Lindsey Luz Huie (born December 26, 1982) is an American
soccer
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player who plays as a
defender or
midfielder
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for the
LA Galaxy OC
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, and made one appearance for the
United States women's national team.
Career
Huie played for the
Mission Viejo Diablos in high school, where she was a three-year
letter-winner, two-time All-
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First Team player, and once chosen as the CIF Defensive Player of the Year. In college, she played for the
Portland Pilots
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History
The Pilots started to gain attention when Clive Charles began coachi ...
from 2001 to 2005, winning the
NCAA championship
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in
2002
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and
2005
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. Her 2001 season was ended prematurely due to a knee injury, though she was granted a medical hardship waiver in order to regain the season she lost. In total, she scored 31 goals and recorded 48 assists in 99 games,
ranking second in the career assists for the school. She was a four-time
NSCAA
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All-America
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n (first team in 2004 and 2005, second team in 2003, and third team in 2002) and ''Soccer Buzz'' All-American (first team in 2003 and 2005, and second team in 2002 and 2004). Huie was also included in the
NCAA
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All-Tournament Team in the 2005 championship-winning season. She was included in the ''
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'' National
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Team in 2003 and 2005, the ''Soccer America'' and ''Soccer Buzz'' All-Freshman Team in 2002, and was a semi-finalist for the
Hermann Trophy
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History
In 1967, Bob Hermann, the president of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) and th ...
in 2005. She was also an NSCAA Scholar All-American in 2005, as well as a
CoSIDA
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Academic First-Team All-Region in 2003, 2004, and 2005.
Huie was played for the U.S.
under-18 and
under-21 national teams, winning the 2003 and 2004 Nordic Cup with the latter.
She made her only international appearance for the
United States
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on March 11, 2005 in the
2005 Algarve Cup against
Finland
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. She came on as a substitute in the 74th minute for
Lori Chalupny
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, with the match finishing as a 3–0 win.
In 2014, Huie was inducted into the
University of Portland
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Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the school's 2002 championship-winning soccer team. She began coaching with the youth club CDA Slammers FC in 2015. In 2019, she returned from retirement to play club soccer for
LA Galaxy OC
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in the
UWS.
She made five appearances in 2019, scoring one goal and recording two assists, and was included once in the UWS Team of the Week.
Personal life
Huie was born in
New Britain, Connecticut
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, though
Mission Viejo
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is her hometown. She graduated from the
University of Portland
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at the end of 2005 with a degree in
psychology
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,
and has five children.
Career statistics
International
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huie, Lindsey
1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from New Britain, Connecticut
Soccer players from Hartford County, Connecticut
American women's soccer players
21st-century American sportswomen
American women's soccer coaches
United States women's international soccer players
Women's association football defenders
Women's association football midfielders
Portland Pilots women's soccer players
United States women's youth international soccer players