Kristine Marie Lilly

VITAL STATS

Position: Left Midfield
Prefered Foot: Left
Height: 5'4
Weight: 128lbs
Birthdate: July 22, 1971
Birth Place:New York, New York
Hometown: Wilton, Connecticut
College: University of North Carolina Graduated in December 1993 with a degree in radio, television and motion picture production.
First US Appearance: Aug. 3, 1987, vs. China at the age of 16,
First US Goal: Aug. 13, 1987, vs. China

National Team Stats

Has played over 1,000 minutes a year for the USA for five consecutive years
Has 225 International appearances for the Americans, a record for any soccer player, male or female as of May 16.
Has strted 216 of her 225 games with the National team.
Has appeared in over 85% of of all US National Team matches in her 14 years with the team.
Member of the the 1991 and 1999 Women's World Cup Champion team, having scored five goals in 18 games, as well as starting in 17 of those 18 games.
Lilly saved a potential game winning goal in overtime during the 1999 WWC when she cleared a shot off the goal line with her head, and then put her penalty shot in the back of the net to help the team win their second World Cup 5-4 in kicks.
Named 1999 Women's World Cup Tournament MVP with 2 goals and 1 assist.
Played with the gold Medal winning U.S. National Team at the 1996 Olympic Games and the silver medal team at the 2000 Olympics.
Was on the field for every minuet of the US' five games during the 1996 Olympics, where the team won the gold medal, as well as played every minuet of the 1999 Women's World Cup.
As of 2000 she was third behind Mia Hamm and Michelle Ackers with goals scored (83). She also had 63 assists and 229 points.
In 1999 she lead the National team with 20 goals and had eight assists to become one of four U.S. players to score 20 goals in a season.
Led the team in minutes played in 1999 with 2,397.
A member of the 1998 Goodwill Games Gold medal National Soccer Team.
In 1998 she saw considerable action at forward and scored 8 goals and 11 assists.
In 1995 she was tied with Tisha Venturini and Tiffeny Milbrett for the most goals scored for the team in their thrid place finish at the World Cup.
In 1993 she was named US soccer's Female Athlete of the Year.
A member of the first ever Women's World Cup championship team in 1991 when she was just 20 years of age.
She was the second youngest player to play for the US team, Mia Hamm was the youngest.
Kristine has started in 191 of 198 games she played for the USA, missing 13 only matches and has played full 90 minutes in 161 of those games.
Has the record of consecutive game appearances by the a team member with 62.

WUSA: Boston Breakers

WUSA Founding player and Captian of the Boston Breakers.

University of North Carolina Stats

In 1994 her UNC jersey number, 15 was retired after she recored 78 goals and 41 assists.
Won the Hermann Trophy in 1991 beating out Julie Foudy, and a finalist in 1992.
Was a Four-time first-selection All-American, four time first-team All Atlantic Coast Conference and All-South selection from 1989 - 1992.
Help lead UNC to four NCAA championships from 1989 - 1992 where she was twice named Most Valuable Player of the NCAA Championship in 1998 and 1990.
Finalist for the Broderick Award (outstanding female athlete in all college sports) in 1991.
Was the second leading scorer in the nation behind Mia Hamm in 1991 with 15 goals and 4 assists.
In 1992 she was named UNC's Athlete of the Year.
Named to Soccer America's College Team of the Decade for the 1990's.

High School Stats

Was the captian of the team in both her junior and senior years and help head the team to the state title in her freshmen, sophomore and senior years.

Misc

Featured on the cover of July/August 1998 Women's Soccer World Magazine
Had a day dedicated to her after she won the gold medal in her home town of Wilton.
The road sign entering Wilton reads "Welcome to Wilton: Hometown of Olympic gold medalist Kristine Lilly". Lilly News Articles

Other US National Team Members

Kristine Lilly #13 Tiffeny Milbrett #16 Mia Hamm #9 Shannon MacMillan #8

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