Christie Rampone
Christie Rampone Patricia (* June 24, 1975 as Christie Patricia Pearce in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American football player and captain of the national team since 2008. They started out as quite successful striker and point guard in basketball, then played in the midfield and is now in its defense. She plays for Sky Blue FC and the U.S. national team.
Career
Youth and the Voluntary
Rampone was a successful basketball and hockey player in her high school years, before concentrating on the Monmouth University on football, where they have played there as a striker.
Between 2001 and 2003 she played for the New York Power in the WUSA, which was discontinued in 2003. In the 2009 launched Women's Professional Soccer she played as a team captain of Sky Blue FC in 2009 and 2010 a total of 30 games and won the 2009 title, being partially served as Head Coach. Since 2011 she plays for the Washington Freedom emerged from the magicJack.
In the 2013 season she played in the newly established National Women 's Soccer League, the highest league in American professional women's football for Sky Blue FC.
National
Their first international match they played on 28 February 1997 at age 21 in a 4-0 against Australia, the first international goal followed nine weeks later on May 2, 1997 7-0 Final against South Korea. On 13 July 2003, she made the 1-0 victory against Brazil as the 15th U.S. player her 100th international game and on 12 August 2008 at the Olympic Games in a 4-0 against New Zealand as the sixth U.S. player the 200th international game.
With the U.S. national team, she participated in the World Championships in 1999, 2003 and 2007 and the Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008 in part. She was 1999 World Champion and won the 2004 and 2008 gold medal and 2000 silver. At the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2002 she was unable to attend due to a torn ACL, but belonged to the victorious 2006 team. After the birth of her second daughter, she was once again in 2010 for the U.S. team, the 2010 surprisingly only finished third at the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup and thus the direct qualification for the 2011 World Cup missed, and the resulting need playoff games against Italy. In addition, they could repeatedly win the Four Nations Tournament in China and the Algarve Cup in Portugal with the national team. Rampone was at age 36 the oldest player in the squad for the World Cup USA 2011. She came in all three preliminary matches and the quarter-finals for use with their team and reached the semi-finals. In the semifinals, she made her 240th international game and is now at # 4 on the list of football players with at least 100 caps. On July 17, she was aged 36 years and 23 days, the oldest player in a World Cup final on time. Although the U.S. team the game largely dominated and developed more scoring chances, it was enough in the regular season to a 1-1 draw. Also in the extension of two teams each managed to score, so that ultimately had to decide the penalty shootout. Here awarded three of their teammates, only Abby Wambach was successful. By contrast, could transform three Japanese players. So it was only the runner-up in her 241st international match. Only three players - Kristine Lilly ( 352), Mia Hamm ( 275 ) and Julie Foudy (272 ), all from the USA - had denied at the time more games than they and all they played together in the national team. She was following the resignation of Birgit Prinz, the only active player with more than 200 international matches.
On 11 February 2012 she made the 2-1 win against New Zealand as the fourth player her 250th international match.
Rampone was captain of the U.S. team at the Olympic football tournament in 2012 and was used in all games. According to the Brazilian Formiga (24 games) has denied with 22 games, the most games in the Olympics. In the final against Japan on 9 August 2012, she won one of three players for the third time the gold medal, being so far the only player who stood in four finals.
On 1 December 2012, she made her 273 international match and so was the player with the third most international matches. On November 12 and December 15, 2012 against China followed her 275th and 276th international matches, which they also overtook Mia Hamm ( 275 games) and only her former fellow player Kristine Lilly ( 352 games) has more games contested.
Private
Rampone married on 9 November 2001 Chris Rampone and brought on 29 September 2005, a daughter named Rylie Cate, and on 9 March 2010, another daughter names Elizabeth Reece to the world.
Achievements
- World Champion 1999
- Olympic champion 2004, 2008 and 2012
- CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup winner in 2006
- Women's Professional Soccer Champion 2009
- Vice World Champion 2011
Awards
- Northeast Conference Player of the Year in 1995 and 1996
- WPS Sportswoman of the Year 2009
- Nominated for the WPS All Star Team 2009
- 2013: elected to the All- Time Women's National Team Best XI