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The Soccer America College Team of the Century were chosen by the editors of the American periodical Soccer America to comprise, as one men's and one women's eleven-member side divided each as one goalkeeper, three defenders, four midfielders, and three forwards, the best players of collegiate association football in the United States of the twentieth century CE.
[edit] Men's team
[edit] Player of the Century
As part of naming a collegiate Team of the Century, SoccerAmerica also selected University of Virginia Cavaliers midfielder Claudio Reyna as its college Player of the Century. During his three seasons with the Cavalier's, Reyna was a three-time Division I first-team All America, a two-time recipient of the Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year, a two-time recipient of the Soccer America Player of the Year Award, and was named the 1993 Hermann Trophy winner.
[edit] Team of the Century
Position |
Player |
Team represented |
Seasons played |
Awards won |
National championships won |
Goalkeeper |
Brad Friedel |
University of California-Los Angeles Bruins |
1990–1992 |
Hermann Trophy (1992)
ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year (1992)
Division I first-team All America (1991, 1992) |
1990 |
Defender |
Erik Imler |
University of Virginia Cavaliers |
1989–1992 |
None |
1989[1], 1991, 1992 |
Defender |
Paul Caligiuri |
University of California-Los Angeles Bruins |
1982–1983, 1985–1986 |
Soccer America Player of the Year (1986[2])
Division I first-team All America (1985, 1986) |
1985 |
Defender |
Adubarie Otorubio |
Clemson University Tigers |
1981–1984 |
Division I first-team All America (1982, 1984) |
1984 |
Midfielder |
Andy Atuegbu |
University of San Francisco Dons |
1974–1977 |
Division I first-team All America (1976) |
1975, 1976 |
Midfielder |
Claudio Reyna |
University of Virginia Cavaliers |
1991–1993 |
Hermann Trophy (1993)
Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year (1992, 1993)
Soccer America Player of the Year (1992, 1993)
Division I first-team All America (1991, 1992, 1993) |
1991, 1992, 1993 |
Midfielder |
Mike Fisher |
University of Virginia Cavaliers |
1993–1996 |
Hermann Trophy (1995, 1996)
Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year (1996)
NSCAA Player of the Year (Division I; 1996)
Soccer America Player of the Year (1995)
Division I first-team All America (1995[3], 1996) |
1993, 1994 |
Midfielder |
Bruce Murray |
Clemson University Tigers |
1984–1987 |
Hermann Trophy (1987)
ISAA Player of the Year (1987)
Division I first-team All America (1985, 1987[4]) |
1984, 1987 |
Forward |
Angelo DiBernardo |
Indiana University Hoosiers |
1976–1978 |
Hermann Trophy (1978)
Division I first-team All America (1977) |
None |
Forward |
Ken Snow |
Indiana University Hoosiers |
1987–1990 |
Hermann Trophy (1988, 1990)
Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year (1988, 1990)
Division I first-team All America (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) |
1988 |
Forward |
Armando Betancourt |
Indiana University Hoosiers |
1979–1981 |
Hermann Trophy (1981)
Division I first-team All America (1979, 1981) |
None |
[edit] Women's team
Concomitant to the selection of the Women's Team of the Century was that of the female player of the century; University of North Carolina Tar Heels forward Mia Hamm, a Division I first-team All America in her final three collegiate seasons, a two-time recipient of the Hermann Trophy and the ISAA Player of the Year and Soccer America Player of the Year Awards, and with the Tar Heels four times a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I champion, was so chosen.
Position |
Player |
Team represented |
Seasons played |
Awards won |
National championships won |
Goalkeeper |
Kim Maslin |
George Mason University Patriots |
1983–1986 |
None |
1985 |
Defender |
Carla Werden |
University of North Carolina Tar Heels |
1986–1989 |
Division I first-team All America (1987, 1988) |
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 |
Defender |
Debbie Belkin |
University of Massachusetts Amherst Minutemen |
1984–1987 |
Division I first-team All America (1985, 1986, 1987) |
None |
Defender |
Sara Whalen |
University of Connecticut Huskies |
1994–1997 |
NSCAA Player of the Year (1997)
Soccer America Player of the Year (1997)
Division I first-team All America (1995, 1996, 1997[5]) |
None |
Midfielder |
Kristine Lilly |
University of North Carolina Tar Heels |
1989–1992 |
Hermann Trophy (1991)
ISAA Player of the Year (1991)
Soccer America Player of the Year (1990)
Division I first-team All America (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) |
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 |
Midfielder |
Shannon Higgins |
University of North Carolina Tar Heels |
1986–1989 |
Hermann Trophy (1989)
ISAA Player of the Year (1989)
Soccer America Player of the Year (1988, 1989)
Division I first-team All America (1988, 1989) |
1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 |
Midfielder |
Michelle Akers |
University of Central Florida Golden Knights |
1984, 1986–1988 |
Hermann Trophy (1988)
ISAA Player of the Year (1988)
Soccer America Player of the Year (1987)
Division I first-team All America (1984[6], 1988[6]) |
None |
Midfielder |
Julie Foudy |
Stanford University Cardinal |
1989–1992 |
Soccer America Player of the Year (1991)
Division I first-team All America (1990[7], 1991, 1992) |
None |
Forward |
April Heinrichs |
University of North Carolina Tar Heels |
1983–1986 |
ISAA Player of the Year (1986)
Soccer America Player of the Year (1986)
Division I first-team All America (1984, 1985, 1986) |
1983, 1985, 1986 |
Forward |
Carin Jennings |
University of California, Santa Barbara Gauchos |
1983–1987 |
None |
None |
Forward |
Mia Hamm |
University of North Carolina Tar Heels |
1989–1990, 1992–1993 |
Hermann Trophy (1992, 1993)
ISAA Player of the Year (1992, 1993)
Soccer America Player of the Year (1992, 1993)
Division I first-team All America (1990, 1992, 1993) |
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 |
- ^ Virginia shared the 1989 national championship with the Santa Clara University Broncos.
- ^ Caligiuri shared the award with John Kerr, Junior.
- ^ Fisher was recognized as a forward in 1995.
- ^ Murray was recognized as a forward in 1987.
- ^ Whalen was recognized as a forward in 1997.
- ^ a b Akers was recognized as a forward in both 1984 and 1988.
- ^ Foudy was recognized as a defender in 1990.
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