabarra ...... 49 ...... 117 ...... 1987-1996 Gebauer, Lauren Gregg (Coach), Linda Hamilton, Mia Heels played on the squad, including the leg- 7. Michelle Akers ...... 37 ...... 153 ...... 1985-2000 endary Mia Hamm, who was competing in her final Hamm, April Heinrichs, Lori Henry, Shannon Higgins, Kristine Lilly, Carla Overbeck; 1995--Lauren Gregg 8. Cindy Parlow ...... 31 ...... 158 ...... 1996-2004 major international event before retiring. Lilly and (Coach), Linda Hamilton, Mia Hamm, April Heinrichs 9 .Brandi Chastain ...... 27 ...... 192 ...... 1988-2004 Parlow continued as mainstays and they were (Coach), Debbie Keller, Kristine Lilly, Carla Overbeck, Aly Wagner ...... 27 ...... 80 ...... 1998-2004 joined by three younger generation Tar Heels – Tiffany Roberts, Tisha Venturini; 1999--Tracy Ducar, Lorrie Catherine Reddick, Heather O’Reilly and Lindsay Fair, Lauren Gregg (Coach), Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, U.S. National Team All-Time Points Leaders Player ...... Points . . . . .Caps ...... Era Tarpley. O’Reilly scored the game-winning goal in Carla Overbeck, Cindy Parlow, Tiffany Roberts, Tisha Venturini. 2003--Mia Hamm, April Heinrichs (Coach). 1. Mia Hamm ...... 460 ...... 275 ...... 1987-2004 overtime as the U.S. beat Germany 2-1 in the Kristine Lilly, Siri Mullinix, Bill Palladino (Coach), Cindy 2. Kristine Lilly ...... 287 ...... 291 ...... 1987-2004 semifinals and then Tarpley scored the opening Parlow, Catherine Reddick, Tiffany Roberts. 3. Tiffeny Milbrett ...... 259 ...... 199 ...... 1991-2003 goal of the match as the Americans beat Brazil 2- 4. Michelle Akers ...... 247 ...... 153 ...... 1985-2000 1 in overtime for the gold medal. Lilly scored three Tar Heels on Olympic Team Rosters 5. Cindy Parlow ...... 181 ...... 158 ...... 1996-2004 1996--Lauren Gregg (Coach), Mia Hamm, April Heinrichs times and Hamm twice during the tournament as 6. Shannon McMillan ...... 173 ...... 174 ...... 1993-2004 (Coach), Kristine Lilly, Carla Overbeck, Cindy Parlow, 7. Carin Gabarra ...... 155 ...... 117 ...... 1987-1996 Tar Heel players accounted for seven of the 12 Tiffany Roberts, Tisha Venturini, Staci Wilson; 2000-- 8. Julie Foudy ...... 149 ...... 271 ...... 1988-2004 U.S. goals. Lorrie Fair, Lauren Gregg (Coach), Mia Hamm, April 9. Tisha Venturini ...... 110 ...... 132 ...... 1992-2000 Of course, Tar Heel head coach Anson Heinrichs (Coach), Kristine Lilly, Siri Mullinix, Carla 10. ...... 107 ...... 55 ...... 2001-04 Dorrance was one of the chief architects of the Overbeck, Cindy Parlow. 2004--Mia Hamm, April Figures above are accurate through 2004 season. Heinrichs (Coach), Kristine Lilly, Heather O’Reilly, Cindy Former Tar Heels in bold. national team’s amazing success. He began Parlow, Catherine Reddick, Lindsay Tarpley. coaching the team in 1986 one year after its 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE: PAGE 1 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER: CAROLINA SOCCER IN THE WUSA Players Name UNC Highest Collegiate Honor World Cup and OlympicRosters Made WUSA Final Year (Number of Nat Team Caps) Team (years) 1. Beard, Meredith 00 National Player of the Year (Honda Award) (3) (01) (02-03) 2. Borgman, Danielle 01 National Player of the Year Candidate (Hermann) (2) San Jose Cyber Rays (02) Carolina Courage (03) 3. Branam, Jenni 02 All-America (Soccer Times) 00 Alternate (5) Spirit (03) 4. Bush, Susan 02 National Player of the Year Candidate 00 Alternate (10) (03) (MAC/Hermann) 5 Confer, Robin 97 National Player of the Year (Soccer Buzz) (8) Breakers (01) 6. Dacey, Sarah 96 All America (Soccer Buzz) Carolina Courage (01) Boston Breakers (02) 7. DePlatchett, Kristin 01 Beat (02) 8. Ducar, Tracy 95 All-American(Soccer News) 96,99,00 (25) Boston Breakers (01-03) 9. Fair, Lorrie 99 National Player of the Year (Honda Award) 96,99,00 (114) Charge (01-03) 10. Fettig, Nel 97 All-America (NSCAA) Power (01) Carolina Courage (02-03) 11. Finger, Shelley 94 All-America (NSCAA) San Diego Spirit (02) 12. Gaston, Leslie 02 ACC Tournament MVP Atlanta Beat (03) 13.Hamm, Mia 93 National Player of the Year 91,95,96,99,00, 03, 04 (275) Washington Freedom (01-03) (Hermann, MAC, Honda) 14. Kamholz, Kalli 00 All-American (NSCAA) (01) 15. Karvelsson, Rakel 98 Icelandic National Team (10) Philadelphia Charge (01-02) 16. Kluegel, Jena 01 National Player of the Year Candidate (Hermann) (24) Boston Breakers (02-03) 17. Lilly, Kristine 92 National Player of the Year 91,95,96,99,00, 03, 04 (291) Boston Breakers (01-03) (Hermann, MAC, Honda) 18. Marslender, Julia 00 Team Captain Carolina Courage (01) 19. McDonald, Raven 00 All-America ( Online) (01) 20. McDowell, Rebekah99 All-American (NSCAA) Philadelphia Charge (01-02) Boston Breakers (03) 21. Mullinix, Siri 98 All-American (Soccer News) 99,00, 03 (45) Washington Freedom (01-03) 22. Overbeck, Carla 89 All-American (NSCAA) 91,95,96,99,00 (168) Carolina Courage (01-03) 23. Parlow, Cindy 98 National Player of the Year (Hermann, MAC) 96,99,00, 03, 04 (158) Atlanta Beat (01-03) 24. Roberts, Nicole 96 Carolina Courage (01) 25. Roberts, Tiffany 98 National Player of the Year Finalist (MAC) 95,96,99, 03 (110) Carolina Courage (01-03) 26. Rubio, Vanessa 96 Philadelphia Charge (01) 27. Sanchez, Keri 95 NCAAAll-Tournament Team (13) Boston Breakers (01-02) San Jose Cyber Rays (03) 28. Schwoy, Laurie 00 National Player of the Year Finalist (4) Philadelphia Charge (01) (Hermann, MAC) 29. Sheppard, Beth 99 ACC All-Tournament Team Carolina Courage (01) 30. Stoecker, Lindsay 99 ACC Tournament MVP Washington Freedom (01-03) 31. Venturini, Tisha 94 National Player of the Year 95,96,99 (132) San Jose Cyber Rays (01-03) (Hermann, MAC, Honda) 32. Wilson, Staci 97 National Player of the Year (Soccer Digest) 96 (14) Carolina Courage (01-02)

