Siri Lynn Mullinix (born May 22, 1978) is an American retired

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goalkeeper. As keeper for the 2000 U.S. women's Olympic soccer team, she recorded two shutouts helping the team win the silver medal. In 2010, Mullinix was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame.

College career

In her four years with the University of North Carolina, she played 90 games earning 43 shutouts and a goals against average of 0.27. She was named the Defensive MVP in the 1997 NCAA tournament where she earned a 120-minute shutout in the final against Notre Dame. In her four years with the UNC Tar Heels, the team won the ACC title four times and the NCAA title twice.

National team

Her first start with the U.S. women's national team came in a game against Japan in Atlanta on May 2, 1999. She recorded her first national team shutout on March 12, 2000, against Portugal. In her national team career, she played in 29 games with 28 starts. She set a team record by earning 15 shutouts in 2000 for an 18-5-5 record and a 0.60 goals against average. Mullinix won the silver medal in women's football as a member of the U.S. team at the

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Professional career

At the launch of the

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in 2001, Mullinix was allocated to the

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where she won 5 of her 18 starts that inaugural season. She won 7 games in the 2002 season and led the league in save percentage that year (80.8%). She played in the league championship game in 2002 and won it in 2003 when she was also named to the WUSA All-Star team. Mullinix and teammate

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were the first inductees into the Washington Freedom's "Hall of Freedom".

Coaching career

On May 23, 2005, Mullinix was named assistant coach under

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for the

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women's soccer team. In 2009, she became the goalkeeping coach for the Virginia Commonwealth University women's team while also enrolling as a student. After three years at VCU she rejoined Radwanski as an assistant coach at Clemson. On August 15, 2014, Mullinix was named in a lawsuit by Haley Ellen Hunt related to an alleged hazing incident on August 18, 2011. In early 2016, the lawsuit was dismissed.

References

1978 births Living people American women's soccer players United States women's international soccer players Washington Freedom players North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players Virginia Commonwealth University alumni Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Women's association football goalkeepers Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in soccer UNC Greensboro Spartans women's soccer coaches VCU Rams women's soccer coaches Clemson Tigers women's soccer coaches American soccer coaches 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players Soccer players from Denver Sportspeople from Greensboro, North Carolina Soccer players from North Carolina Raleigh Wings players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Women's United Soccer Association players {{US-women-footy-bio-stub