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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey[1] | ||
Birth name | Kristine Marie Lilly[2] | ||
Date of birth | (1971-07-22)July 22, 1971 (age 53) | ||
Place of birth | New York City, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward/Midfielder | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1992 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994 | Tyresö FF | ||
1995 | Washington Warthogs (indoor) | 6 | (0) |
1998 | Delaware Genies | 4 | (5) |
2001–2003 | Boston Breakers | 59 | (14) |
2005 | KIF Örebro DFF | 19 | (8) |
2009–2011 | Boston Breakers | 20 | (3) |
International career | |||
1987–2010 | United States | 354 | (130) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey (née Lilly; born July 22, 1971) is an American former professionalsoccer player. She was a member of theUnited States women's national team for 23 years and is themost-capped football player in the history of the sport (men's or women's), gaining her 354th and final cap against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier in November 2010.[3] Lilly scored 130 international goals for the US national team, making her the team's fourth-highest goal scorer behindCarli Lloyd's 134,Mia Hamm's 158 goals, andAbby Wambach's 184.[4]
Lilly was born in New York City and attendedWilton High School inWilton, Connecticut. While still attending high school, Lilly became a member of theUnited States women's national team. She was recruited by theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Lilly competed as a student-athlete, playing for the university'sNorth Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. During her time there, she won theNCAA Women's Soccer Championship every year she played. She won theHermann Trophy as a junior in 1991.[5] As a senior, she won theHonda Sports Award as the nations's top soccer player.[6] To honor her time with the school, North Carolina retired her #15 jersey in 1994.
Lilly began her career withTyresö FF of Sweden in 1994. She spent one season with the club before returning to the United States. On August 20, 1995, Lilly joinedWashington Warthogs of the now-defunctContinental Indoor Soccer League. She was the only woman in the all-male professional indoor league, following in the footsteps ofCollette Cunningham andShannon Presley who had played in the league sparingly in 1994.
Lilly joinedW-League sideDelaware Genies in 1998. With the club, she appeared in four games, scoring five goals and providing two assists.
February 2001 saw the formation of the world's first women's professional soccer league in which all the players were paid.Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) had its inaugural season in 2001. Lilly was the team captain and a founding member of theBoston Breakers. In her first season with the team, she appeared in all twenty-one matches and played every minute of the season. She led the league in assists with eleven and added three goals. For her performance, she was named First Team All-WUSA. In 2002, she started in a further nineteen games. She increased her point total for the season, scoring eight goals and assisting on thirteen others. She was again named First Team All-WUSA and was a starter on the WUSA North All-Star Team. In 2003 Lilly started all nineteen games in which she played, chipping in three goals and four assists and again being named to First Team All-WUSA, the only player in the history of the league to do so. Following the 2003 season, the WUSA ceased operations.
Following the termination of the league, Lilly followed former Boston Breakers head coachPia Sundhage to Sweden to play forDamallsvenskan clubKIF Örebro DFF in 2005. There she was joined by fellow USWNT teammateChristie Welsh as well as USWNT and Boston Breakers teammateKate Markgraf.
In late-2006 and early-2007, the formation of a new women's league took shape under the name ofWomen's Professional Soccer (WPS). On September 16, 2008, Lilly was allocated toBoston Breakers along with USWNT teammatesAngela Hucles andHeather Mitts. The inaugural2009 Women's Professional Soccer season saw Lilly appear in all twenty games (playing every minute) and score three goals with three assists.
Lilly made her debut for theUnited States national team in 1987, when she was still attending high school. During her international career, she surpassed the previous women's world record of 151caps, held byNorway'sHeidi Støre, on May 21, 1998.[5] On January 30, 1999, she surpassed what was then the men's record of 164caps, held byAdnan Al-Talyani of theUnited Arab Emirates.
Lilly has participated in the1991,1995,1999,2003, and2007 editions of theFIFA Women's World Cup. She is a two-time World Cup champion, winning in 1991 and 1999; duringextra time of the'99 Final against China, Lilly, standing on the goal line, blocked a Chinese shot which had passed goalkeeperBriana Scurry[7] - since the tournament took place with thegolden goal rule in effect, the game would have been over if China had scored - and in the ensuingshootout, she scored the goal which would give the US the lead. When she played againstNorth Korea on September 11, 2007, in the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, she became the first woman (and only the third player overall) to participate in five different World Cup Finals; by scoring a goal againstEngland on September 22, 2007, she became the oldest woman to score in the World Cup.
