Lindsay Tarpley
Tarpley in the jersey of St. Louis Athletica (2010)
Lindsay Ann Tarpley Snow ( born September 22, 1983 in Madison, Wisconsin as Lindsay Ann Tarpley, who grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan) is an American soccer player. She plays since 2003 in the U.S. national team.
Life and career
In her high school years she played both basketball and football success. During her time at the University of North Carolina, she received several awards.
Tarpley went through the U.S. youth teams from 1999 when they first played in the U-16 team. From 2000 she played for the U-19 team, and as their captain, it achieved the CONCACAF qualifying tournament seven goals in three games and qualified for the first U-19 Women's World Cup. There they scored in extra time of the finale in the 109th minute golden goal in a 1-0 victory against Canada. She was also, together with Marta, each with 6 gates third best scorer of the tournament. With the U-21 team in 2003 and 2005 she took part in the Nordic Cup, the U.S. team won each.
Their first date of 125 A - internationals she made on 12 January 2003 in a 0-0 draw against Japan, and in 2003 was eight times used in the senior team, but did not belong to the World Cup squad. Their first international goal was 2-0 on 30 January 2004 against Sweden, with her also managed to make the score 3-0. With 25 games in 2004 she was one of the players most used and participated in the Four Nations Tournament, the Algarve Cup and the Olympics, where she scored the 1-0 (final score 2-1 ) in the final against Brazil.
In 2005, she was part of the victorious U.S. team at the Algarve Cup, but came to a total of only five appearances, whereas it was used in 2006 in 20 of 22 games, including the Four Nations Tournament and the Algarve Cup.
In 2007 she played in 21 international matches, inter alia, while winning the Algarve Cup and the 2007 World Cup, when the U.S. team in 2003 as third.
2008 was their most successful year: in 34 games, they came into use, where it stood 30 times in the starting lineup, scored 12 goals and had five assists. On July 16, she made the preseason game at the Olympics against Brazil her 100th international game in San Diego in the stadium where they had made their first international match. In Beijing, they came in all six games for use and won for the second time the gold medal.
In 2009, she came in only six games for use because they are in August a cruciate ligament injury which drew upon it only came on 6 October 2010 in the match against China back into use. In 2011 she was employed in five games, including once at the Four Nations Tournament and the Algarve Cup three times. It belonged to the preliminary squad for the World Cup in Germany, but withdrew in a friendly against Japan on May 14, a knee injury, so it turned out for the World Cup.
In the 2013 season she was in the squad of the newly founded NWSL franchise of the Chicago Red Stars, but did not play.
Private
In December 2007, she married BJ Snow, who is coach of the UCLA women's soccer team since 2011 Head.
Achievements
- U-19 World Cup 2002
- Olympic Champion 2004, 2008
- W-League Winner 2005 with the New Jersey Wildcats
- World bronze medalist in 2007
- Algarve Cup winner 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011
Awards
- 2002 U.S. Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year