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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Joy Lynn Fawcett[1] | ||
| Birth name | Joy Lynn Biefeld[2] | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-02-08)February 8, 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Inglewood, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | California Golden Bears | 72 | (55) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ajax America | |||
| 2001–2003 | San Diego Spirit | 43 | (12) |
| International career | |||
| 1987–2004 | United States | 241 | (27) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1992 | Long Beach City Vikings | ||
| 1993–1997 | UCLA Bruins | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joy Lynn Fawcett (née Biefeld; born February 8, 1968) is an Americansoccer coach and former professional player. She earned 241caps with theUnited States women's national soccer team and retired in 2004 as the highest scoring defender in team history. Fawcett was a founding member of theWUSA and was elected for induction into theNational Soccer Hall of Fame in 2009.[3] She was in the movieSoccer Mom as herself.
Fawcett grew up in southern California,[4] where she attendedEdison High School inHuntington Beach, California. Her high school team won four league championships. She then attended theUniversity of California, Berkeley where she played on the women's soccer team from 1987 to 1989. She was a three-time, first team All-American.[5][6] She holds the school record for single-season scoring with 23 goals in 1987.[7] Fawcett graduated fromUC Berkeley in 1992 with aBA degree in Physical Education. Cal inducted her into the school's Hall of Fame in October 1997.
Fawcett andforwardCarin Jennings both were members of the Manhattan Beach club women's soccer teamAjax in the late 1980s and early 1990s and routinely played atColumbia Park inTorrance, California.[8] In 1992 and 1993, Ajax won the U.S.National Amateur Cup, the women's amateur championship.[8][9] In 1998, she played for Ajax in the first season of theWomen's Premier Soccer League. In 2001, Fawcett signed with theSan Diego Spirit in the newly establishedWomen's United Soccer Association. She missed most of the season due to an early season pregnancy. She rebounded in 2002 to lead the team in playing time with 19 games. In 2003, she had ankle injury early in the season but came back to play 18 games and gain WUSA All-Star recognition.[10]
Fawcett helped the U.S. national team win thefirst women's World Cup, which was held in China in 1991,[8] as well as the1999 World Cup, held in the United States.[11] She was the only WNT member to play all minutes of the1995,1999 and2003 Women's World Cups as well as the1996 and2000 Olympics, and she helped the team win Olympic gold in1996 and2004 and silver in2000. She retired from the WNT in 2004 as the highest-scoring defender for the USWNT.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 November 1991 | Foshan,China |  Chinese Taipei | 7–0 | 7–0 | 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 2. | 21 August 1994 | Montreal,Canada |  Canada | 5–0 | 6–0 | 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 3. | 10 June 1995 | Helsingborg,Sweden |  Australia | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup |
Fawcett was the head coach of theLong Beach City Vikings women's soccer team in 1992, where she had a5–9–0 record.[2] She then served as the first coach of theUCLA Bruins women's team from 1993 to 1997.[12][13]
Joy and her husband Walter Fawcett have three daughters, Katelyn Rose (b. May 17, 1994), Carli (b. May 21, 1997), and Madilyn Rae (b. June 5, 2001).[14] Their oldest daughter Katey played soccer for theUniversity of Washington from 2012 to 2015.[15] Her brotherEric Biefeld had a brief career with theUnited States men's national soccer team. She is also the current assistant soccer coach for theUnited States women's national deaf soccer team.[16]
Fawcett appeared in theHBO documentaryDare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team.
Fawcett is a part of the ownership group ofAngel City FC of theNational Women's Soccer League.[17]
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