Cynthia Erin Mosley (; born October 1, 1975) is an American former

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, she played for the Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies of Japan's L. League and won two

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for the senior

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with the

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, Daws scored a record 61 goals and won the

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, the

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as the nation's top female soccer player, and the

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as the nation's top female athlete. She married former Notre Dame football player Emmett Mosley IV and had four children: Jalyn, Emmett V, a wide receiver at Stanford, Trent and Grant West Hills-born Daws suffered from a persistent foot injury.

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Living people 1975 births American women's soccer players Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer players United States women's international soccer players American expatriate women's soccer players Soccer players from California Expatriate women's footballers in Japan American expatriate sportspeople in Japan Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players Nadeshiko League players Women's association football midfielders People from West Hills, Los Angeles Hermann Trophy women's winners {{US-women-footy-midfielder-stub