Staff Name UNC Highest Collegiate Honor World Cup and OlympicRosters Made WUSA Final Year (Number of Nat Team Caps) Team (years) 1 Ellis, Susan 84 Asst Coach Carolina Courage (01-03) 2. Gregg, Lauren 82 All-American (NSCAA) 91,95,96,99,00 (coach) (1) WUSA VP Player Personnel (01-03) 3. McDermott, Marcia 86 All-American (NSCAA) (7) Head Coach Carolina Courage (01-02) Asst. GM Carolina Courage (03)

Lindsay Stoecker Keri Sanchez Danielle Borgman Tiffany Roberts Jena Kluegel Nel Fettig Siri Mullinix

PAGE 2: 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE 1984, 1986 PLAYER OF THE YEAR APRIL HEINRICHS: CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER

April Heinrichs’s Career Statistics Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS 1983 19/18 73 18 11 47 1984 24/20 80 23 13 59 1985 19/18 89 18 14 50 1986 23/23 128 28 13 69 Totals 85/79 370 87 51 225

Tournament. In leading the team to an 87-17-20 record in 1985 and 1986, five years. Heinrichs coached the team to she was the an Olympic gold medal in 2004 in her last Most Valuable major competition as the suqd’s head Offensive Player of the NCAA Tournament. Every great story has a beginning. Heinrichs’ performances in those tourna- April Heinrichs was the first of the truly ments helped the Tar Heels win the NCAA great players in Carolina’s storied women’s championship in 1983, 1984 and 1986. soccer history. She was also the first true They were the NCAA runner-up team in superstar in 1985. Her No. 2 uniform was the first to women’s soccer be retired by the Carolina women’s soccer worldwide. program. Heinrichs was Heinrichs’ greatness is also evidenced named a first- by her place in the Carolina record books. team All-America She shares the school record for assists forward in 1984, in a game with five against Warren Wilson 1985 and 1986 on October 29, 1983. She is second in by the National Carolina history in scoring with 225 points. Soccer Coaches Her 87 goals are third in school history, Association of and she is also tied for sixth in assists with America. She 51. was also a third- In all four of her years, Heinrichs led the team All-America in 1983. Tar Heels in scoring – in 1983 with 47 The Intercollegiate Soccer Association of points, in 1984 with 59 points, in 1985 with America named her National Player of the 50 points and in 1986 with 69 points. Year in both 1984 and 1986. recognized her as the Heinrichs particularly excelled in post- Player of the Decade for the 1980s. season play for the Tar Heels. She was Success continued for Heinrichs even after her time coach. at Chapel Hil Her first college coaching position was was over. as head coach at in She was a 1990, where she compiled an 8-6-1 mark. member of She then moved on to become head the U.S. coach at the University of Maryland for five Women’s years from 1991-95, compiling a mark of National 56-40-7. In 1995, she was named Atlantic Team from Coast Conference Coach of the Year at 1986-91 and Maryland after leading the Terrapins to had 47 caps, their first ever NCAA Tournament appear- scoring 37 ance. goals. After her stint at College Park, she After served for four years as the head women’s Heinrichs’ soccer coach at the . playing days, She went 52-27-7 there with four NCAA she made a Tournament appearances. Heinrichs was transition into named head coach of the U.S. National the coaching Team in early 2000 and she retired at the arena. In conclusion of the 2004 campaign. 1996, she Heinrichs served as the captain of the served as 1991 U.S. Women’s National Team which named to the All-Tournament Team at the assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic Team, won the gold medal at the first ever 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986 NCAA which won the gold medal in Atlanta, Ga. Women’s World Cup in China. Tournaments. In 1984, she was the overall She was the head coach of the U.S. She graduated from the University of Most Valuable Player of the NCAA Women’s National Team from 2000-04, North Carolina in 1986.

