Kristine Lilly

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for  United States
Women's Football (soccer)
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition
Silver	2000 Sydney	Team Competition
Gold	2004 Athens	Team Competition

Kristine Marie Lilly (born July 22, 1971 in New York City) is an American soccer player, who has been a fixture on the U.S. women's national team since 1987 and is currently the captain of the team. She now plays the striker position after playing midfield for most of her career.^[1] She grew up in Wilton, Connecticut and now resides in Brookline, Massachusetts ^[2].

She appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team.

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Lilly attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she won the Hermann Trophy in 1991.

Lilly is known^[who?] for her work ethic and her longevity in the sport. She surpassed the previous women's world record of 151 caps, held by Norway's Heidi Støre, on May 21, 1998.^{[citation needed]} On January 30, 1999, she surpassed what was then the men's record of 164 caps, held by Adnan Al Talyani of the United Arab Emirates (the current men's record is 181).^{[citation needed]} After the US women's win at the 2004 Summer Olympics, she had played in 282 international matches, more than any other player (male or female) in soccer history. On January 18, 2006, Lilly made her 300th international appearance in a game against Norway, a world record for both men and women (in the same match, she equaled Michelle Akers for second place on the team's all-time goal scoring list with 105).^{[citation needed]}

Unlike several of her longtime teammates, among them Mia Hamm, she did not retire after the team's "farewell tour" of the USA, which finished on December 8, 2004. As of October 21, 2007, her record stood at 340 caps, with 129 international goals scored. In 2006, Lilly was named as a finalist for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year. She finished second in the voting to Brazil's Marta. She did, however, win U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year award for the second year in a row.

Lilly played in the now-defunct Women's United Soccer Association with the Boston Breakers. She also played alongside USA teammate Kate Markgraf in Sweden's top division with KIF Örebro.^{[citation needed]}

When she played against North Korea on September 11, 2007 in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, she became the first woman (and only the third athlete overall) to participate in five different World Cup finals, and by scoring a goal against England on September 22, 2007, she became the oldest woman to score in the World Cup.

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[edit] External links

• Official site
• Bio at US Soccer Federation
• Kristine Lilly's U.S. Olympic Team bio

v • d • e United States squad - 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions (1st Title) 1 Harvey • 2 Heinrichs (c.) • 3 Higgins • 4 Werden • 5 Henry • 6 Chastain • 7 Bates • 8 Hamilton • 9 Hamm • 10 Akers • 11 Foudy • 12 Jennings • 13 Lilly • 14 Biefield • 15 Gebauer • 16 Belkin • 17 Allman • 18 Maslin-Kammerdeiner • Coach: Dorrance

v • d • e United States squad - 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place 1 Scurry • 2 Staples • 3 Manthei • 4 Overbeck • 5 Roberts • 6 Keller • 7 Rafanelli • 8 Hamilton • 9 Hamm • 10 Akers • 11 Foudy • 12 Jennings • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Venturini • 16 Milbrett • 17 Lalor • 18 Webber • 19 Cromwell • Coach: DiCicco

v • d • e United States squad - 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions (2nd Title) 1 Scurry • 2 Fair • 3 Pearce • 4 Overbeck • 5 Roberts • 6 Chastain • 7 Whalen • 8 MacMillan • 9 Hamm • 10 Akers • 11 Foudy • 12 Parlow • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Venturini • 16 Milbrett • 17 Fotopoulos • 18 Webber • 19 Ducar • 20 Sobrero • Coach: DiCicco

v • d • e United States squad - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place 1 Scurry • 2 Bivens • 3 Pearce • 4 Reddick • 5 Roberts • 6 Chastain • 7 Boxx • 8 MacMillan • 9 Hamm • 10 Wagner • 11 Foudy • 12 Parlow • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Sobrero • 16 Milbrett • 17 Slaton • 18 Mullinix • 19 Hucles • 20 Wambach • Coach: Heinrichs

v • d • e United States squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place 1 Scurry • 2 Dalmy • 3 Rampone • 4 Whitehill • 5 Tarpley • 6 Kai • 7 Boxx • 8 Ellertson • 9 O'Reilly • 10 Wagner • 11 Lloyd • 12 Osborne • 13 Lilly (c.) • 14 Lopez • 15 Markgraf • 16 Hucles • 17 Chalupny • 18 Solo • 19 Jobson • 20 Wambach • 21 Barnhart • Coach: Ryan