bio

Born: September 22, 1983
Hometown: Kalamazoo, Michigan
College: University of North Carolina
Official URL: http://www.lindsaytarpley.com

US National Team:
• A forward during her highly successful youth National Team career, she has
played mostly in the midfield for the Women’s National Team.
• By the age of 21, she had scored 2 of the most important goals in U.S. soccer history: The 1st when she pounded in a rebound of her own shot in the championship game of the 2002 FIFA U-19 World Championship, giving the
USA a dramatic 1-0 sudden death overtime victory over host Canada and the
first-ever world title for youth women. The 2nd came in the 2004 Olympic gold
medal game off a blast from 25-yards out into the lower left corner for the
game’s first score tally.
• 2004: Had a breakout year, playing in 25 matches and making 13 starts.
Played in all six Olympic matches, starting three, and was the second youngest player on the team. Scored the first eight goals of her full National Team career
(and had three assists), tallying against Sweden, Canada, Mexico, Norway
and Brazil, among others.
• 2003: Earned her first eight full National Team caps in 2003, starting two
matches. First appearance with the full national team came on Jan. 12, 2003,
vs. Japan. First goal with the full national team came on January 30, 2004 vs. Sweden in the Four Nations Tournament in China (Scored Twice in the game).
• Named the 2002 U.S. Soccer Chevrolet Young Female Player of the Year.

Youth National Teams:
• Scored one of the biggest goals in U.S. Women’s National Team history
when she scored in sudden death overtime of the 2002 U-19 Women’s World Championship Final against Canada to give the USA a 1-0 victory and the title
at the first-ever FIFA world championship for youth women.
• Won the Bronze Boot as the third leading scorer in the tournament, scoring six goals, including the 109th minute strike that defeated Canada in front of almost 50,000 fans in Edmonton.
• Scored an amazing 24 goals in 26 full U-19 international matches.
• The captain of the USA’s 2002 CONCACAF Qualifying Team, she scored seven goals in three games in the tournament in T&T to help the USA qualify for the 2002 FIFA Under-19 Women’s World Championship.
• Has four caps and two goals at the U-21 level, scoring both at the 2003 Nordic
Cup in Denmark.
• One of the all-time leaders in full U-19 caps, she first appeared for the USA in international matches at the Varna Cup in Bulgaria in 2000, taking second place
in that tournament and playing against Scotland, Urkaine, Moldova and Bulgaria.
• Also played with the U.S. U-16 National Team in 1999 at the USYSA International Tournament in Orlando, Florida, facing Sweden, Germany and Japan and against Australia, China, Japan and Canada at the USYSA international tournament in Houston, Texas, in 2000.

University of North Carolina:
• Had her Jersey number 25 retired in Feb. 2006
• 2003 College Soccer Player of the Year
• 2003 ACC Player of the Year
• Led the Nation in scoring in 2003 with 23 goals and 27
• 2002-2005 NSCAA All-American
• 2002-2005 All-ACC
• 2002 National Freshman of the Year
• 2002 ACC Freshman of the Year
• Three Time NCAA All-Tournament team
• Team Captain her junior and senior years
• Scored a remarkable 59 goals and 59 assists in her college career after not
playing in almost half of both her junior and senior seasons due to a broken leg