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Hometown: Massapequa Park, NY


 Bio:
Has 18 goals in 27 appearances with the United States Women’s National Team . . . Led the USWNT to the 2005 Algarve Cup by topping the tournament in scoring with five goals in four games . . . Made her USWNT debut on January 7, 2000 against the Czech Republic in the Australian Cup and also scored her first career goal in an 8-1 victory . . . Is making her third stop in the W-League after playing in 2000 with the Long Island Lady Riders and 2001-2002 with the Hampton Roads Piranhas . . . Posted a goal and an assist in two games for Long Island in 2000, seven goals and four assists in six games for Hampton Roads in 2001, and five goals and one assist in three games with Hampton Roads in 2002 . . . Joins the Wildcats from Olympique Lyonnais in France where she led the team to the final of the Challenge de France . . . Played in Sweden in 2004 with Karlslund - now called KIF Orebro . . . Drafted second overall by the New York Power in the 2003 WUSA Draft . . . Posted six goals for 12 points with the Power in 2003 finishing second on the team in scoring to Tiffeny Milbrett . . . Finished a stellar collegiate career at Penn State University as the school's all-time leading scorer with 82 goals and 52 assists . . . Awarded the MAC/Hermann Award in 2001 . . . Earned NSCAA All-America honors in all four of her years with the Nittany Lions from 1999-2002 including first team selections from 1999-2001 and a second team selection in 2002 . . . Named to the 2002 NSCAA Scholar All-America First Team . . . Named the Big Ten Player of the Year twice as well as the Suzy Favor Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year for 2001-02 . . . Led Penn State to the NCAA College Cup semifinals in 1999 and 2002 and the quarterfinals in 2000 and 2001 . . . Named the 1998 Gatorade National High School Girls' Soccer Player of the Year at Massapequa High School as well as a two-time Parade All-American and a 1999 NSCAA All-American . . . Led Massapequa HS to the 1997 New York state championship by scoring the game-tying and game-winning goals in the championship game . . . Played for the Northport Piranhas Soccer Club


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