Lilly has also competed in the1996,2000, and2004 editions of theOlympic Games. She won a gold medal in 1996 and 2004, and a silver medal in 2000. She missed the2008 Summer Olympics due to the birth of her child.
Unlike several of her longtime teammates (among themJoy Fawcett,Julie Foudy, andMia Hamm), she did not retire after the team's "farewell tour" which finished on December 8, 2004.
On January 18, 2006, Lilly made her 300th international appearance in a game againstNorway. In the same match, she equaledMichelle Akers for second place on the team's all-time goal scoring list with 105. Lilly was named as a finalist for the2006 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year. She finished second in the voting to Brazil'sMarta.
After the birth of her daughter, Lilly returned to the national team in December 2008. Her last match for the national team, representing her record 354thcap, was a World Cup qualifying loss to Mexico (1–2) on November 5, 2010, in which she played for six minutes as a substitute.
Lilly has been an assistant coach for theBoston Breakers since 2012.[8]
Lilly grew up inWilton, Connecticut, and lives inMedfield, Massachusetts. She is married toBrooklinefirefighter David Heavey, a former hockey player and golfer at theUniversity of Connecticut. Lilly gave birth to her first daughter Sidney Marie Heavey on her birthday, July 22, 2008, and her second daughter Jordan Mary Heavey on September 2, 2011.
She appeared in theHBO documentaryDare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team. Lilly helps run a soccer camp withMia Hamm andTisha Venturini-Hoch.[9]
Club | Season | League | ||
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Division | Apps | Goals | ||
Tyresö FF | 1994 | |||
Washington Warthogs | 1995 | CISL | ||
Delaware Genies | 1998 | W-League | 4 | 5 |
Boston Breakers | 2001 | WUSA | 21 | 3 |
2002 | WUSA | 19 | 8 | |
2003 | WUSA | 19 | 3 | |
KIF Örebro DFF | 2005 | |||
Boston Breakers | 2009 | WPS | 4 | 4 |
Career total |
Kristine Lilly competed in fiveFIFA Women's World Cup:China 1991,Sweden 1995,USA 1999,USA 2003 andChina 2007;and threeOlympics:Atlanta 1996,Sydney 2000,andAthens 2004;altogether played in 46 matches and scored 12 goals at those eight global tournaments.[10] With her USA teams, in eight world cup and olympic tournaments, Lilly had 39 wins, 3 losses, and 4 draws; finished first place with her teams 4 times, second place once and third place 3 times.
Key(expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals") | |
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Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred |
Lineup | Start – played entire match onminute (offplayer) – substituted on at theminute indicated, andplayer was substituted off at the same time offminute (onplayer) – substituted off at theminute indicated, andplayer was substituted on at the same time |
Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, whichassisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
penalty orpk | Goal scored onpenalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
Score | The match score after the goal was scored. |
Result | The final score. W – match was won |
aet | The score at the end ofextra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament | |
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 August 1987 | Shenyang,China | ![]() | 1–? | 1–1 | Friendly |
2. | 27 July 1990 | Winnipeg,Canada | ![]() | 1–? | 4–1 | |
3. | 5 April 1991 | Varna,Bulgaria | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
4. | 7 April 1991 | ![]() | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
5. | 25 April 1991 | Port-au-Prince,Haiti | ![]() | ?–0 | 10–0 | 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
6. | 28 April 1991 | ![]() | 3–0 | 5–0 | ||
7. | 28 May 1991 | Vianen,Netherlands | ![]() | ?–? | 3–4 | Friendly |
8. | 1 September 1991 | Medford,United States | ![]() | 1–? | 1–2 | |
9. | 12 October 1991 | Fairfax, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
10. | 10 April 1993 | Atlanta, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
11. | 3–0 | |||||
12. | 12 June 1993 | Cincinnati, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 7–0 | |
13. | 15 June 1993 | Mansfield, United States | ![]() | ?–0 | 5–0 | |
14. | 7 July 1993 | Hamilton, Canada | ![]() | ?–0 | 6–0 | |
15. | 12 July 1993 | ![]() | 2–? | 3–1 | ||
16. | 14 July 1993 | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
17. | 4 August 1993 | New Hyde Park, United States | ![]() | ?–0 | 3–0 | 1993 CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament |
18. | 6 August 1993 | ![]() | ?–0 | 9–0 | ||