2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE: PAGE 3 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER: 1988-89 PLAYER OF THE YEAR SHANNON HIGGINS Shannon Higgins won two national player Maryland. of the year honors during her four years at As a collegian, Higgins Shannon Higgins’ Career Statistics the University of North Carolina. Soccer rather remarkably scored Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS America honored her with its award in 1988 the game-winning goal in 1986 24/19 43 5 5 15 and the the 1987, 1988 and 1989 1987 24/24 75 6 11 23 Intercollegiate NCAA championship 1988 21/21 57 13 17 43 Soccer Association games. 1989 25/25 140 15 18 48 of America gave her She was named a first- Totals 94/89 315 39 51 129 its award in 1989. team All-America mid- She also won the fielder by the National Honda Soccer Soccer Coaches In 1988, she led the ACC in scoring with Award in 1989. Association of America in both 1988 and 43 points. For three consecutive seasons, Higgins played 1989. she led the conference in assists. She had for the U.S. Higgins also was named to the first-team 10 in 1987, 17 in 1988, and 18 in 1989. Women’s National All-Atlantic Coast Conference squad in 1987, Team from 1987-91 1988 and 1989, winning the ACC Player of and had a total of 51 the Year award in 1989. caps. She was a member of the United The University of North Carolina honored States Team which won the 1991 Women’s her with the Patterson Medal in 1990 as the World Cup title in China. outstanding senior student-athlete at the Her career continued as a coach of the school. sport on the collegiate level. She was the Also in 1990, Higgins won the first-ever head coach for seven years at George Mary Garber Award given by the Atlantic Washington University and six more at the Coast Sports Media Association to the University of Maryland before retiring from female athlete of the year in the conference. coaching following the 2004 season. Her Higgins had a memorable career in post- seven Maryland teams combined to go 62- season play for the Tar Heels. She was named to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAATournament in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Higgins was the Offensive Most Valuable Player of the 1988 NCAA Tournament after she scored three goals in Carolina’s 4-1 victory over NC State in the championship game. In each of her four years at Carolina (1986-89), the women’s soccer team - tured the NCAA championship. She also played on Tar Heel teams which captured ACC championships in 1987 and 1989. Her jersey number (No. 3) is one of 12 retired in Carolina women’s soccer history. Higgins is ranked 14th in career scoring at Carolina with 129 points and she is 18th in goals scored at Carolina with 39. She is tied for sixth in Carolina history with 51 assists.

51-10. Her final Terrapin squad advanced to the Final 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Before her time with the Terps, Higgins served as the head women’s soccer coach at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she posted a 69- 59-11 record in seven years. Higgins is married to , the head men’s soccer coach at the University of

PAGE 4: 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE U.S. NATIONAL TEAM CAPTAIN CARLA OVERBECK: CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER She was named the In 1996, she was captain of the U.S. Most Valuable National Team which won the gold medal at Defensive Player of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga. the 1988 NCAA In 1999, she started 22 games for the U.S. Tournament as the Tar National Team, playing 1,764 minutes as she Heels defeated arch- co-captained the United States Team that rival NC State 4-1 in won the World Cup championship. She con- the championship verted on the first penalty kick in the United game. Her defensive States’ victory over China in the World Cup prowess was evi- championship match. denced by her four Overbeck is now in her 15th year as an appearances on the assistant coach at Duke University. She also NCAA All-Tournament played for the Carolina Courage in the

Carla Werden Overbeck’s Career Statistics Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS 1986 25/25 17 1 2 4 1987 24/24 4 2 0 4 1988 20/20 10 3 2 8 1989 25/25 38 5 3 13 Totals 94/94 69 11 7 29

team as a Tar Heel WUSA, leading the team to the Founder’s defender. Cup crown in 2002. Overbeck began She graduated from the University of North competing internation- Carolina in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts ally while she was still a Tar Heel. She com- peted on the 1988 United States Team which won the gold medal at the Goodwill Carla Werden Overbeck is a proven win- ner. She is one of only three women in histo- ry to win an NCAA title, an Olympic gold medal, a World Cup championship and the WUSA’s Founders Cup championship, joing Tisha Venturini and Mia Hamm in that cate- gory. Overbeck put her stamp on Carolina histo- ry early in her career, winning 1986 Freshman All-America honors from Soccer America magazine. And while she had an outstanding career at Carolina, her level of success for the U.S. National Team in inter- national competition was truly remarkable. As a member of the U.S. National Team from 1988-2000, she was the sixth-most capped player in the team’s history, appear- ing in 168 games. Despite having been retired for five years, she still ranks eighth all- time in National Team caps. Winning has never been foreign to Overbeck who played on four University of North Carolina women’s teams from 1986-89 that won NCAA championships. The Tar Heels did not lose a single game during her degree in psychology. four-year tenure, compiling a record of 89-0- Overbeck is a native of , Texas, 6 from 1986-89. Those teams were a spot- where she attended Richardson High less 12-0 in NCAA Tournament play. School. The National Soccer Coaches Association Her husband, Greg Overbeck, co-owns of America named her a first-team All- Games in New York. and manages several restaurants in the America in both 1987 and 1988 and as a Overbeck was also a member of the 1991 Triangle, including Squid’s, 411 West and second-team All-America in 1989. U.S. National Team which won the World Spanky’s in Chapel Hill. They have an eight- She earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Cup in China. She was captain of the 1995 year-old son, Jackson, and a two-year-old Conference accolades as a junior in 1988 U.S. World Cup squad, which advanced to daughter, Carson. They live in Carrboro, and as a senior in 1989. the semifinals. N.C. 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE: PAGE 5 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER: 1990-91 PLAYER OF THE YEAR KRISTINE LILLY Kristine Lilly’s long tenure on the U.S. participated in nearly 90 percent of the games National Team has earned her the distinction the U.S. women’s team has ever played. That of being one of the most durable, most versa- gives her more international matches than tile and exceedingly outstanding players in any other player – man or woman – in the his- women’s soccer history. tory of the U.S. National Team. Kristine Lilly was twice After the 2004 season, her total named National Player of caps had increased to 291. She the Year while at had started in 280 of those 291 Carolina, winning the caps. award in 1990 and 1991. Her career international assist Soccer America hon- total of 85 and point total of 287 ored her in 1990 and rank second only to Mia Hamm in 1991, while the Missouri U.S. team history. Her 101 goals Athletic Club, Honda rank third in U.S. History. Soccer Award and the She tied for the U.S. Team lead Intercollegiate Soccer in scoring at the 1995 World Cup Association of America and the U.S. Soccer Federation all gave her their awards named Lilly its Player of the Year in 1991. Lilly also won the in 1993. in 1991. Lilly was a member of the U.S. In 1993, she earned National Team, which won the the Patterson Medal, Gold Medal at the 1996 Olympics given to the most out- in Atlanta, Ga. and the 2004 standing senior athlete at Olympics in Athens, Greece. the University of North She also helped the U.S. win the 1999 World Cup just as she had in 1991. Lilly scored two goals and had one assist during the 1999 competition. degree from Carolina in Radio, Television & Her jersey number 15 Motion Pictures. was retired by the Lilly played for the Boston Breakers in the University of North WUSA for three seasons. Carolina. She received her

