Lori Lindsey

Lindsey before the game against Canada 17 September 2011

Lori Ann Lindsey ( born March 19, 1980 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American soccer player. She plays for Washington Spirit and in the U.S. national team.

Life and career

Lindsey started to play football game at Pike High School. During her studies at the University of Virginia she played from 1998 to 2001 for the Virginia Cavaliers from 1997 to 2000 for the Indiana Blaze in the W- League. She has received awards in two consecutive years as " Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year ," which had previously only Mia Hamm succeeded. In 2002, she played in the WUSA San Diego Spirit. In 2003, she won with Washington Freedom Founders Cup, making it last WUSA champion. After that, the game operation of the WUSA was adjusted. In 2007 she won with the Washington Freedom W-League and was also in 2009, at the start of the Women's Professional Soccer in the squad, the runner-up was. Since 2010 she plays for Philadelphia Independence.

Lindsey went through several U.S. youth teams and won in 2001 with the U -21 Nordic Cup.

At 25, she made on July 24, 2005, compared Iceland their first 'A' game, but came in the next few years no further inserts. Only in 2010, she was again taken into account and came in 13 games for use, including at the Algarve Cup, which she won with the U.S. team and the 3rd place match at the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in 2010, where the United States for the playoff games against Italy qualified .. Against Italy, she was indeed in the squad, but was not used. In the first game, she received a yellow card as a replacement player.

In 2011 it was further considered and could repeat the victory at the Algarve Cup and win the Four Nations Tournament in January 2011. It belongs to the USA squad for the World Cup 2011 in Germany. In the second World Cup game against Colombia, she stood in the starting lineup, and thus came to their first World Cup match.

On January 22, 2012, she scored a 13-0 victory in the Olympic qualifier against Guatemala her first international goal.

In 2013, she starred in the newly established National Women 's Soccer League for Washington Spirit and moved to end of the season on loan to Canberra United to Australia.

Achievements

  • Nordic Cup Winners 2001
  • Algarve Cup winner in 2010, 2011
  • Founders Cup winner in 2003
  • W-League Winner 2007

Awards

  • Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2000 and 2001
Canberra United FC Danesha Adams Jordan Angeli Yael Averbuch Robyn Gayle Ashlyn Harris Tori Huster Chantel Jones Ali Krieger Diana Matheson Caroline Miller (soccer) Christine Nairn Veronica Perez Cecilie Sandvej Jasmyne Spencer Jodie Taylor
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