Kristine Lilly

Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey (née Lilly; born July 22, 1971) is an American retired soccer player. She was a member of the United States women's national team for 23 years and is the most-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 goals for the US national team, behind Mia Hamm's 158 goals, and Abby Wambach's 184.[4]

Kristine Lilly
Lilly in 2015
Personal information
Full name Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey[1]
Birth name Kristine Marie Lilly[2]
Date of birth (1971-07-22) July 22, 1971
Place of birth New York City, U.S.
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
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)
National team
1987–2010 United States 354 (130)
Honours
Women's football
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Team competition
2004 Athens Team competition
2000 Sydney Team competition
FIFA Women's World Cup
1991 China Team competition
1999 USA Team competition
1995 Sweden Team competition
2003 USA Team competition
2007 China Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Lilly was born in New York City and attended Wilton High School in Wilton, Connecticut. While still attending high school, Lilly became a member of the United States women's national team. She was recruited by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

University of North Carolina

Lilly competed as a student-athlete, playing for the university's North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. During her time there, she won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship every year she played. She won the Hermann Trophy as a junior in 1991.[5] As a senior, she won the Honda 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.

Club career
Lilly with the Boston Breakers in 2010

Lilly began her career with Tyresö FF of Sweden in 1994. She spent one season with the club before returning to the United States. On August 20, 1995, Lilly joined Washington Warthogs of the now-defunct Continental Indoor Soccer League. She was the only woman in the all-male professional indoor league, following in the footsteps of Collette Cunningham and Shannon Presley who had played in the league sparingly in 1994.

Lilly joined W-League side Delaware 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 Boston 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 an additional 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 coach Pia Sundhage to Sweden to play for Damallsvenskan club KIF Örebro DFF in 2005. There she was joined by fellow USWNT teammate Christie Welsh as well as USWNT and Boston Breakers teammate, Kate Markgraf.

In late-2006 and early-2007, the formation of a new women's league took shape under the name of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). On September 16, 2008, Lilly was allocated to Boston Breakers along with USWNT teammates Angela Hucles and Heather Mitts. The inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season saw Lilly appear in all twenty games (playing every minute) and score three goals with three assists.

International career
Lilly (left) with Mia Hamm in St. Louis, 1998

Lilly made her debut for the United 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 151 caps, held by Norway's Heidi Støre, on May 21, 1998.[5] On January 30, 1999, she surpassed what was then the men's record of 164 caps, held by Adnan Al-Talyani of the United Arab Emirates.

Lilly has participated in the 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup. She is a two-time World Cup champion, winning in 1991 and 1999; during extra time of the '99 Final against China, Lilly, standing on the goal line, blocked a Chinese shot which had passed goalkeeper Briana Scurry[7] - since the tournament took place with the golden goal rule in effect, the game would have been over if China had scored - and in the ensuing shootout, she scored the goal which would give the US the lead. When she played against North Korea on September 11, 2007, in the 2007 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 against England on September 22, 2007, she became the oldest woman to score in the World Cup.

Lilly has also competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 editions of the Olympic Games. She won a gold medal in 1996 and 2004, and a silver medal in 2000. She missed the 2008 Summer Olympics due to the birth of her child.

Unlike several of her longtime teammates (among them Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy, and Mia 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 against Norway. In the same match, she equaled Michelle Akers for second place on the team's all-time goal scoring list with 105. Lilly was named as a finalist for the 2006 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year. She finished second in the voting to Brazil's Marta.

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 354th cap, was a World Cup qualifying loss to Mexico (1–2) on November 5, 2010, in which she played for six minutes as a substitute.

Coaching career

Lilly has been an assistant coach for the Boston Breakers since 2012.[8]

Personal life

Lilly grew up in Wilton, Connecticut, and lives in Medfield, Massachusetts. She is married to Brookline firefighter David Heavey, a former hockey player and golfer at the University 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 the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team. Lilly helps run a soccer camp with Mia Hamm and Tisha Venturini-Hoch.[9]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
DivisionAppsGoals
Tyresö FF 1994
Washington Warthogs 1995 CISL
Delaware Genies 1998 W-League 45
Boston Breakers 2001 WUSA 213
2002 WUSA 198
2003 WUSA 193
KIF Örebro DFF 2005
Boston Breakers 2009 WPS 44
Career total

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Kristine Lilly competed in five FIFA Women's World Cup: China 1991, Sweden 1995, USA 1999, USA 2003 and China 2007; and three Olympics: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 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”)
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 parenthesis; 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
China 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 1991-11-17[m 1] Panyu  Sweden {{{4}}}.

off 33' (on Hamilton)

3–2 W

 Group stage
2 1991-11-19[m 2] Panyu  Brazil {{{4}}}.

off 67' (on Belkin)

5–0 W

 Group stage
3 1991-11-21[m 3] Foshan  Japan {{{4}}}.

off 41' (on Akers)

3–0 W

 Group stage
4 1991-11-24[m 4] Foshan  Chinese Taipei Start

7–0 W

 Quarter-final
5 1991-11-27[m 5] Guangzhou  Germany Start

5–2 W

 Semifinal
6 1991-11-30[m 6] Guangzhou  Norway Start

2–1 W

 Final
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
7 1995-06-06[m 7] Gävle  China Start

