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Shannon Ann MacMillan (born October 7, 1974) is an American retired
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player, coach,
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champion, Olympic gold and silver medalist. Named
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for 2002, MacMillan played for the
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from 1994 to 2006 and was part of the
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-winning team (commonly known as the '99ers). She won gold with the team at the
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and silver at the
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. In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for the
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women's soccer team. In 2016, she was inducted in the
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. She is also a part of the ownership group for
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of the
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.


Early life

MacMillan was born in
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. She attended San Pasqual High School in
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. She has one older brother, Sean.


University of Portland

MacMillan played for the
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, where she won the
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for the best female collegiate soccer player of the 1995 season. She earned All-America honors from 1992 to 1995.


Playing career


Club

MacMillan was one of the founding players of the
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, playing three seasons for the
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.


International

While still in college, MacMillan joined the US National Team in 1993 as a
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. By 2000, she moved to
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. In the Olympic semifinal against Norway in 1996, she scored the game-winning goal in overtime. In the Olympic final against China, she collected a Mia Hamm shot that rebounded off the post and put it in for the first goal of the match. She was a "super-sub" on the US WNT's 1999 Women's World Cup team and the 2000 Olympic team. She earned a spot on the roster for the 2003 Women's World Cup team after making a miraculously quick recovery from an ACL tear suffered just four months before the tournament began. In 2002, MacMillan scored 17 goals and was voted the U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year. She retired from international play in 2006 at the age of 31. She finished her international career with 60 goals and with 175
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, the tenth most of any woman in history up to that time. She was the sixth-leading goal scorer in 2005.


Honors and awards

MacMillan was awarded the MAC Hermann Trophy Award in 1995. She was voted U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year in 2002. She was inducted into the
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on September 25, 2007. As a senior at
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, she won the
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as the nation's top soccer player.


Coaching career

In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for the
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women's soccer team. On January 7, 2010, she was named Director of the Competitive Program at the Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks Soccer Club. She is currently the Executive Director of the Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks. She was a senior adviser to
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.


International goals

:''Scores and results list United States's goal tally first.


See also

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History of the United States women's national soccer team The history of the United States women's national soccer team began in 1985 — the year when the United States women's national soccer team played its first match. History The team played its first match at the Mundialito tournament on Aug ...


References


Further reading

* Grainey, Timothy (2012), ''Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer'', University of Nebraska Press, * Kassouf, Jeff (2011), ''Girls Play to Win Soccer'', Norwood House Press, * Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), ''The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story'', Scarecrow Press, * Longman, Jere (2009), ''The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How it Changed the World'', HarperCollins, * Nash, Tim (2016), ''It's Not the Glory: The Remarkable First Thirty Years of US Women's Soccer'', Lulu, * Rutledge, Rachel (2000), ''The Best of the Best in Soccer'', First Avenue Edition, * Woolum, Janet (1998), ''Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They are and how They Influenced Sports in America'', Greenwood Publishing Group,


External links

*
U.S. Soccer player profile
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