Shannon MacMillan is an American professional soccer player. She joined the U.S. Women's National Team (WNT) in 1994 as a midfielder, becoming a forward in 2000. As of 2006, she is still playing with the team and is likely to be one of the veteran players who will lead the U.S. WNT into the 2007 Women’s World Cup. 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 Norway 4 - 1 USA (Lagos, Portugal; 19 March 1998) Canada 3 - 0 USA... In association football (soccer), a midfielder is a player whose position of play is midway between the attacking strikers and the defenders. ... Forward can refer to: A Forward contract, in Finance - an agreement between two parties to buy or sell an asset at a pre-agreed future point in time. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup is the most important competition in international football for women. ...
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ShannonMacMillan, who is estranged from her parents and has had three close friends die, made it to the World Cup four months after major knee surgery.
ShannonMacMillan was back on the field playing only two months after surgery to repair a tear in her right anterior cruciate ligament May 18.
But MacMillan's life story, currently up to the chapter regarding her extraordinarily rapid return from knee surgery to play in the Women's World Cup, is littered with her steely ability to deal with real tragedy and heartache.
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