Kristine Lilly’s Career Statistics Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS 1989 25/24 142 20 6 46 1990 22/22 125 20 12 52 1991 19/19 91 15 4 34 1992 25/25 79 23 19 65 Totals 91/90 437 78 41 197

Carolina. She was the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year in 1991 and she won the ACC Tournament’s Most Valuable Player award in 1990. Soccer America named her the National Freshman of the Year in 1989. In postseason play, Lilly was named the Most Outstanding Offensive Player in the 1989 and 1990 NCAA Tournaments. She scored 10 goals and had seven assists for 27 points in nine career NCAA Tournament matches. The Tar Heels won national cham- pionships in all four of her years at Carolina (1989-92). UNC compiled a record of 93-1-2 during Lilly’s tenure at Chapel Hill. She is fifth in school history in scoring with 197 points, fourth in UNC history in goals with 78 and tied for 15th in assists with 41. In 1990, Lilly was second in the nation in scoring with 20 goals and 12 assists for 52 points. When it comes to experience in interna- tional competition, Lilly has no equal. She has

PAGE 6: 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE 1992-93 PLAYER OF THE YEAR MIA HAMM: CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER Few would argue against Mia Hamm being for major endorsements. Among them are A deadly scorer, Hamm led the nation in recognized as the the world’s most talented, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola and Pert shampoo. scoring in 1990, 1992 and 1993, setting the famous women’s soccer player in the history of Nike named the largest building at its world UNC single-season record for scoring with 97 the game. headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., after her in points in 1992. Hamm also holds the UNC FIFA named her the Women’s World Player 1999. record for single-season assists with 33 in of the Year for 2001 and 2002, the first two She was one of the key players and stars of 1992. years in which the world’s governing body has the 1999 U.S. National Team which won the Before retiring from soccer at the conclusion bestowed the award on a woman. title at the 1999 World Cup. Hamm converted of the 2004 season, Hamm had been a mem- Her fame has expanded well off the playing a key penalty kick in the United States’ double ber of the U.S. National Team since 1987 and pitch. People Magazine named her one of the overtime victory over China in the champi- started for Team USA when it won its first-ever 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997. onship game. World Cup title, played in China in 1991. She Several corporations have contracted with her Hamm was the 1994 recip- ient of the Honda Broderick Cup, given to the Most Mia Hamm’s Career Statistics Outstanding Female Athlete Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS in all of college sports. She 1989 23/18 113 21 4 46 also received the 1994 1990 22/22 108 24 19 67 Patterson Medal as the out- 1992 25/21 117 32 33 97 standing senior athlete at the 1993 22/22 97 26 16 68 University of North Carolina. Totals 92/83 435 103 72 278 The Atlantic Coast Conference honored Hamm with the 1993 and 1994 Mary Garber Awards was 15 years old when she first played for the as the ACC’s Female Athlete of the Year. She team, making her the youngest woman ever to also won the ACC Player of the Year award play for Team USA. three times and was a three-time consensus She ended 2004 as the world’s all-time first-team All-America. leading scorer with 158 goals and 144 assists Hamm helped lead the Tar Heels to the for 460 points. Amazingly, her assist total NCAA championship in 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993, and was the unanimous choice as National Player of the Year in 1992 and 1993. Hamm also won the NCAA Tournament MVP for offense in both 1992 and 1993. In 1989 and 1992, she was the MVP of the ACC Tournament.

alone would rank her as the ninth highest scor- er in U.S. women’s soccer history. Her 158 international goals are the most of all-time, man or woman. She went out on a high by winning her second Olympic gold medal in Athens in 2004. UNC’s highest honorary society, the Order of the Golden Fleece, inducted her into its ranks in 1993. In 1999, Hamm started the Mia Hamm Foundation to raise funds and awareness for bone marrow transplant patients and families and to provide more opportunities for young girls in athletics. She received her degree in political science. She is married to , All-Star shortstop for the Cubs. 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE: PAGE 7 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER: 1994 PLAYER OF THE YEAR TISHA VENTURINI Tisha Venturini has postseason. She won championships at was named the Tisha Venturini’s Career Statistics every level of her play- ACC Tournament’s Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS ing career. She is one Most Outstanding 1991 24/24 88 21 16 58 of three women in histo- Player in 1991, 1992 25/25 81 14 18 46 ry to win an NCAA title, 1993 and 1994, 1993 19/17 55 13 4 30 an Olympic gold medal, and, in each of her 1994 27/27 118 21 13 55 a World Cup champi- four seasons, she Totals 95/93 342 69 51 189 onship and the WUSA’s made the NCAA All- Founders Cup champi- Tournament Team. Team in the 1995 Women’s World Cup, and onship. A versatile player, she won the tied for the U.S. team lead in scoring for that Her career got off to Most Outstanding Defensive Player World Cup squad with three goals. a fast start by winning of the 1991 NCAA Tournament and In the 1996 Olympics, she helped the U.S. Soccer America’s the Most Outstanding Offensive capture gold in National Freshman of Player of the 1994 NCAA Athens, Ga. She the Year accolade in Tournament. was also a mem- 1991 to complement In 14 NCAA Tournament games, ber of the 1999 her Atlantic Coast she had seven goals and nine U.S. World Cup Conference Freshman assists for 23 points. championship of the Year award. That Venturini established a reputation team. Venturini season she led both the as a clutch player, scoring three scored two goals ACC and the NCAA in scoring with 21 goals goals against Duke in the 1994 ACC versus North and 16 assists for 58 points. Tournament championship game and two Korea in the last Venturini would go on to be the unanimous goals against Notre Dame in the 1994 NCAA round of pool play. selection as the 1994 National Player of the title game. Overall, she Year. She was a recipient of the Hermann In each of her four seasons at Carolina, had 132 caps for Trophy that year and was also named Player the Tar Heels won the NCAA championship the national team and those scored 44 goals. four squads She played for compiled a the San Jose stunning Cyber Rays in the cumulative WUSA for three record of 97- years, capturing a 1-1. title in 2001. She is

