Lindsay Sue Stoecker (born April 26, 1978) is an American former

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player. A tall defender or

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, she represented

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(WUSA).

Club career

Stoecker was

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's second

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pick ahead of the inaugural 2001 season of the

(WUSA). She missed part of the 2002 season with an

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. In

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, Stoecker was part of the Freedom team who won the Founders Cup, but when the league subsequently folded she began working for a consultancy firm.

International career

In August 2001,

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April Heinrichs April Dawn Heinrichs (born February 27, 1964) is an American former soccer player and coach. She was among the first players on the United States women's national soccer team, and was captain of the United States team which won the first ever ...

called up Stoecker to a 24-player preliminary roster for the 2001 Women's U.S. Cup.

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