Lindsay Stoecker
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lindsay Sue Stoecker | ||
Date of birth | April 26, 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Lafayette, Indiana, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back / Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1995 | 1977 Raleigh Spartans[1] | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1999 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2003 | Washington Freedom | 53 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:37, 30 April 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:37, 30 April 2016 (UTC) |
Lindsay Sue Stoecker (born April 26, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player. A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall defender or midfielder, she represented Washington Freedom of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).
Club career[]
Stoecker was Washington Freedom's second draft pick ahead of the inaugural 2001 season of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).[2] She missed part of the 2002 season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[3] In 2003, Stoecker was part of the Freedom team who won the Founders Cup, but when the league subsequently folded she began working for a consultancy firm.[4]
International career[]
In August 2001, United States national team coach April Heinrichs called up Stoecker to a 24-player preliminary roster for the 2001 Women's U.S. Cup.[5]
References[]
- ^ "1977 Raleigh Spartans". North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Rating the eight WUSA teams" (PDF). Soccer America. 25 December 2000. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "ACL, not R.I.P." The Washington Times. 4 March 2003. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ Steinberg, Dan (13 June 2004). "Coping with the loss of Freedom". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Heinrichs Announces Roster for 2001 Nike U.S. Women's Cup; USA Will Face Germany, Japan and China at Three Midwest Venues". United States Soccer Federation. 21 August 2001. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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