Shannon MacMillan

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Full name Shannon Ann MacMillan[1]
Date of birth (1974-10-07) October 7, 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth Syosset, New York, U.S.
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Shannon MacMillan
Personal information
Full name Shannon Ann MacMillan[1]
Date of birth (1974-10-07) October 7, 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth Syosset, New York, U.S.
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 San Diego Spirit
International career
1993–2005 United States 177 (60)
Managerial career
2007–2008 UCLA Bruins (assistant)
Medal record
Women's football (soccer)
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1996 AtlantaTeam competition
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyTeam competition
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place1999 USATeam competition
Bronze medal – third place2003 USATeam competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shannon Ann MacMillan (born October 7, 1974) is an American retired soccer player, coach, FIFA Women's World Cup champion, Olympic gold and silver medalist. Named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year for 2002, MacMillan played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1994 to 2006 and was part of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup-winning team (commonly known as the '99ers). She won gold with the team at the 1996 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team.[2] In 2016, she was inducted in the National Soccer Hall of Fame.[3] She is also a part of the ownership group for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League.[4]

University of Portland

MacMillan was born in Syosset, New York.[5] She attended San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California. She has one older brother, Sean.[6]

MacMillan played for the University of Portland, where she won the Hermann Trophy for the best female collegiate soccer player of the 1995 season. She earned All-America honors from 1992 to 1995.

Playing career

Club

MacMillan was one of the founding players of the Women's United Soccer Association, playing three seasons for the San Diego Spirit.

International

While still in college, MacMillan joined the US National Team in 1993 as a midfielder. By 2000, she moved to forward.

Shannon during a halftime workout

In the Olympic semifinal against Norway in 1996, she scored the game-winning goal in overtime. In the Olympic final against China, she collected a Mia Hamm shot that rebounded off the post and put it in for the first goal of the match.

She was a "super-sub" on the US WNT's 1999 Women's World Cup team and the 2000 Olympic team. She earned a spot on the roster for the 2003 Women's World Cup team after making a miraculously quick recovery from an ACL tear suffered just four months before the tournament began.

In 2002, MacMillan scored 17 goals and was voted the U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year.

She retired from international play in 2006 at the age of 31. She finished her international career with 60 goals and with 175 caps, the tenth most of any woman in history up to that time. She was the sixth-leading goal scorer in 2005.[7]

Honors and awards

MacMillan was awarded the MAC Hermann Trophy Award in 1995. She was voted U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year in 2002. She was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame on September 25, 2007.[8] As a senior at Portland, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top soccer player.[9][10]

Coaching career

In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for the UCLA women's soccer team.[2] On January 7, 2010, she was named Director of the Competitive Program at the Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks Soccer Club.[11] She is currently the executive director of the Del Mar Carmel Valley Sharks.[12]

She was a senior adviser to San Diego Loyal SC.

International goals

Scores and results list United States's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 May 1996Worcester, United States Canada3–06–01996 Women's U.S. Cup
2.23 July 1996Orlando, United States Sweden2–02–11996 Summer Olympics
3.28 July 1996Athens, United States Norway2–12–1
4.1 August 1996 China1–02–1
5.12 September 1998Foxborough, United States Mexico?–09–01998 Women's U.S. Cup
6.27 June 1999Foxborough, United States North Korea1–03–01999 FIFA Women's World Cup
7.12 March 2000Albufeira, Portugal Portugal2–07–02000 Algarve Cup
8.14 March 2000Faro, Portugal Denmark2–12–1
9.5 May 2000Portland, United States Mexico1–08–02000 Women's U.S. Cup
10.6–0
11.23 June 2000Hershey, United States Trinidad and Tobago7–011–02000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
12.25 June 2000Louisville, United States Costa Rica2–08–0
13.1 July 2000 Canada1–04–1
14.2–0
15.20 September 2000Melbourne, Australia Nigeria3–13–12000 Summer Olympics
16.1 March 2002Albufeira, Portugal Sweden1–01–12002 Algarve Cup
17.3 March 2002Ferreiras, Portugal England1–02–0
18.5 March 2002Faro, Portugal Norway1–02–3
19.2–2
20.7 March 2002Albufeira, Portugal Denmark1–03–2
21.2–0
22.3–1
23.27 October 2002Pasadena, United States Mexico3–03–02002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
24.2 November 2002Seattle, United States Panama4–09–0
25.5–0
26.6 November 2002 Costa Rica6–07–0
27.16 March 2003Ferreiras, Portugal Norway1–01–02003 Algarve Cup
28.20 March 2003Loulé, Portugal China1–02–0
29.27 February 2004Heredia, Costa Rica Haiti4–08–02004 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

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References

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