then rachel's like...: December 2009

what professional women's soccer legs look like.

“Making a WPS roster by attending an open tryout is obviously a major long shot,” said Breakers General Manager Andy Crossley. “But it can be done. If you look at our open tryout last February, we had two players come in who were overlooked in previous player selections processes – Mary-Frances Monroe and Maggie Tomecka. Both played well enough to earn training camp invites and both ultimately fought their way onto the first team roster and earned starts for us last year.”

I played with Mary-Frances Monroe in Colorado Springs one summer. She is the most brilliant player I have ever had the opportunity to play with. She now coaches at UAlbany- I thought about going to play for her after I left IWU, but somehow I ended up with Joma in Arkansas...

who i'm up against...

Kristine Lilly

( one of my idols )

2009:

Named to 2009 WPS All-Star Team by at-large selection
Started and played all 20 matches in the season
Only Breaker to appear in all 20 games
Lead the team in minutes played (1,800)
Scored 3 goals and 3 assists
Scored 1 game winning goal
Tied for 14th in the league with goals scored (3)
Scored her first goal of the season at the Home Opener on April 11, 2009 against Saint Louis Athletica
Allocated to the Breakers via the Women’s National Team allocation on September 16, 2008.

International:

In 2006, became the first player to reach 300 international caps, earning the 300th against Norway at the Four Nations Tournament in China. She had a goal and an assist in the game.
World’s All-Time Caps Leader (Man or Woman), Two-Time World Cup and Olympic Champion
Second all-time leading scorer in U.S. and world history
All-time leader in minutes played (nearly 27,000 minutes)
Has come off the bench only 12 times in her 21-year international career
Ranks second all-time in assists (98)
Finished second in the 2006 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year voting
Named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year in 1993, 2005 and 2006
Played in five FIFA World Cups, winning the championship in 1991 and 1999
Competed in three Olympic Games - capturing Gold in 1996 & 2004 and Silver in 2000
Named MVP at the 2006 Peace Queen Cup in South Korea
Became the fifth player in world history to score 100 international goals in 2005 when she tallied against New Zealand in October
A member of the 2004 Women’s Olympic Gold Medal Team, assisting on the game-winning goal
Led the Women’s National Team to a World Cup Title in 1999, scoring two goals and tallying one assist
Cleared a crucial header off the line in extra time in the 1999 World Cup final versus China
Became the fourth player in history to score 20 goals in one year
Became most capped player in the world in 1998 after earning her 152nd cap

Club:

Was a founding player in the WUSA, playing for the Boston Breakers from 2001-2003, where she served as team captain
Named First-Team All-WUSA for the third consecutive year in 2003, the only player to do so in the history of the league
Voted as a starter to the WUSA All-Star team in 2003
Played professional indoor soccer with the Washington Warthogs in the Continental Indoor Soccer League during the 1995 season

College:

Named to the Soccer America’s College Team of the Decade for the 1990’s
Winner of the 1991 Herman Trophy and was a finalist in 1992
UNC’s Athlete of the Year as a senior
Four-Time First-Team NSCAA All-American
Four-Time First-Team All-ACC and All-South Selection
Had her number 15 UNC jersey retired in 1994
Twice named the Offensive MVP of the NCAA Championship (1989, 1990)
Led UNC to four NCAA titles, from 1989-1992
Finalist for the 1991 Broderick Award as the outstanding female athlete in all of college sports, and was second leading scorer in the nation with 15 goals and four assists
Completed collegiate career with 78 goals and 41assists

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