Tiffeny Milbrett

Milbrett was born in Portland, Oregon, on October 23, 1972.[1] She started her soccer career playing for the Hillsboro Soccer Club in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. Milbrett grew up in Hillsboro, attending W. Verne McKinney Elementary School in the northwest part of the city.[5] She attended Hillsboro High School (Hilhi) in Hillsboro from 1987 to 1990, where she graduated holding Oregon's state record for goals in a season with 54; and in a career with 131. One of the fields at Hilhi is named after her. She was a three-time Oregonian 3A Player of the Year and a two-time Parade All-American. She also was a talented basketball player and Track and Field participant, and she was offered college scholarships at those two sports.[6]

Milbrett in St. Louis against Germany, 1998

Milbrett was a member of the US-under 20 team from 1990 to 1993, and saw her first action with the United States women's national soccer team in 1991, against China. She scored her first goal with that selection in 1992, against Norway, and helped the team win the International Women's Tournament in France in 1993. She played a total of 21 games with the senior team during that period, and in 1995, she finally joined the senior team full-time. She was a member of the team that finished third at the World Cup that year in Sweden, and in 1996, she became a starter for the team that won the 1996 Olympic gold medal in Atlanta, scoring the game-winning goal in the gold medal game against China.[8] In 1997, she set a women's national team record with five assists in a game against Australia, and in 1998, she was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the Goodwill Games.

In 1999, she was the goal leader on the US team that won the World Cup, and in 2000 she helped the team obtain Olympic Games silver in Sydney. She was named the CONCACAF Offensive Player of The Year that same year, as well as Chevrolet's female athlete of the year. She was also nominated along with Hamm and Sun Wen for the first ever FIFA World Player of the Year award, and participated in the 2001 Nike Women's Cup. She also won the Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year Award for the second time in a row in 2001.

She stepped away from the national team in December 2003 due to philosophical differences with manager April Heinrichs. Milbrett preferred a more creative style of play to which she was more accustomed from her time at the University of Portland, while Heinrichs favored a more tactical brand of soccer which valued speed, athleticism and versatility. She argued, "My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things. You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold."[9]

After Heinrichs resigned in February 2005 and was replaced by Greg Ryan, Milbrett returned to the national team, and finally earned her elusive 200th cap on June 30 in a friendly against rivals Canada in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her 100th goal came in Team USA's next match, a friendly against Ukraine in her hometown of Portland at Merlo Field.[10]

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Tiffeny Milbrett competed as a member of US teams in three FIFA Women's World Cup: Sweden 1995, US 1999 and US 2003; and two Olympics: Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000; played in 28 matches and scored 12 goals at those five global tournaments.[11] Milbrett with her US teams, are gold medalists from Atlanta 1996 Olympics, and world champions from US 1999 world cup, and they finished third place in the other 3 global tournaments she competed in.

Key (expand for notes on "world cup and olympic goals")
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
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, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-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 L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-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

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
1	1	1995-06-06[m 1]	Gävle	China	{{{4}}}. on 18' (off Akers) {{{4}}}. off 76' (on Manthei)	34	2–0	3–3 D	Group match
2	2	1995-06-08[m 2]	Gävle	Denmark	61' (Keller)	49	2–0	2–0 W	Group match
	3	1995-06-10[m 3]	Helsingborg	Australia	{{{4}}}. off 78' (on Keller)			4–1 W	Group match
3	4	1995-06-13[m 4]	Gävle	Japan	Start	45	3–0	4–0 W	Quarter-final
	5	1995-06-15[m 5]	Västerås	Norway	{{{4}}}. on 53' (off Roberts)			0–1 L	Semifinal
	6	1995-06-17[m 6]	Gävle	China	{{{4}}}. off 68' (on Keller)			2–0 W	Third place match
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
4	7	1996-07-21[m 7]	Orlando, Florida	Denmark	{{{4}}}. off 66' (on Roberts)	49	3–0	3–0 W	Group stage
	8	1996-07-23[m 8]	Orlando, Florida	Sweden	{{{4}}}. off 58' (on Roberts)			2–1 W	Group stage
	9	1996-07-25[m 9]	Miami	China	30' (Gabarra)			0–0 D	Group stage
	10	1996-07-28[m 10]	Athens, Georgia	Norway	{{{4}}}. off 96' (on MacMillan)			2–1 aet W	Semifinal
5	11	1996-08-01[m 11]	Athens, Georgia	China	{{{4}}}. off 71' (on Roberts)	68	2–1	2–1 W	Gold medal match
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
	12	1999-06-19[m 12]	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Denmark	{{{4}}}. off 82' (on MacMillan)			3–0 W	Group stage
6	13	1999-06-24[m 13]	Chicago	Nigeria	Start	23	3–1	7–1 W	Group stage
7						83	7–1
	14	1999-06-27[m 14]	Boston	Korea DPR	{{{4}}}. on 45' (off Hamm)			3–0 W	Group stage
8	15	1999-07-01[m 15]	Washington, D.C.	Germany	Start	16	1–1	3–2 W	Quarter-final
	16	1999-07-04[m 16]	San Francisco	Brazil	{{{4}}}. off 88' (on Fotopoulos)			2–0 W	Semifinal
	17	1999-07-10[m 17]	Los Angeles	China	{{{4}}}. off 115' (on Venturini)			0–0 (pso 5–4)	Final
Sydney 2000 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
9	18	2000-09-14[m 18]	Melbourne	Norway	Start	18	1–0	2–0 W	Group stage
	19	2000-09-17[m 19]	Melbourne	China	Start			1–1 D	Group stage
	20	2000-09-20[m 20]	Melbourne	Nigeria	Start			3–1 W	Group stage
	21	2000-09-24[m 21]	Canberra	Brazil	Start			1–0 W	Semifinal
10	22	2000-09-28[m 22]	Sydney	Norway	Start	5	1–0	2–3 aet L	Gold medal match
11						90+2	2–2
USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
	23	2003-09-21[m 23]	Washington, D.C.	Sweden	{{{4}}}. on 56' (off Wambach)			3–1 W	Group stage
	24	2003-09-25[m 24]	Philadelphia	Nigeria	{{{4}}}. on 57' (off Parlow)			5–0 W	Group stage
	25	2003-09-28[m 25]	Columbus, Ohio	Korea DPR	Start			3–0 W	Group stage
	26	2003-10-01[m 26]	Foxboro, Massachusetts	Norway	{{{4}}}. on 72' (off Parlow)			1–0 W	Quarter-final
	27	2003-10-05[m 27]	Portland, Oregon	Germany	{{{4}}}. on 70' (off Bivens)			0–3 L	Semifinal
12	28	2003-10-11[m 28]	Carson, California	Canada	{{{4}}}. on 43' (off Parlow)	80	3–1	3–1 W	Third place match

She coached at Northwest Soccer Camp as well as at day camps, personal training and Elite Team Training Sessions, and women's clinics.[12] Milbrett is a member of the People to People Ambassador Programs. She coached the MVLA Tornado girls' team. She also coaches for the ECNL girls team.

• List of association women football players with 100 or more international goals
• List of footballers with 100 or more caps
• List of Olympic medalists in football
• List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of American and Canadian soccer champions
• All-time FC Gold Pride roster
• List of people from Hillsboro, Oregon
• List of Vancouver Whitecaps Women players

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