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Goalie |
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Jennifer
Mead |
| Height: |
5-10 |
| Born: |
06/13/1972 Norwood, MA, USA |
| College: |
Providence; George Mason |
| High School: |
Bridgewater-Raynham HS [MA] |
| How Acquired: |
2000 Player Draft-7th Rd/55th 12/10/2000 |
| Previous Team: |
Boston Renegades (W-League) |
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| Season Statistics |
Game Log |
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Quick Take:
Jennifer Mead has six caps with the U.S. national team, debuting against Canada
indoors on June 21, 1993 at the Pontiac Silverdome. She started one game in 1993 and
one in 1994, both against Trinidad & Tobago, and played against England in Portland on
the 1997 Nike Victory Tour and on the USA's tour of Brazil in December of 1997. She
has six caps.
College:
Mead played three years of soccer and four years of basketball at Providence
College before transferring to George Mason for her final soccer season. At Providence
she was named national goalkeeper of the near in 1993 and Big East Conference most
valuable player. She transferred to George Mason for her final season, in which she was
named all-American. Mead made 104 saves and registered a school-record 10.5
shutouts at George Mason. In 2000 she was assistant soccer coach at Louisville.
Personal:
Jennifer Kim Mead (``Jen''). Born in Norwood, Mass. Graduated from
Providence College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications / Marketing.
Father Barry is a salesman and mother Janice is a teacher. Was an assistant coach at
the University of Louisville in 2000.
Nonsports job before pro soccer: House painter in Boston.
Reason she's an athlete: ``I guess I was born that way. I never made a conscious
decision to be one.''
Earliest soccer memory: Wearing jeans under her soccer uniform.
Favorite soccer player: Former Duke goalkeeper Gretchen Young, with whom she
grew up, because ``I always wanted to have the courage she had in goal.''
Significance of 1999 Women's World Cup: ``People paid attention.''
Careers after sports: Paint houses, go into sports administration.
Community activities: Special Olympics.
Hobbies: Photography.
Strangest possession: ``My mind.''
| SEASON |
TEAM |
GP |
MIN |
SHTS |
SVS |
C/P |
FC |
FS |
SHO |
GA |
GAA |
PG |
PA |
W |
L |
T |
| 2001 |
BAY |
1 |
90 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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