Tisha Lea Venturini-Hoch (; born March 3, 1973) is a former American soccer player and current National Spokesperson for Produce for Better Health. She is a gold medalist in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and a world champion in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Early life and youth career

She was born in

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and attended Grace M. Davis High School. She attended

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, and played for the Tar Heels women's soccer team. As a Tar Heels team member, she was NCAA Champion in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994. She won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top soccer player in 1995.

Club career

Venturini played professional soccer in the W-League for San Jose CyberRays, Delaware Genies and Bay Area CyberRays. Venturini is the only athlete in any sport to ever hold all five titles as
1) a Collegiate Champion at University of North Carolina,
2) a four-time NCAA National Champion at University of North Carolina,
3) a World Cup Champion in 1999,
4) an Olympic Gold Medalist in 1996,
5) a Professional Champion at Bay Area CyberRays in 2001.

International career

During her career, Venturini represented the

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in 132 matches, and scored 44 goals. She was awarded a gold medal at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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,"1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Soccer"
(Retrieved on May 17, 2008) and was a World Champion at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. In two FIFA Women's World Cups ( Sweden 1995 and USA 1999) and one

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( Atlanta 1996), Venturini played 13 matches and scored 7 goals.

Coaching career

Venturini partnered with former national team players

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and Kristine Lilly to develop th
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Academy. TeamFirst conducts youth soccer camps throughout the United States. She is an assistant coach at Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, Calif

where her daughter, Sadie, is a standout senior, Class of 2025.

Personal life

Venturini likes to ski, read, and play cards. She is a part of the ownership group of

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of the

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Career statistics

International goals

References

;Match Reports

External links

Tisha Venturini Soccer Camp
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Venturini, Tisha 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Modesto, California Soccer players from California American people of Italian descent American women's soccer players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in soccer FIFA Women's Century Club 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Women's World Cup–winning players Women's association football midfielders Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics United States women's international soccer players North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players Hermann Trophy women's winners San Jose CyberRays players Women's United Soccer Association players Angel City FC owners National Soccer Hall of Fame members 20th-century American sportswomen