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Midfielder |
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Julie
Foudy |
| Height: |
5-6 |
| Born: |
01/23/1971 Mission Viejo, CA, USA |
| College: |
Stanford |
| High School: |
Mission Viejo HS [CA] |
| How Acquired: |
Founding Player |
| Previous Team: |
USA 2000 Olympic Team |
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| Season Statistics |
Game Log |
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National Team:
Co-captain and 13-year veteran of the U.S. Women's National
Team, she is the third most-capped player in U.S. and world history ...
Through the end of the 2000 Olympics, she had started 190 of the 196 games
in which she appeared ... Started are all five games in the 2000 Olympics,
playing every minute and helping the USA to a silver medal while playing
brilliantly throughout the tournament, especially in the Olympic
Final
Scored the USA's lone goal against China during the 1-1 tie in a
first-round match
. One of nine U.S. players to score more than 100 points
in her career, her 38 career goals rank her 8th all time for the USA. 1999:
A member of the 1999 Women's World Cup championship team, she scored the
second goal in the opening game against Denmark and had three assists in the
tournament, including one on the first goal against Brazil in the
semifinal
Played in 28 matches for the USA in 1999, tied for most on the
team, and scored five goals with six assists
1998: A fixture in the
center-midfield for the USA, she scored her first career hat trick against
Ukraine on Dec. 20, 1998 in Fresno, Calif.
Her six goals and seven assists
in 1998 marked her highest scoring year since 1993
A member of the gold
medal winning team at the 1998 Goodwill Games
1997: Earned her 100th cap
on April 24, 1997, against France in Greensboro, N.C., one of 10 American
women to have that distinction
1996: A member of the gold medal winning
team at the 1996 Olympic Games ... Started and played every minute of the
USA's five matches at the '96 Olympic Games ... Assisted on Shannon
MacMillan's sudden death overtime goal in the Olympic semifinal to defeat
Norway
1995: Member of the team that placed third at the 1995 FIFA Women's
World Cup in Sweden ... 1994: Member of the U.S. team that won 1994 CONCACAF
Qualifying Championship in Montreal, earning the USA a berth at the 1995
Women's World Cup ... Pre-1991: A starter for the USA when it captured the
inaugural 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup in China, playing every minute of
every game
A starter at attacking midfielder for the 1991 world champions,
she played defensive midfielder on the 1995 World Cup Team and the 1996
Olympic Team ... Made her first appearance with the national team in 1988 at
age 17
First traveled with the USA at age 16.
College/High School:
Named to Soccer America's College Team of the Decade
for the 1990's ... Four-time NSCAA All-American at Stanford University,
where she was named the 1991 Soccer America Player of the Year and the 1989
Soccer America Freshman of the Year ... A 1991 and 1992 finalist for the
Hermann Trophy ... Finished her career at Stanford with 52 goals, 32 assists
and 136 points ... Named the team's MVP for three consecutive years, 1989-91
... Winner of the Stanford Outstanding Freshman, Sophomore and Junior
Athlete Award and helped lead the Cardinal to NCAA tournament playoff berths
all four years ... Attended Mission Viejo High School where she was a
two-time First-Team All-American ... Honored as the Player of the Year for
Southern California three straight years (1987-1989), as well as the Los
Angeles Times' soccer player of the decade.
Club:
Played in Sweden in 1994 for Tyreso Football Club along with U.S.
National Team teammates Michelle Akers, Mary Harvey and Kristine Lilly ...
Member of the Sacramento Storm, which won the 1993, 1995 and 1997 California
State Amateur championship.
Personal:
Broke new ground with her work as an in-studio analyst for ESPN's
coverage of the 1998 World Cup, drawing rave reviews from Sports
Illustrated, Time and TV Guide, as well as from a slew of TV sports
columnists
Current president of the Women's Sports Foundation
Did color
commentary for ESPN for the 1998, 1999 and 2000 NCAA Women's College Cups
Married Ian Sawyers in July of 1995
A 1993 Stanford graduate, she earned
her bachelor of science degree in biology
Was accepted into Stanford
Medical School, but decided not to pursue medicine
Made a well-publicized
trip to Pakistan during March of 1997 on behalf of her shoe sponsor to see
for herself the business of making soccer balls and assure herself that
child labor was not involved
Won the 1997 FIFA Fair Play Award for her
work against child labor, the first women and first American to win the
award, traveling to Paris in January 1998 to receive the honor
Favorite
meal is donuts and/or anything sweet or fattening
Lists her favorite
actress as Brandi Chastain ... Favorite hobby is being an LPGA groupie and
screaming for Nutmeg Mallon and Beth Chicken Legs Daniel ... Short-term goal
is to get as much free golf in as possible
Long-term goal is to not have
to cheat to beat Mia on the golf course
Favorite shower song is "We've got
Spirit, yes we do, we've got Spirit, how 'bout you"
Favorite Day of the
Year is Kristine Lilly Day in Wilton, Connecticut.
| SEASON |
TEAM |
GP |
GS |
MIN |
G |
A |
PTS |
SHT |
SOG |
B |
FC |
FS |
C |
E |
| 2001 |
SD |
20 |
20 |
1800 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
17 |
7 |
0 |
25 |
38 |
3 |
0 |
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