3–3 D

 Group stage
1 8 1995-06-08[m 8] Gävle  Denmark Start 9 1–0

2–0 W

 Group stage
9 1995-06-10[m 9] Helsingborg  Australia Start

4–1 W

 Group stage
2 10 1995-06-13[m 10] Gävle  Japan {{{4}}}.

off 68' (on Bryan)

 8 1–0

4–0 W

 Quarter-final
3 42 2–0
11 1995-06-15[m 11] Västerås  Norway Start

0–1 L

 Semifinal
12 1995-06-17[m 12] Gävle  China Start

2–0 W

 Third place match
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
13 1996-07-21[m 13] Orlando  Nigeria Start

3–0 W

 Group stage
14 1996-07-23[m 14] Orlando  Korea DPR Start

2–1 W

 Group stage
15 1996-07-25[m 15] Miami  Germany Start

0–0 D

 Group stage
16 1996-07-28[m 16] Athens  Brazil Start

2–1 aet W

 Semifinal
17 1996-08-01[m 17] Athens  China Start

2–1 W

 Gold medal match
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
4 18 1999-06-19[m 18] E Rutherford  Denmark Start 89 3–0

3–0 W

 Group stage
5 19 1999-06-24[m 19] Chicago  Nigeria Start 32 4–1

7–1 W

 Group stage
20 1999-06-27[m 20] Boston  Korea DPR Start

3–0 W

 Group stage
21 1999-07-01[m 21] Washington  Germany Start

3–2 W

 Quarter-final
22 1999-07-04[m 22] San Francisco  Brazil Start

2–0 W

 Semifinal
23 1999-07-10[m 23] Los Angeles  China Start

0–0 (pso 5–4) (W)

 Final
Sydney 2000 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
24 2000-09-14[m 24] Melbourne  Norway Start

2–0 W

 Group stage
25 2000-09-17[m 25] Melbourne  China Start

1–1 D

 Group stage
6 26 2000-09-20[m 26] Melbourne  Nigeria {{{4}}}.

off 45' (on Serlenga)

 35 2–0

3–1 W

 Group stage
27 2000-09-24[m 27] Canberra  Brazil Start

1–0 W

 Semifinal
28 2000-09-28[m 28] Sydney  Norway Start

2–3 aet L

 Gold medal match
USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
7 29 2003-09-21[m 29] Washington  Sweden Start 27 1–0

3–1 W

 Group stage
30 2003-09-25[m 30] Philadelphia  Nigeria Start

5–0 W

 Group stage
31 2003-09-28[m 31] Columbus  Korea DPR {{{4}}}.

off 45' (on Foudy)

3–0 W

 Group stage
32 2003-10-01[m 32] Foxborough  Norway Start

1–0 W

 Quarter-final
33 2003-10-05[m 33] Portland  Germany Start

0–3 L

 Semifinal
8 34 2003-10-11[m 34] Carson  Canada Start 22 1–0

3–1 W

 Third place match
Athens 2004 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
35 2004-08-11[m 35] Heraklion  Greece Start

3–0 W

 Group stage
36 2004-08-14[m 36] Thessaloniki  Brazil {{{4}}}.

off 69' (on O'Reilly)

2–0 W

 Group stage
9 37 2004-08-17[m 37] Thessaloniki  Australia Start 19 1–0

1–1 D

 Group stage
10 38 2004-08-20[m 38] Thessaloniki  Japan Start 43 1–0

2–1 W

 Quarter-final
11 39 2004-08-23[m 39] Heraklion  Germany Start 33 1–0

2–1 aet W

 Semifinal
40 2004-08-26[m 40] Piraeus  Brazil Start

2–1 aet W

 Gold medal match
China 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
41 2007-09-11[m 41] Chengdu  Korea DPR Start; (c)

2–2 D

 Group stage
42 2007-09-14[m 42] Chengdu  Sweden Start; (c)

2–0 W

 Group stage
43 2007-09-18[m 43] Shanghai  Nigeria {{{4}}}.

off 84' (on Tarpley); (c)

1–0 W

 Group stage
12 44 2007-09-22[m 44] Tianjin  England Start; (c) 60 3–0

3–0 W

 Quarter-final
45 2007-09-27[m 45] Hangzhou  Brazil Start; (c)

0–4 L

 Semifinal
46 2007-09-30[m 46] Shanghai  Norway {{{4}}}.

off 89' (on Kai); (c)

4–1 W

 Third place match

Honors and awards
Year Team Championship/Medal/Award
1989University of North CarolinaNCAA National Champion
1990University of North CarolinaNCAA National Champion
1991USA WNTFIFA World Cup Champion
1991University of North CarolinaNCAA National Champion
1992University of North CarolinaNCAA National Champion
1992 University of North Carolina Honda Sports Award[11]
1995USA WNTFIFA World Cup Bronze
1996USA WNTOlympic Gold
1999USA WNTFIFA World Cup Champion
2000USA WNTOlympic Silver
2003USA WNTFIFA World Cup Bronze
2004USA WNTOlympic Gold
2007USA WNTFIFA World Cup Bronze
2015NoneInducted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame

See also
  • List of women's association football players with 100 or more international goals
  • List of women's footballers with 100 or more caps
  • List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians
  • List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers
  • List of Olympic medalists in football
  • List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners
  • All-time Boston Breakers (WPS) roster

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Further reading
  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
  • Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810874164
  • Longman, Jere (2009), The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How it Changed the World, HarperCollins, ISBN 0061877689


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