Tiffeny Milbrett
Tiffeny Milbrett 2003
Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett ( born October 23, 1972 in Portland, Oregon) is an American soccer player. The striker plays for Linköpings FC and the U.S. women 's national soccer team.
Career
Between 1987 and 1990 Milbrett went to the Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro. In one season alone they scored 54 goals and still holds the state record of Oregon for most goals scored in a high school season. To her high school years she was also a talented basketball player and track athlete.
In 1990 she moved to the University of Portland and put in their college time, several records. So it is still the leading scorer (103) and Vorlagengeberin (40 ) of their university. In addition, it is the second top scorer of the entire College Football. The magazine "Soccer America" they chose in the "College team of the nineties ." After her college years she played for two years for the Japanese club Shiroki Serena.
1991 debuted Milbrett in a game against China in the national team. Their first international goal they scored a year later against Norway. In 1996, she won the Olympic gold medal. In the final against China it achieved the decisive winner. A year later she presented with five assists in the game against Australia a record of the national team. 1999 Milbrett won the World Cup in their own country. In the 2000 Olympics she won the silver medal.
2001 launched the U.S. WUSA and Tiffeny Milbrett signed a contract with New York Power. In the first season she was voted player of the season. They also scored the first hat-trick of league. In 2003, she was no longer considered after a dispute with the then national coach April Heinrichs for the national team. After Greg Ryan in 2005 the national team took on return Milbrett and denied on June 26 against Canada her 200th international game. In the next match against the Ukraine she scored her 100th international goal.
In summer 2005 she played for two months for the Swedish first division Sunnanå SK before the W- League club Vancouver Whitecaps joined. In 2007, she returned to Sweden and plays for Linköpings FC henceforth.
Achievements
- World Champion 1999
- Olympic champion in 1996
- Olympic silver medal in 2000