Julie Foudy

Julie Foudy
Foudy in 2014
Personal information
Full name Julie Maurine Foudy[1]
Date of birth (1971-01-23) January 23, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth San Diego, California, United States
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1992 Stanford Cardinal 78 (52)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993 Sacramento Storm
1994 Tyresö FF
1995–1998 Sacramento Storm
2001–2003 San Diego Spirit 59 (8)
International career
1988–2004 United States 274 (45)
Medal record
Women's football (soccer)
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team competition
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team competition
FIFA Women's World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1991 China Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1999 USA Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Sweden Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2003 USA Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julie Maurine Foudy (/ˈfaʊdi/ FOW-dee; born January 23, 1971) is an American retired soccer midfielder, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1988 to 2004. Foudy finished her international career with 274 caps and served as the team's captain from 2000 to 2004 as well as the co-captain from 1991 to 2000.[2] In 1997, she was the first American and first woman to receive the FIFA Fair Play Award.

From 2000 to 2002, Foudy served as president of the Women's Sports Foundation. In 2006, she co-founded the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy, an organization focused on developing leadership skills in teenage girls. In 2007, she was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame with her teammate, Mia Hamm. She is currently an analyst, reporter and the primary color commentator for women's soccer telecasts on ESPN.

Foudy is the author of Choose to Matter: Being Courageously and Fabulously YOU[3] and appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team.[4] She was the executive producer of the documentary short, An Equal Playing Field, starring Christen Press and producer of the ESPN Nine for IX episode entitled The 99ers, featuring some of her teammates from the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup-winning U.S. national team.

She is a part of the ownership group of Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League.[5]

  1. ^ "Julie Foudy". United States Soccer Federation. Archived from the original on August 30, 2004. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  2. ^ Norwood, Robyn (August 28, 1994). "Foudy Shows Women's Soccer is Alive, Kicking : Future: Former Mission Viejo star hopes her game grows thanks to the popularity of the recent World Cup tournament". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  3. ^ Foudy, Julie (January 31, 2017). "With a new book, Julie Foudy wants to help you cultivate your inner leader". ESPN. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "Dare to Dream: The Story of the US. Women's Soccer Team". HBO. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "Julie Foudy". Angel City FC. Retrieved December 16, 2023.