Karyn Eusey (; born May 29, 1980 in
San Antonio
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) is a retired American
soccer
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player who played for the
Philadelphia Charge
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History
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Early life and education
Hall was born in San Antonio, Texas on May 29, 1980, though she grew up in
Winter Springs, Florida
Winter Springs is a city in Seminole County, Florida, Seminole County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Greater Orlando, Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 38,342 at the 2020 United States ce ...
.
She graduated from
Oviedo High School
Oviedo High School is a grade 9–12 public secondary school set on a campus in Oviedo, Florida, a community situated in southeastern Seminole County operated by Seminole County Public Schools.
Academics
Oviedo High School has been rated an ...
, 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 ''
Orlando Sentinel
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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
University of Florida
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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
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preem ...
, 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
1999 Pan American Games
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in Winnipeg, where the team won the gold medal.
In 2002, she was selected in the fourth round of the
Women's United Soccer Association
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's draft to play for the Philadelphia Charge.
She remained with the team until WUSA collapsed in 2003.
References
1980 births
Living people
Soccer players from San Antonio
American women's soccer players
21st-century American sportswomen
Florida Gators women's soccer players
Philadelphia Charge players
Women's association football defenders
Women's United Soccer Association players
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