19. | 16 March 1994 | Silves,Portugal | ![]() | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1994 Algarve Cup |
20. | 10 April 1994 | Scarborough,Trinidad and Tobago | ![]() | 3–? | 3–1 | Friendly |
21. | 13 August 1994 | Montreal,Canada | ![]() | ?–0 | 9–0 | 1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
22. | ?–0 | |||||
23. | 17 August 1994 | ![]() | ?–? | 11–1 | ||
24. | 19 August 1994 | ![]() | ?–0 | 10–0 | ||
25. | ?–0 | |||||
26. | 24 February 1995 | Orlando, United States | ![]() | ?–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
27. | 14 March 1995 | Faro, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1995 Algarve Cup |
28. | 15 April 1995 | Strasbourg,France | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
29. | 30 April 1995 | Davidson, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 6–0 | |
30. | 19 May 1995 | Dallas, United States | ![]() | 6–? | 9–1 | |
31. | 7–? | |||||
32. | 8 June 1995 | Gävle,Sweden | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup |
33. | 13 June 1995 | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
34. | 2–0 | |||||
35. | 3 August 1995 | Piscataway, United States | ![]() | ?–? | 4–2 | 1995 Women's U.S. Cup |
36. | 10 February 1996 | Orlando, United States | ![]() | 1–? | 2–1 | Friendly |
37. | 16 March 1996 | Davidson, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
38. | 20 April 1996 | Fullerton, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 6–0 | |
39. | 4–0 | |||||
40. | 26 April 1996 | St. Louis, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
41. | 16 May 1996 | Horsham, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1996 Women's U.S. Cup |
42. | 3–0 | |||||
43. | 4 July 1996 | Pensacola, United States | ![]() | 2–? | 2–1 | Friendly |
44. | 3 March 1997 | Bathurst,Australia | ![]() | 2–? | 3–1 | |
45. | 24 April 1997 | Greensboro, United States | ![]() | 4–2 | 4–2 | |
46. | 4 May 1997 | St. Charles, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
47. | 11 May 1997 | Portland, United States | ![]() | 5–0 | 6–0 | |
48. | 5 June 1997 | Ambler, United States | ![]() | 7–0 | 9–1 | 1997 Women's U.S. Cup |
49. | 9 October 1997 | Duisburg,Germany | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–3 | Friendly |
50. | 1 November 1997 | Chattanooga, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 | |
51. | 17 March 1998 | Loulé, Portugal | ![]() | 3–? | 4–1 | 1998 Algarve Cup |
52. | 21 March 1998 | Quarteira, Portugal | ![]() | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
53. | 26 April 1998 | Fullerton, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
54. | 21 May 1998 | Kobe,Japan | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
55. | 24 May 1998 | Tokyo, Japan | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
56. | 12 September 1998 | Foxborough, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 9–0 | 1998 Women's U.S. Cup |
57. | 5–0 | |||||
58. | 27 January 1999 | Orlando, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
59. | 5–0 | |||||
60. | 6–0 | |||||
61. | 30 January 1999 | Fort Lauderdale, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 6–0 | |
62. | 4–0 | |||||
63. | 18 March 1999 | Albufeira, Portugal | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1999 Algarve Cup |
64. | 28 March 1999 | Pasadena, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
65. | 3–0 | |||||
66. | 13 May 1999 | Milwaukee, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 5–0 | |
67. | 22 May 1999 | Orlando, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
68. | 3 June 1999 | Beaverton, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
69. | 6 June 1999 | Portland, United States | ![]() | 3–2 | 4–2 | |
70. | 19 June 1999 | East Rutherford, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup |
71. | 24 June 1999 | Chicago, United States | ![]() | 4–1 | 7–1 | |
72. | 4 September 1999 | Foxboro, United States | ![]() | 5–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
73. | 7 October 1999 | Kansas City, United States | ![]() | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1999 Women's U.S. Cup |
74. | 5–0 | |||||
75. | 10 October 1999 | Louisville, United States | ![]() | 2–2 | 4–2 | |
76. | 4–2 | |||||
77. | 6 February 2000 | Fort Lauderdale, United States | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
78. | 5 April 2000 | Davidson, United States | ![]() | 7–0 | 8–0 | |
79. | 5 May 2000 | Portland, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 8–0 | 2000 Women's U.S. Cup |
80. | 20 August 2000 | Kansas City, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
81. | 20 September 2000 | Melbourne, Australia | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2000 Summer Olympics |