of the Year by the Missouri Athletic Club, the sixth all-time in UNC history Honda Soccer Award, the Intercollegiate with 69 goals and tied for sixth Soccer Association of America, Soccer all-time in assists with 51. Her America, Soccer News and College 10 goals and four assists gave Sports. her 24 points in nine ACC She was the recipient of the 1995 Tournament games – good Patterson Medal given to the most outstand- enough for the all-time leading ing senior athlete at the University of North scoring record until Tar Heel Carolina. forward Robin Confer shat- In 1995, she also won the Mary Garber tered that record in the 1996 Award as the Most Outstanding Female tournament. Athlete in the ACC. She was the ACC Player Venturini also went on to of the Year in 1994 and was also named first- success in international play team All-ACC and first-team All-South four for the U.S. National Team. times in her career. She started at center mid- Venturini continued her great play in the field for the U.S. National

PAGE 8: 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE 1995-96 PLAYER OF THE YEAR DEBBIE KELLER: CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER Anson Dorrance, the Debbie Keller’s Career Statistics head coach of the Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS Tar Heels, called 1993 23/18 51 11 12 34 Debbie Keller 1994 27/27 93 15 15 45 possibly the finest 1995 26/25 76 23 15 61 leader he has 1996 26/26 80 18 15 51 seen in his quar- Totals 102/96 300 67 57 191 ter plus century of coaching at Carolina. its Most Valuable December issue in 1996. In 1995, she Offensive Player. She scored all three goals for the East was named Co- In 1996, she Team in the 1997 Umbro Select Senior All- National Player of was a first-team Star Game in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The East the Year by All-America selec- team defeated the West Team 3-0. Soccer Digest, tion by Soccer Soccer Buzz gave her its National and, in 1996, she America, Soccer Sportsmanship Award in 1996. was named News and Soccer From 1995-98, Keller earned 46 caps with National Player of Buzz; in 1995, she the U.S. National Team. the Year by was a first-team Soccer America All-America hon- and Soccer Buzz. oree by the Keller received National Soccer the Patterson Coaches Medal, given to Association of the most out- America and standing senior Soccer News. In athlete at the 1994 and 1996, University of she was a second- North Carolina, in team All-America 1997. selection by the UNC won the NCAA championship with NSCAA. Keller as a member of the team in 1993, Keller was a finalist for the prestigious 1994 and 1996. She co-captained the 1996 Honda Soccer Award in 1996. team and played all 210 minutes of the With 102 games played, she is the former NCAA semifinals and championship game NCAA career record holder in that category that year. In the championship game, she until it was broken a year later by fellow Tar scored the game-winning goal at the 110:56 Heel Robin Confer. Keller ranks sixth in mark. After the tournament, she was named UNC history in career points with 191, eighth in career goals with 67 and third in career assists with 57. Over the course of her career, she scored 16 game- winning goals. The Atlantic Coast Conference tabbed her as a first-team All- ACC selection in 1994 and 1995. She was also the Most Valuable Player of the 1995 ACC Tournament. The Tar Heels won four ACC Championships while Keller played at UNC. In 1996, she was a finalist for both the Hermann Trophy and the Missouri Athletic Club Sports Foundation Player of the Year Award. featured her in its Faces in the Crowd section of a

2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE: PAGE 9 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER: 1997 PLAYER OF THE YEAR ROBIN CONFER her 18 assists Robin Confer’s Career Statistics recorded that Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS season are tied for the 1994 27/16 65 18 5 41 11th most in a 1995 26/25 106 19 18 56 single cam- 1996 26/26 88 20 10 50 paign. 1997 28/28 96 20 22 62 As a senior, Totals 107/95 355 77 55 209 she was named the National Player of was named a second-team All-America by the Year by Soccer Buzz the National Soccer Coaches Association of Internet magazine and Soccer America in 1997. In 1996, she was named News magazine. Confer was second-team All-America by Soccer Buzz also a finalist for the 1997 and Soccer News. In 1995, she was a Hermann Trophy and a semifi- Soccer News second-team All-America. nalist for the 1997 Missouri Finally, as a freshman in 1994, she was Athletic Club Sports named a third-team All-America by Soccer Foundation Player of the Year News. award. Confer was named first-team All-Atlantic Confer established a school Coast Conference in 1995 and 1997 and record for games played in a second-team All-ACC in 1994 and 1996. career with 107 appearances She was the ACC Tournament’s MVP in from 1994-97. She never 1996. The Tar Heels won four ACC champi- missed a game in her career at onships and Carolina. She shares the three NCAA Carolina record for most championships games played and most games (1994, 1996 and 1997) during her One of the most gifted women’s soccer started in a season with 28 in 1997. stint at Chapel players in NCAA history, Robin Confer had Hill. an uncanny ability to find the goal through- An inspired performance in the 1997 NCAA Tournament led to her being named Her 27 game- out her Tar Heel career. winning goals She is ranked fourth in Carolina history in the Most Valuable Offensive Player of that competition. She scored a goal late in the are the most in total points with 209 and is the fifth best UNC history. goal-scorer in school history with 77 tallies. second half to lift UNC to a 2-1 NCAA semi- final win over Santa Clara. Two days later, Confer netted 11 Her 55 assists are good enough for fourth game-winners in most in Tar Heel women’s soccer lore. she scored the insurance goal in the waning minutes in the Tar Heels’ 2-0 victory over 1995, the most in In 1997, she had 62 points – a total tying a single season. her for 10th most in a season in Carolina Connecticut in the championship game. In 1997, Soccer America, Soccer News, Soccer Buzz history. Also in that season, she had 22 named her the assists, seventh most in a season. In 1995, Soccer Buzz and Soccer Times all named her a first-team All-America selection. She 1997 Southeast Region Offensive Player of the Year, and Soccer News named her the 1997 Southeast Region Player of the Year.

