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Michelle Akers Photo Gallery |
National Team:
U.S. Women's National Team all-time leading scored with 92 goals in 109
international matches ... Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's
National Team at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games ... Started all 5 matches
of the Olympic Games tournament, scoring a crucial goal in the USA's 2-1
semifinal victory over Norway ... Most valuable player at the U.S. Women's
Cup `96 ... Named to the U.S. Women's Cup `95 all-tournament team ... Was
injured in the opening game of the 1995 FIFA world championship in Sweden
and did not play again until semifinal loss to Norway ... MVP of the 1994
CONCACAF Qualifying Championship in Montreal ... Leading goal scorer in
the inaugural FIFA Women's World Championship in 1991 in China with 10 goals,
including five in one game, to win the Golden Boot Award while leading the
USA to U.S. Soccer's first-ever world championship ... She also received
the Silver Ball Award given to the world championship's second-best player
... U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year in 1990 and `91. College/High
School: Four-time All-American from the University of Central Florida
in Orlando where she won the first Hermann Trophy ... Three-time All-American
from Shorecrest High School in Seattle. Club: Played with the Orlando
Calibre Soccer Club of Orlando, FL, runner-up in the 1993 U.S. Women's Amateur
National Cup Finals ... Competed three seasons in Sweden with Tyreso Football
Club, 1990, `92 and `94 ... Personal: Full name Michelle Anne Akers
... Formerly Michelle Akers-Stahl. Author of Standing Fast with Tim
Nash, and Face to Face with Judith A. Nelson. Founder of Soccer Outreach
International , an organization teaching people how to integrate faith and
sport into their daily life. Has her own web site www.michelleakers.com
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