Tiffeny Milbrett

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Competitor for United States
Olympic medal record
Women's Football (soccer)
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition
Silver	2000 Sydney	Team Competition

Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett (born October 23, 1972) is a women's soccer player who is currently on the United States women's national soccer team. She was born in Portland, Oregon and currently plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps Women of the United Soccer Leagues W-League.

She attended Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro, Oregon from 1987 to 1990, where she graduated holding Oregon's state record for goals in a season with 54; and in a career with 131. She was a three-time Oregonian 4A Player of The Year and a two-time Parade All-American. She also was a talented basketball player and Track and Field participant, and she was offered college scholarships at those two sports too.

She attended the University of Portland from 1990 to 1995 and left the school with various awards and NCAA records. In 1990, she was named Soccer America's Freshman Soccer Player of The Year, and in 1991, she led her team with 21 goals and six assists. In 1992, her 30 goals and 12 assists placed her second among the nation's scorers, and in 1994, she helped her team reach the soccer Final Four, making the All-Tournament Team. She also garnered West Coast Offensive Player of The Year awards in '92 and '94, and was a three time NSCAA All-American as well as a three time finalist for the Hermann Trophy And Missouri Athletic Club Award. Milbrett was her university's all-time leader in goals with 103, and assists with 40. She placed second in NCAA career goals with 103, and tied for fourth in career points with 246. She was also named to Soccer America's College Team of The Decade for the 1990s.

She was a member of the US-under 20 team from 1990 to 1993, and saw her first action in 1991, against China. She scored her first goal with that selection in 1992, against Norway, and helped the team win the International Women's Tournament in France in '93. She played a total of 21 games with the senior team during that period, and in 1995, she finally joined the senior team full time. She was a member of the team that finished third at the World Cup that year in Sweden, and in 1996, she became a starter for the team that won the 1996 Olympic gold medal in Atlanta, scoring the game winning goal in the gold medal game against China. In 1997, she set a women's national team record with five assists in a game against Australia, and in 1998, she was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the Goodwill Games. In 1999, she was the goal leader on the USA team that won the World Cup, and in 2000 she helped the team obtain Olympic Games silver in Sydney. She was named the CONCACAF Offensive Player of The Year that same year, as well as Chevrolet's female athlete of the year. She was also nominated along with Hamm and Sun Wen for the first ever FIFA World Player of the Year award, and participated in the 2001 Nike Women's Cup. She also won the Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year Award for the second time in a row in 2001.

Professionally, Milbrett began her career in Japan, when she travelled there after graduating in 1995 and joined the Shiroki Serena of the women's J. League there. She played in that team until 1997.

In 2001, she became a founding member of the New York Power in the WUSA. She was the league's MVP as well as Offensive Player of The Year. She scored the league's first hat trick ever, when the Power beat the Boston Breakers 3-1. She was named to the WUSA's second team in 2002, when she finished eighth in the league in points.

A player who enjoys signing autographs for her fans, she is in the top five all-time in the United States national soccer team in three offensive categories. In 2003, she stood literally at the doorstep of two major soccer milestones, with 199 international appearances and 99 international goals. However, she reportedly had a falling-out with then-coach April Heinrichs, and her international career appeared to be over.

In March 2005, Milbrett went to Sweden for two months to fine tune her game, scoring five goals for Sunnanå SK during her brief stint.

After Heinrichs resigned in February 2005 and was replaced by Greg Ryan, Milbrett returned to the national team, and finally earned her elusive 200th cap on June 30 in a friendly against rivals Canada in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her 100th goal came in Team USA's next match, a friendly against Ukraine in her hometown of Portland.