PAGE 10: 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE 1995 PLAYER OF THE YEAR STACI WILSON: CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER was a first-team Soccer News All- America. Staci Wilson’s Career Statistics Wilson was a first-team All- Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS Atlantic Coast Conference 1994 25/22 12 1 1 3 defender from 1994-1996 and 1995 26/25 22 4 3 11 made the second-team All-ACC 1996 23/21 13 3 3 9 Team in 1997. She was named to 1997 28/28 20 3 5 11 the All-ACC Tournament Team in Totals 102/96 67 11 12 34 1994, 1995 and 1997 as Carolina won championships each of those seasons. She also earned honors as a member of the NCAA’s All-Tournament Team at the

1994, 1995 and 1997 tournaments. The U.S. Olympic Team tapped her as a Small in stature, but big in heart, defender reserve for the 1996 gold medal team in Staci Wilson was impossible to intimidate on Athens, Ga. the pitch. She is remembered as one of the She played for the U.S. National Team toughest defenders in the history of both from 1995-96 and earned 14 caps, while Carolina and NCAA women’s soccer. Wilson starting six games. always made the difficult tackle and pursued In the WUSA, she was a starting defender every loose ball with ferocious intensity. for the Carolina Courage, winning a Wilson was also respected as a top offen- Founder’s Cup title in 2002. sive threat from Playing high school in Northern Virginia, her backfield posi- she was one of the top-ranked players in the tion and she was United States’ high school ranks when she always successful was recruited by the Tar Heels in 1993. at jump starting the Tar Heel attack from the back. She helped the Tar Heels win four Atlantic Coast Conference championships (1994-97) and three NCAA championships (1994, 1996 and 1997). In 1995, she was the Co-National Player of the Year as named by Soccer Digest. In her first season at UNC, she was named the National Freshman Player of the Year by Soccer America magazine in 1994. As a senior in 1997, she was named a first-team All-America by Soccer America, Soccer Buzz and Soccer Times and a sec- ond-team All-America by Soccer News and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Umbro. In her junior season in 1996, she was a coaches first team All- America and named a second-team All- America by Soccer Buzz and third team by Soccer News. Her 1995 campaign earned her a first-team All-America selection by the coaches association, Soccer America and Soccer News. As a freshman in 1994, she 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE: PAGE 11 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER: 1996-98 PLAYER OF THE YEAR CINDY PARLOW Foundation and Soccer Times magazine. Cindy Parlow’s Career Statistics She was North Year GP/GS Shots G A PTS Carolina’s leading scorer 1995 26/25 98 19 13 51 with 44 points, netting 13 1996 25/24 71 15 11 41 goals and notching 18 1997 26/26 100 13 18 44 assists while playing and 1998 26/26 107 21 11 53 starting in 26 games. Totals 103/101 376 68 53 189 In the 1997 NCAA Tournament championship career. That equals the seventh highest game, Parlow scored the game-winning total in North Carolina women’s soccer his- goal in a 2-0 victory over Connecticut. With tory. She scored 68 goals, the seventh high- four assists against Wake Forest in a first- est total in North Carolina history. Her 53 round win, she set the NCAA Tournament assists are the fifth highest total in school record for assists in a single game. history, and her 101 games started equal Soccer News, Soccer America, Soccer the school record. She finished her career Buzz, Soccer Times and the NSCAA/Umbro with 12 game-winning goals. all selected her as a first-team All-America. In her four seasons at UNC, the Tar She was also selected as first-team All-ACC Heels went 102-3-1. Teams she played on and the MVP of the ACC Tournament in won the ACC regular season champi- 1997. onships from 1995-98, NCAA champi- In her senior campaign, Parlow was hon- onships in 1996 and 1997 and ACC ored with the Mary Garber Award as Tournament championships from 1995-98. Female-Athlete-of-the-Year in the ACC. She played on the NCAA semifinalists in She tallied 21 goals and had 11 assists 1995 and NCAA runners-up in 1998. for a total of 53 points. She led North Parlow was a starter for the 1999 U.S. Carolina in games played and started with World Cup Women’s Soccer Team which 26, shots with 107, goals with 21, points won the gold medal. She has played with with 53 and game-winning goals with seven. the U.S National Team since 1996 and has Several organizations honored her as the also captured two Olympic gold medals. nation’s best player in 1998. She won the She also played for the U.S. squad which Cindy Parlow was the youngest player to Hermann Trophy and was named National won the Gold Medal at the 1998 Goodwill ever win both a women’s World Cup title Player of the Year by the Missouri Athletic Games in New York, N.Y. In 1997, Parlow and an Olympic gold medal. She is already Club Foundation, Soccer News and played on the U.S. Under-20 Women’s the fifth-leading goal scorer in the history of College Soccer Weekly Online. National Team, which won the gold medal at the U.S. Women’s National Team despite She was named a first-team All-America having only played on the team since 1996. by the NSCAA/Umbro, Soccer America, And as a standout player at the Soccer News, ESPN.com/Soccer Times, University of North Carolina, Parlow was Soccer Buzz and College Soccer Weekly three times named National Player of the Online. The ACC named Parlow its Player of Year, earning honors in 1996, 1997 and the Year and also selected her as a first- 1998. team all-conference player. Parlow had an immediate impact for the She scored 189 points in her UNC Tar Heels as a freshman in 1995. Soccer News and Soccer America both named her National Freshman Player of the Year and, along with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Umbro, they also picked her as a first-team All- America. Parlow also garnered first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference and ACC Rookie of the Year honors. She scored 19 goals and had 13 assists for 51 points in 26 games. As a sophomore, Soccer News maga- zine named her National Player of the Year. She was also a finalist for the Hermann Trophy and the Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year Award. She was again chosen as a first-team All-America by Soccer News, Soccer America, the NSCAA/Umbro and Soccer Buzz as well as the Nordic Cup competition in Denmark. being named first-team All-ACC. She had Through 2004, Parlow had 158 caps with 41 points on 15 goals and 11 assists in 25 the U.S. National team, scoring 75 goals. games. Parlow played for the Atlanta Beat in the As a junior, Parlow won the Hermann WUSA for three seasons from 2001-03. Trophy and National Player of the Year hon- ors from the Missouri Athletic Club Sports

