Julie Foudy
Personal information
Full name	Julie Maurine Foudy
Date of birth	January 23, 1971 (1971-01-23) (age 37)
Place of birth	San Diego, California, United States
Playing position	midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	San Diego Spirit	173
National team
1987-2004	United States	271 (45)
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Olympic medal record
Competitor for  United States
Women's Football
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition
Silver	2000 Sydney	Team Competition
Gold	2004 Athens	Team Competition

Julie Maurine Foudy (born 23 January 1971 in San Diego, California) was a midfielder for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 through 2004, finishing with a remarkable 271 caps. She served as the team's co-captain from 1991-2000 and the Captain from 2000 through her retirement in 2004. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Football (soccer) has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 as a mens competition sport. ... The 1996 Summer h Olympics, formally known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and informally known as the Centennial Olympics, were held in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Final results for the Football competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Birmingham, Alabama; Washington, D.C; Orlando, Florida; Miami, Florida; and Athens, Georgia. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games celebrated in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic Games football tournament. ... The ceremony for the lighting of the flame is arranged as a pagan pageant, with priestesses dancing. ... The football (soccer) tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on August 11, (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on August 28. ... is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... San Diego redirects here. ... First International Italy 1–0 USA (Jesolo, Italy; 18 August 1985) Largest win USA 12–0 Mexico (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 18 April 1991) USA 12–0 Martinique (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 20 April 1991) Worst defeat USA 0–4 Brazil (Hangzhou, China; 27 September 2007) World Cup Appearances 5... A cap is an appearance for a select team, such as a school, county or international team in sports. ...

Soccer career

Foudy played in 4 Women's World Cups, winning two FIFA World Championships -- in 1991 and 1999. She also played in 3 Summer Olympics Games, winning an Olympic Gold Medal in 1996, Silver in 2000, and Gold again in 2004. Her retirement after the 2004 Olympic Games, alongside fellow soccer legends Mia Hamm and Joy Fawcett (and the unanticipated retirement of Brandi Chastain following the change of USWNT coaches), marked the end of what the media labeled the "golden era" of women's soccer.^[1] Foudy also held the captain's position for her WUSA team, the San Diego Spirit. The WUSA suspended operations in September of 2003; Foudy is the official player's representative to the ongoing efforts to resurrect the league. She has been selected for induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame for the class of 2007 alongside former teammate Mia Hamm. Foudy and Hamm's induction is the first all-female class of the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame. The 1991 FIFA Womens World Cup was the first ever edition of the FIFA Womens World Cup. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup 1999 was held in the United States and won by the host team. ... Mia Hamm (born Mariel Margaret Hamm on March 17, 1972 in Selma, Alabama) is a former American soccer player. ... Joy Lynn Fawcett (born February 8, 1968) is an American professional soccer player. ... Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is a former soccer player, who was on the U.S. womens national soccer team from 1991 to 2004 and the San Jose CyberRays of the WUSA (2001-2003). ... The Womens United Soccer Association (WUSA) was the worlds first womens soccer league in which all the players were paid professionals. ... The San Diego Spirit was a professional soccer team that played in the Womens United Soccer Association. ... The National Soccer Hall of Fame is a hall of fame located in Oneonta, New York that honors the best American soccer players, and individuals who have helped build the sport in the United States. ...

Sports broadcaster

Foudy has served as an in-studio analyst for ABC, ESPN and ESPN2's coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and has provided on-air commentary and analysis during United States Women's National Team matches since then. She has also coanchored ABC and ESPN telecasts of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2007 season of Major League Soccer, including the MLS Cup. She also appeared as a pundit for the ESPN coverage of the UEFA Euro 2008 championship finals, together with Andy Gray and Tommy Smyth. Foudy is also a reporter for ESPN's investigative program, Outside the Lines. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... ESPN2 debuted on October 1, 1993, as a sister station of ESPN. Nicknamed the deuce, ESPN2 was to be branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross, snowboarding, and BMX racing. ... 2006 World Cup redirects here. ... First International Italy 1–0 USA (Jesolo, Italy; 18 August 1985) Largest win USA 12–0 Mexico (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 18 April 1991) USA 12–0 Martinique (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 20 April 1991) Worst defeat USA 0–4 Brazil (Hangzhou, China; 27 September 2007) World Cup Appearances 5... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... Qualifying countries The FIFA Womens World Cup 2007 was held in China from September 10–September 30, 2007. ... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a North America professional soccer league. ... The Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy The MLS Cup is the final game of the Major League Soccer postseason, officially recognized as the championship of the league. ... This article is about the 2008 sporting event. ... This article is about the former footballer turned TV pundit. ... Tommy Michael Smyth (born in Glasgow, Scotland) (pronounced Smith) is best known for being one of the most recognized soccer commentators in the world. ... Outside the Lines began in 1990 as a monthly progam that examined a critical issue in American sports. ...

Personal and political activism

Foudy graduated from Stanford University in 1994. She was accepted into Stanford Medical School in 1996, deferred for two years, and ultimately decided not to pursue a career in Medicine. Stanford redirects here. ... Stanford University School of Medicine is affiliated with Stanford University and is located at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and Menlo Park. ...

Foudy is well known^[who?] for her accomplishments as an advocate for women's rights and children's rights. She served as the President of the Women's Sports Foundation. Additionally, Foudy received the FIFA Fair Play Award for her well documented trip abroad to examine the working conditions of her then-sponsor, Reebok's factories. Established by Billy Jean King, the Womens Sports Foundationis a charitable educational organization dedicated to ensuring equal access to participation and leadership opportunities for all girls and women in sports and fitness. ... FIFA FAIR PLAY AWARD This is a award given by FIFA to players who did fair play in their games or were involved in a specific incident of fair play or the spectators were given for their good behaviour for a long period of time or fighting against racism. ... Rbk redirects here. ...

In 2002, she was named by United States Secretary of Education Rod Paige to the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, a panel charged with reviewing the effects and implementation of the landmark 1972 Title IX legislation. Foudy took strong exception to the commission's final report; ultimately, though, her advocacy on the issue and the sharply-worded dissenting Minority Report by Foudy and fellow commissioner Donna de Varona are generally conceded to have halted the implementation of the commission's recommendations. The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. ... Roderick Raynor Rod Paige (born June 17, 1933), served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. ... Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, now known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of its principal author, but more commonly known simply as Title IX, is a 76-word United States law enacted on June 23, 1972 that states: No person... Donna Elizabeth de Varona (born April 26, 1947 in San Diego, California) is a former American swimmer of Mexican and Irish ancestry. ...

In 2006, Julie Foudy and her husband Ian Sawyers launched The Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy. The week-long Academy is for girls ages 12-18 and weaves together sports and leadership. The Academy has received national and international attention for creating leaders both on and off the field.

Foudy gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Isabel Ann, on 1 January 2007. is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

She appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team. For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ...

Notes

External links

• Current Julie Foudy news, bio and pics at San Diego MLS Project
• Julie Foudy Soccer Camps Official site
• Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy Official site
• Julie Foudy's U.S. Olympic Team bio
• Text of Julie Foudy's letter to Title IX Commission

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