Julie Foudy
Julie Maurine Foudy (born January 23, 1971 in San Diego , California ) is a former American football player .
Career
Together with Mia Hamm , Joy Fawcett , Brandi Chastain and Kristine Lilly, Foudy is one of the five American players who participated in the great successes of the US national team from the 1991 World Cup to the 2004 Olympic Games (two Olympic victories and two world championship titles each) ). She was the national team captain from 2000 until the end of her career in 2004 . She made 274 internationals and is fourth in the ranking of all players . The number was only set to 274 games in August 2016 after the US federation had come across two international matches played in January 1995 when reviewing its statistics, which had not been taken into account until then.In some statistics that have not yet been updated, it is still included 272 international matches. With 45 goals, the midfielder is in 13th place in the US rankings.
Foudy, who played in her career in both offensive and defensive midfield, played her first international game in a 1-0 win on July 29, 1988 against France . In 1991 she became world champion with the national team. She played for Stanford University from 1989 to 1993 during her college years . In 1994 she played for a year in Sweden with Tyresö FF . In 1996 she won the gold medal with the US national team at the Olympic Games in Atlanta . In February 1999, on the occasion of the group draw for the 1999 World Cup, she played with the national team against a FIFA World Cup. The game is not counted as an official international match. At the World Cup she was again world champion with the national team. In 2001 she was one of the founders and co-owners of WUSA . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she had to retire in the semifinals after a foul by Isabell Bachor injured on the ankle, but still got through the final against Brazil and won the second Olympic gold medal with her team.
In the Fan Celebration Tour , a series of ten friendly matches, she ended her career with Mia Hamm , Brandi Chastain and Cindy Parlow as well as national coach and April Heinrichs on December 8, 2004 against Mexico.
Extra sports engagement
Foudy shows extraordinary social commitment. In 1998 she received the FIFA Fair Play Prize for her work against child labor . From 2000 to 2002 she headed the Women's Sports Foundation founded by Billie Jean King . In 2004 she supported John Kerry in his presidential campaign.
Success with the national team
- Gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta
- Silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000
- Gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics
- World champion at the 1991 World Cup in China
- 3rd place at the 1995 World Cup in Sweden
- World Champion at the 1999 World Championships in the USA
- 3rd place at the World Championships in the USA in 2003
Awards
- 2013: Election to the All-Time Women's National Team Best XI
Individual evidence
- ↑ ussoccer.com: Case of the Missing Caps
- ↑ FIFA Hunderterklub (as of January 7, 2011, no further update thereafter)
- ↑ ussoccer.com: "FIFA World Stars Defeat US Women's National Team, 2-1, at 1999 Women's World Cup Final Draw"
- ↑ US Soccer Announces All-Time Women's National Team Best XI ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foudy, Julie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Foudy, Julie Maurine (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Diego |