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CROMWELL, AMANDA Position: Midfielder
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| National Team: Member
of the 1995 team that finished third in the FIFA Women's World Championship
in Sweden ... Came back from a serious knee injury to earn a place as an
alternate on the 1996 Gold Medal winner U.S. Women's National Team at the
1996 Centennial Olympic Games ... Scored her first international goal Aug.
17, 1994, against Trinidad & Tobago during the CONCACAF Qualifying Championship
in Montreal and helped the team qualify for the 1995 FIFA Women's World
Championship in Sweden ... Played with the team which won the 1993 CONCACAF
Championship in New York ... Member of the U.S. Squad that won the silver
medal at the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, NY ... Played on the
U.S. Team in Haiti in the spring of 1991 and helped the team qualify for
the inaugural FIFA Women's World Championship but did not travel to China
... Played on the South team in the 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival in Minneapolis.
College/High School: Two-time All-American, she helped lead the University
of Virginia to the NCAA women's soccer Final Four in 1991 ... Four-time
All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) selection, 1988-91, and three-time All-South
Region team selection, 1988-90 ... Two-time NSCAA All-American and a Soccer
America MVP in 1990 and '91 ... A finalist for the 1991 Hermann Trophy
and Women's Collegiate Soccer Player of the Year, she captained the Cavaliers
to the 1991 NCAA tournament ... As a senior, she was named to the All-Central
Region team, All-NCAA Tournament team and All-ACC Tournament team ... As
a sophomore she was voted the team's 1989 MVP ... In her first year with
the Cavaliers, she was named Soccer America's Freshman of the Year
and the team's Rookie of the Year ... All-American from Annandale High School
in Annandale, VA, where she captained the team to the state championship
her sophomore year and district title all four years ... After graduation,
her high school retired her number 11. Club: In 1994, she played
in Sweden for Hammarby Soccer Club in Stockholm ... Member of the SA United
soccer club of Fairfax, VA, winners of the 1993 Virginia State Amateur Cup.
Personal: Full name is Amanda Caryl Cromwell ... Graduated in 1992
with a bachelor's degree in biology. International Appearances-52 International Goals-1 First Appearance: April 2, 1991, vs. Bulgaria First Goal: Aug. 17, 1994, vs. Trinidad & Tobago | |