_(cropped).jpg) Scurry in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Briana Collette Scurry[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-09-07)September 7, 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1989 | Anoka High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | UMass Minutewomen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Atlanta Beat | ||
| 2009–2010 | Washington Freedom | ||
| International career | |||
| 1994–2008 | United States | 175 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Washington Spirit(assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Briana Collette Scurry (born September 7, 1971) is an American retired soccer goalkeeper. Scurry was the startinggoalkeeper for theUnited States women's national soccer team at the1995 World Cup (3rd place),1996 Summer Olympics (gold medal),1999 World Cup (champions),2003 World Cup (3rd place), and the2004 Summer Olympic Games (gold medal). She played in the semi-final and playoff for third place in the2007 Women's World Cup (3rd place). She was a founding member of theWUSA, playing three seasons as starting goalkeeper for theAtlanta Beat (2001–2003).
Her career total of 173international appearances is the second most among female soccer goalkeepers. It is also the fifteenth most of any American female player, and the thirty-second most among all women.
Scurry was elected to theNational Soccer Hall of Fame on August 3, 2017. She was the first woman goalkeeper and first black woman to be awarded the honor.[2][3][4] She is openly gay, and on June 1, 2018, she married Chryssa Zizos, CEO of Live Wire Strategic Communications, LLC.
In 2022, Scurry released her best-selling memoir,My Greatest Save.[5] Scurry was also the subject ofThe Only, a CBS feature-length documentary chronicling her life that was released in 2022.
Scurry was born inMinneapolis, Minnesota[6] to parents, Ernest and Robbie Scurry. She is the youngest of nine children, with three brothers and five sisters.[7]
She played goalie for theAnoka High School Tornadoes for four years and was instrumental in their Minnesota State Championship win in 1989 which ended in a shootout victory. In high school, Scurry ran track and played floor hockey and softball, but basketball was her first and deepest love.[8]
Scurry was named Anoka High School's Athena Award winner as the school's top female athlete. She was also named High School All American and Minnesota's top female athlete.[9]
In 2010, she was inducted into the Minnesota State High School Hall of Fame. In September 2011, Scurry was named to the inaugural class of the Anoka High School Hall of Fame.[9][10]
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Scurry attended theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst and completed her four-year collegiate career with 37 shutouts in 65 starts and with a career record of 48–13–4 and a 0.56 goals-against-averageShe split time in the net in 1992 during her junior season, starting 13 games and earning seven shutouts. Scurry played three games in 1992 as a forward.
In 1993, she helped lead theUMass Minutewomen to a 17–3–3 record, to the semifinals of theNCAA Women's Soccer Championship and the titles of the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and tournament. In her senior season, she started all 23 games and recorded 15 shutouts and a 0.48 goals-against average, the third best in the nation.
Scurry was named the National Goalkeeper of the Year in 1993 by theMissouri Athletic Club Sports Foundation and was a 1993 second-team All-American, All-Northeast Region and All-New England first-team selection.
Scurry was a founding player for theAtlanta Beat in theWomen's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the world's first women's league where the players were paid as professionals.[11] She was the starting goalkeeper for the three seasons (2001–2003) of the league. She helped the Beat to two WUSA Championship Games and was named the league's Goalkeeper of the Year in 2003.[12]
On March 13, 2009, Scurry was named to the preseason roster of theWashington Freedom, in the inaugural season ofWomen's Professional Soccer (WPS). She suffered a season-ending concussion[13] early in the 2010 season, and announced her retirement later that year on September 8.[12]
Scurry was a goalkeeper for theUnited States women's national soccer team for most of the years between 1994 and 2008, earning a record 173 caps for the United States. She started 159 of those games and finished her international career with a record of 133–12–14. She also earned 71 shutouts.[14]
Scurry's first appearance for theUnited States women's national soccer team was March 16, 1994, versus Portugal. Her first shutout was recorded the same day.[15][unreliable source?] In her first year with the US, she earned seven shutouts in 12 starts.[16]
She was a member of theGold Medal-winning US Women's National Team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta where she started and played in every minute of the team's five matches conceding only three goals.
Scurry played every minute of the1999 Women's World Cup allowing only three goals and recording four shutouts. She saved one penalty during the shootout in thefinal against China and the United States won.[17] Following the World Cup, Scurry announced her intention to play in theWNBA.[18]
She started for the US in the2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and2004 Summer Olympic Games. She also played two matches for the US in the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and was the alternate goalkeeper on the2008 Olympic Team.
On June 23, 2008, United States Women's Olympic soccer coachPia Sundhage announced that Scurry would not be on the Olympic team.[19] Her last match for the United States was on November 5, 2008, against the Korea Republic.[14]
While playing in the Women's Professional Soccer league in 2010, Scurrysuffered a traumatic brain injury when a player from the opposing team collided with her knee into Scurry's right temple. The injury left Scurry temporarily totally disabled and she dealt with severe depression. To address her symptoms, Scurry underwent occipital nerve surgery[20] in 2013. Scurry has since rebuilt her life and become an advocate for increased concussion awareness and research, testifying before Congress twice.
Scurry was appointedgeneral manager of the WPS franchisemagicJack beginning with the 2011 season.[21]
In February 2021,The Washington Post reported thatChelsea Clinton,Jenna Bush Hager,Dominique Dawes and Scurry were part of an investment group investing in theWashington Spirit.[22][23]
Scurry was part of the rotation ofstudio commentators forESPN's telecasts of the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[24]
Since 2021, Scurry has served as a broadcast analyst for CBS soccer coverage. In 2022, she served as the lead desk analyst for the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship.[25]
On December 6, 2017, Scurry was announced as the First Assistant Coach of theWashington Spirit and would serve as Technical Advisor for the Spirit Academy programs in Maryland and Virginia.[26]
Scurry appeared as a fictionalized version of herself in the 2000 filmAir Bud: World Pup. She was also the subject of the 2022Paramount Plus documentaryThe Only, which was directed by Anthony J. Cortese and featured interviews with other USWNT players such asMia Hamm,Brandi Chastain,Kristine Lilly, andAbby Wambach.
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