PAGE 12: 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE 1999 PLAYER OF THE YEAR LORRIE FAIR: CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER Charge. Her twin sister, Ronnie, played at Lorrie Fair’s Career Statistics Stanford and was also on the 1997 Year GP/GS Sh G A PtsGWG and 1998 U.S. women’s Under-21 1996 24/12 14 0 4 4 0 national team rosters with Lorrie. 1997 28/28 25 8 7 23 2 Fair’s freshman season at 1998 26/26 40 5 16 26 0 Carolina was impressive. Soccer 1999 22/20 45 8 10 26 3 News named her a second-team Totals 100/86 124 21 37 79 5 All-America and a freshman All- America, while Soccer America named her to its freshman All-America Team. Soccer Buzz named her a first-team Freshman All-America and a Southeast Region All-Freshman selection. In the post- season, she earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, All-NCAA Tournament and All-NCAA Final Four hon- ors as well. Her sophomore season saw her play and start in all 28 games for the Tar Heels, scor- ing eight goals and notching seven assists for a total of 23 points. Each goal and assist occurred in 15 different games. Against and Duke, she record- ed game-winning goals. In the national semifinal victory against Santa Clara, she tied the game with an early second-half goal. She was a semifinalist for the Missouri While at Carolina, Lorrie Fair was one of Athletic Club Player of the Year Award and the nation’s top defenders. Entering her was named first-team All-America by senior year, she was a preseason All- Soccer News, second-team All-America by America selection by Soccer Buzz, Soccer Soccer Times and third-team All-America by America and College Soccer Weekly Soccer Buzz. Soccer News also named her secutive year she earned a spot as first- Online. She fulfilled that promise by going to its sophomore All-America team. team All-ACC. on to win National Player of the Year honors In the 1997 NCAA Tournament, she was She was a consensus All-America selec- following the Tar Heels’ 1999 NCAA cham- an all-tournament selection and she was tion earning honors from the NSCAA, pionship season. also a 1997 first-team All-ACC College Soccer Online, Soccer Times, Fair was a four-year selection. Soccer Buzz and Soccer America. letter winner at Carolina As a junior in 1998, Fair was Fair played on her third NCAA champi- beginning her career as a again a semifinalist for the onship team at Carolina and was named midfielder and finishing Missouri Athletic Club’s Player MVP on defense in the NCAA Final Four. up her last three years as of the Year Award. Fair did spend time on the injury list but a standout defender. ESPN.com/Soccer Times still played in 22 matches, spending some Fair already had exten- named her the National time at forward during her recovery and sive experience with the Defender of the Year. The moving back to the defense for the stretch U.S. National Team even National Soccer Coaches run of the season. before she excelled as a Association of America/Umbro, In 2002, Fair played in 18 contests and member of the U.S. 1999 Soccer America, Soccer started 10 for the U.S. Women’s National champion World Cup News, ESPN.com/Soccer Team. She earned her 100th cap against Team. She had trained Times, Soccer Buzz and Scotland on Sept. 8, 2002. As one of the and played with the College Soccer Weekly Online team’s brightest, young stars, she was a National Team during the all selected Fair as a first-team consistent starter for the team from 2000- Victory Tour presented by All-America. 02. In the 1999 World Cup, Fair had played Nike in 1997. She was Soccer Buzz honored Fair as 69 minutes in four games as the U.S. cap- also selected for the the Southeast Region tured the championship. Under-21 Women’s Defensive Player of the Year. She made 11 appearances for the National Team, which She was also a first-team All- National Team in 1998, including three played in the Nordic Cup in Denmark in ACC selection. Against Wake Forest, she starts. Over those 11 games she played 502 1997. In 1998, she was again on the Under- scored two of her five goals on the season minutes. Fair’s first international goal came 21 roster for the Nordic Cup in Holland. and against San Francisco, she had three against New Zealand before a crowd of After a solid freshman year, Fair was one assists. In the ACC Tournament final, she 46,037 at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in of the nation’s most improved players in scored a goal versus Clemson. Washington, D.C. on May 30, 1998. 1997 and she followed that year of growth Despite an injury-plagued season her At the 1998 in New York with brilliant junior and senior seasons. senior year, Fair still captured the Honda City, Fair helped the U.S. team to win a gold After graduating from Carolina, Fair was Soccer Award, given to the top player in col- medal. one of the founding members of the WUSA lege soccer as a senior, and the 1999 ACC Through 2004, Fair had logged 114 caps as an All-Star player for the Philadelphia Player of the Year award. For the third con- with the National Team. 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE: PAGE 13 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER: 2000 PLAYER OF THE YEAR MEREDITH FLORANCE All-Tournament Team at the 1998 Meredith Florance’s Career Statistics NCAA Championship Year GP/GS Sh G A PtsGWG Her junior season was tremendous 1997 28/2 55 10 4 24 0 both for the Tar Heels as a team and 1998 26/26 78 10 11 31 3 for Floranced individually. College 1999 25/24 104 13 9 35 2 Soccer Online named her an honor- 2000 24/23 111 26 8 60 5 able mention All-America and Soccer Totals 103/75 348 59 32 150 10 Buzz named her second-team All- Southeast Region. A four-year letter winner for the Tar Heels, She was named to the NCAA All- Meredith Florance started as a sophomore, Tournament Team after scoring the game-win- junior and senior at Carolina and in her senior ning goal against Notre Dame in the title year she copped National Player of the Year game. She was also named second-team All- honors. She finished her career in 2000 ACC. At the Notre Dame Key Bank Classic, ranked 11th in career goals at the University she was named to the All-Tournament team. with 59. She started all 24 games for the Tar Heels Florance was arguably one of the top high that season, scoring 13 goals and serving up school players coming out of the prep ranks in nine assists for 35 points. Two of those goals 1997 from her hometown of Dallas, Texas. were game-winners, and, ironically, both came against Notre Dame. She had two goals in a second-half comeback win against Duke. As a senior, Florance firmly established her- self as one of the best players in the