82. | 10 December 2000 | Houston, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
83. | 12 January 2002 | Charleston, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 7–0 | |
84. | 6 October 2002 | Cary, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2002 Women's U.S. Cup |
85. | 6 November 2002 | Seattle, United States | ![]() | 7–0 | 7–0 | 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup |
86. | 26 April 2003 | Washington, D.C., United States | ![]() | 2–1 | 6–1 | Friendly |
87. | 21 September 2003 | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
88. | 11 October 2003 | Carson, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
89. | 25 February 2004 | San José,Costa Rica | ![]() | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament |
90. | 3 March 2004 | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 | ||
91. | 17 August 2004 | Thessaloniki,Greece | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2004 Summer Olympics |
92. | 20 August 2004 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
93. | 23 August 2004 | Heraklio, Greece | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | |
94. | 29 September 2004 | Pittsburgh, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
95. | 3 October 2004 | Portland, United States | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–0 | |
96. | 10 October 2004 | Cincinnati, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
97. | 13 March 2005 | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2005 Algarve Cup |
98. | 4–0 | |||||
99. | 10 July 2005 | Portland, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
100. | 23 October 2005 | Charleston, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
101. | 18 January 2006 | Guangzhou, China | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2006 Four Nations Tournament |
102. | 22 January 2006 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
103. | 2–0 | |||||
104. | 11 March 2006 | Faro, Portugal | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2006 Algarve Cup |
105. | 13 March 2006 | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||
106. | 15 July 2006 | Blaine, United States | ![]() | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
107. | 1 October 2006 | Carson, United States | ![]() | 5–0 | 10–0 | |
108. | 29 October 2006 | Gimhae,South Korea | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2006 Peace Queen Cup |
109. | 31 October 2006 | Cheonan, South Korea | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
110. | 4 November 2006 | Seoul, South Korea | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
111. | 26 November 2006 | Carson, United States | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup |
112. | 7 March 2007 | Faro, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2007 Algarve Cup |
113. | 14 March 2007 | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
114. | 14 April 2007 | Foxboro, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
115. | 4–0 | |||||
116. | 12 May 2007 | Frisco, United States | ![]() | 4–1 | 6–2 | |
117. | 23 June 2007 | East Rutherford, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
118. | 28 July 2007 | San Jose, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–1 | |
119. | 12 August 2007 | Chicago, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 6–1 | |
120. | 25 August 2007 | Carson, United States | ![]() | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
121. | 22 September 2007 | Tianjin, China | ![]() | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup |
122. | 13 October 2007 | St. Louis, United States | ![]() | 3–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
123. | 17 October 2007 | Portland, United States | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
124. | 22 May 2010 | Cleveland, United States | ![]() | 3–0 | 4–0 |
Year | Team | Championship/Medal/Award |
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1989 | University of North Carolina | NCAA National Champion |
1990 | University of North Carolina | NCAA National Champion |
1991 | USA WNT | FIFA World Cup Champion |
1991 | University of North Carolina | NCAA National Champion |
1992 | University of North Carolina | NCAA National Champion |
1992 | University of North Carolina | Honda Sports Award[11] |
1995 | USA WNT | FIFA World Cup Bronze |
1996 | USA WNT | Olympic Gold |
1999 | USA WNT | FIFA World Cup Champion |
2000 | USA WNT | Olympic Silver |
2003 | USA WNT | FIFA World Cup Bronze |
2004 | USA WNT | Olympic Gold |
2007 | USA WNT | FIFA World Cup Bronze |
2015 | None | Inducted into theNational Soccer Hall of Fame |
Preceded by | WNT captain 2004–2008 | Succeeded by |