Shannon MacMillan

Personal information
Full name	Shannon Ann MacMillan[1]
Date of birth	(1974-10-07)October 7, 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth	Syosset, New York, U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder,forward
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1995	Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	San Diego Spirit
International career
1993–2005	United States	177	(60)
Managerial career
2007–2008	UCLA Bruins (assistant)
Medal record Women'sfootball (soccer) Representingthe United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team competition 2000 Sydney Team competition FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 USA Team competition 2003 USA Team competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shannon Ann MacMillan (born October 7, 1974) is an American retiredsoccer player, coach,FIFA Women's World Cup champion, Olympic gold and silver medalist. NamedU.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year for 2002, MacMillan played for theUnited States women's national soccer team from 1994 to 2006 and was part of the1999 FIFA Women's World Cup-winning team (commonly known as the '99ers). She won gold with the team at the1996 Summer Olympics and silver at the2000 Summer Olympics.

In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for theUCLA Bruins women's soccer team.^[2] In 2016, she was inducted in theNational Soccer Hall of Fame.^[3] She is also a part of the ownership group forAngel City FC of theNational Women's Soccer League.^[4]

MacMillan was born inSyosset, New York.^[5] She attendedSan Pasqual High School inEscondido, California. She has one older brother, Sean.^[6]

MacMillan played for theUniversity of Portland, where she won theHermann Trophy for the best female collegiate soccer player of the 1995 season. She earned All-America honors from 1992 to 1995.

MacMillan was one of the founding players of theWomen's United Soccer Association, playing three seasons for theSan Diego Spirit.

While still in college, MacMillan joined the US National Team in 1993 as amidfielder. By 2000, she moved toforward.

In the Olympic semifinal against Norway in 1996, she scored the game-winning goal in overtime. In the Olympic final against China, she collected a Mia Hamm shot that rebounded off the post and put it in for the first goal of the match.

She was a "super-sub" on the US WNT's1999 Women's World Cup team and the 2000 Olympic team. She earned a spot on the roster for the2003 Women's World Cup team after making a miraculously quick recovery from an ACL tear suffered just four months before the tournament began.

In 2002, MacMillan scored 17 goals and was voted the U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year.

She retired from international play in 2006 at the age of 31. She finished her international career with 60 goals and with 175caps, the tenth most of any woman in history up to that time. She was the sixth-leading goal scorer in 2005.^[7]

MacMillan was awarded theMAC Hermann Trophy Award in 1995. She was voted U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year in 2002. She was inducted into theOregon Sports Hall of Fame on September 25, 2007.^[8] As a senior atPortland, she won theHonda Sports Award as the nation's top soccer player.^[9][10]

In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for theUCLA women's soccer team.^[2] On January 7, 2010, she was named Director of the Competitive Program at the Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks Soccer Club.^[11] She is currently the Executive Director of the Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks.^[12]

She was a senior adviser toSan Diego Loyal SC.

Scores and results list United States's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	12 May 1996	Worcester, United States	Canada	3–0	6–0	1996 Women's U.S. Cup
2.	23 July 1996	Orlando, United States	Sweden	2–0	2–1	1996 Summer Olympics
3.	28 July 1996	Athens, United States	Norway	2–1	2–1
4.	1 August 1996		China	1–0	2–1
5.	12 September 1998	Foxborough, United States	Mexico	?–0	9–0	1998 Women's U.S. Cup
6.	27 June 1999	Foxborough, United States	North Korea	1–0	3–0	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
7.	12 March 2000	Albufeira,Portugal	Portugal	2–0	7–0	2000 Algarve Cup
8.	14 March 2000	Faro, Portugal	Denmark	2–1	2–1
9.	5 May 2000	Portland, United States	Mexico	1–0	8–0	2000 Women's U.S. Cup
10.				6–0
11.	23 June 2000	Hershey, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	7–0	11–0	2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
12.	25 June 2000	Louisville, United States	Costa Rica	2–0	8–0
13.	1 July 2000		Canada	1–0	4–1
14.				2–0
15.	20 September 2000	Melbourne,Australia	Nigeria	3–1	3–1	2000 Summer Olympics
16.	1 March 2002	Albufeira, Portugal	Sweden	1–0	1–1	2002 Algarve Cup
17.	3 March 2002	Ferreiras, Portugal	England	1–0	2–0
18.	5 March 2002	Faro, Portugal	Norway	1–0	2–3
19.				2–2
20.	7 March 2002	Albufeira, Portugal	Denmark	1–0	3–2
21.				2–0
22.				3–1
23.	27 October 2002	Pasadena, United States	Mexico	3–0	3–0	2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
24.	2 November 2002	Seattle, United States	Panama	4–0	9–0
25.				5–0
26.	6 November 2002		Costa Rica	6–0	7–0
27.	16 March 2003	Ferreiras, Portugal	Norway	1–0	1–0	2003 Algarve Cup
28.	20 March 2003	Loulé, Portugal	China	1–0	2–0
29.	27 February 2004	Heredia,Costa Rica	Haiti	4–0	8–0	2004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

• List of Olympic medalists in football
• List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
• History of the United States women's national soccer team

• Grainey, Timothy (2012),Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press,ISBN 0-8032-4036-8
• Kassouf, Jeff (2011),Girls Play to Win Soccer, Norwood House Press,ISBN 1-59953-464-9
• Lisi, Clemente A. (2010),The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Scarecrow Press,ISBN 0-8108-7416-4
• Longman, Jere (2009),The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How it Changed the World, HarperCollins,ISBN 0-06-187768-9
• Nash, Tim (2016),It's Not the Glory: The Remarkable First Thirty Years of US Women's Soccer, Lulu,ISBN 1483451534
• Rutledge, Rachel (2000),The Best of the Best in Soccer, First Avenue Edition,ISBN 0761313923
• Woolum, Janet (1998),Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They are and how They Influenced Sports in America, Greenwood Publishing Group,ISBN 1573561207

• Shannon MacMillan –FIFA competition record (archived)
• U.S. Soccer player profile
• Shannon MacMillan at the United States Olympic Team at theWayback Machine (archived March 13, 2007)
• Shannon MacMillan atOlympedia
• Shannon MacMillan atOlympics.com

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