country. She was ranked fourth in the nation and first in the ACC in goals scored with 26, matching first two goals of the game in a 3-0 win. the sixth-highest total in a season for a Tar Florance was a consensus first-team All- Heel. She also led the conference in scoring America, a first-team All-ACC selection, the with 60 points. Most Valuable Offensive Player of the NCAA Soccer Times named her the National Tournament, the Most Valuable Player of the Player of the Year, and she also received the ACC Tournament and the Southeast Region Honda Award as the top player in the nation. Offensive Player of the Year. Over the course Florance scored five game-winning goals, and, in the NCAA championship game, she netted a goal that tied the game against UCLA in the final 15 minutes of play. UNC eventu- ally went on to win 2-1, claiming its 17th national championship. In the third round of the NCAA Tournament, she scored the game- winner against Virginia and in the quarterfinal match against Connecticut, she scored the Among her great skills, Florance possessed incredible speed, explosive power, strength and intimidation. Moreover, she was a beauti- ful striker of the ball. As a freshman, she played in all 28 games for the Tar Heels, including starts against Florida and one versus SMU in her hometown of Dallas. She scored 10 goals and had four assists for 24 points, notching a hat trick in her first- ever home game at against Tennessee. She also had two goals against St. Mary’s and two assists versus NC State. In NCAA Tournament games against Wake Forest and Florida, she had one goal and one assist. Soccer Buzz named her a third-team Freshman All-America and to the All- Southeast Region Freshman Team. Starting in all 26 games for UNC as a soph- omore, Florance scored 10 goals and had 11 assists for 31 points. That ranked her as the for fourth-highest scorer on the team in 1998. of the season, she was named MVP of four Versus San Francisco, Maryland and different tournaments. Portland, she netted game-winning goals. The In international experience, she played for dramatic goal against Portland came in the the 1997 U.S. under-21 team in the Nordic 150th minute of a quadruple overtime NCAA Cup that competed in Denmark. She again semifinal. She had two-assist efforts against competed with the under-21 team in 1999 at Hartford and against Duke in the ACC the World Championships in Iceland. Tournament quarterfinals. Soccer Buzz named her to its third-team All- Southeast Region squad. She also made the PAGE 14: 2005 CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE 2003 PLAYER OF THE YEAR CATHERINE REDDICK: CAROLINA WOMEN’S SOCCER 2003-04 school year. Catherine Reddick’s Career Statistics After being named a first-team Year GP/GS Sh G A PtsGWG freshman All-America in 2000, 2000 24/1 44 5 5 15 1 Reddick went on to become one of 2001 23/23 35 3 7 13 1 Carolina’s most decorated players in 2002 17/15 26 6 5 17 1 history during her final three years. 2003 13/12 35 6 5 17 2 She was a consensus first-team All- Totals 77/51 140 20 22 62 5 America in 2001, 2002 and 2003 as one of the top defenders in the college Catherine Reddick did not earn her first game. In each of those years, she also was starting assignment in a University of North named first-team All-Atlantic Coast Carolina uniform until the final game of her Conference. freshman year, the NCAA championship con- As a senior, Reddick was limited to playing test against the UCLA Bruins in 2000. in only 13 matches because of her commit- Reddick’s performance in that game was cer- ments while competing in the World Cup. tainly a sign of things to come. Not only did She made the most of the opportunity to play for the Tar Heels, however, as she scored six goals and had five assists for 17 points. She scored the game-winning goal in the 2003 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament cham- pionship game as the Tar Heels turned back Florida State 3-2. For the second time in her career Reddick was named the Most Valuable Defensive Player in the NCAA Tournament as she helped the Tar Heels outscore their six NCAA tourney opponents by a stunning 32-0 for national awards in 2002 given by Soccer margin. Buzz, the Honda Award and the Missouri Reddick received first-team All-America Athletic Club Hermann Trophy. accolades following her senior season from Possessing what most likely was the Soccer Buzz, Soccer Times, Soccer Post strongest leg in the history of the women’s Magazine, College Sports Television, Soccer college game, Reddick appeared in 77 America and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. As a junior, she was named first-team All-America by Soccer Buzz, Soccer America and the NSCAA while as a sophomore she earned first-team All- America by Soccer Buzz and Soccer America and second team by the NSCAA. Prior to winning two National Player of the Year awards in 2003, Reddick was a finalist Reddick score the game-winning goal in the final 10 minutes of play, she was also named the Most Valuable Defensive Player of the NCAA Tournament as a freshman. A few months later, Carolina alumna April Heinrichs, then the head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team, tapped Reddick for her first National Team cap. Almost from the start, Reddick found herself in the National Team starting lineup on defense as she would go on to earn 74 caps in her first four years on the squad from 2000-04. In the process, Reddick earned starting spots for the U.S. in the 2003 World Cup as well as on the 2004 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team squad. As Reddick matured into a star of the U.S. National Team, she continued her playing days at Carolina and despite missing much of games for the Tar Heels in her career and her junior and senior years because of her scored 20 goals while passing for 22 assists. National Team commitments, Reddick devel- She led the Tar Heels to ACC champi- oped into one of the top collegiate defenders onships in each of her four years at Carolina in history. She culminated her career by from 2000 through 2003. She played on being named the National Player of the Year NCAA championship teams at Carolina in following the 2003 season as she won the 2000 and 2003. Honda Soccer Award as well as the Missouri A native of Birmingham, Ala., Reddick was Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy. She was named a 1999 and 2000 Parade high school also one of the five finalists for the 2004 All-America in soccer coming out of Honda Broderick Cup as the outstanding col- Briarwood Christian School. legiate female athlete in America during the

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