Karyn Eusey (; born May 29, 1980 in

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) is a retired American

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player who played for the

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Early life and education

Hall was born in San Antonio, Texas on May 29, 1980, though she grew up in

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. She graduated from

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, where she was on the school's soccer, track, and cross-country teams. Her senior year, while playing for the Tampa Bay Heather club team, Hall won the state championships, and was named the ''

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'' Co-Player of the Year. She was also included on the Florida High School Activities Association academic all-state team. Hall attended the

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, where she studied industrial and systems engineering.

Career

From 1993 to 1997, Hall was a member of the State Olympic Development Team. In 1994 and 1995, she was a member of the U.S. Southern Region III U-15 team, at the end of which she travelled to Denmark to train with the Danish National U-16 Development Team. In 1998, she was included in the pool for the U.S. Southern Region III U-19 team. While attending the

, Hall played for the school's soccer team, starting in all 100 games she played over four years. Her senior year, she set two university records, one for number of consecutive matches played (100) and another for consecutive matches started (100). In 1999, Hall was a member of the United States women's soccer team at the

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in Winnipeg, where the team won the gold medal. In 2002, she was selected in the fourth round of the

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's draft to play for the Philadelphia Charge. She remained with the team until WUSA collapsed in 2003.

References

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