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Full name | Lorraine Fair Allen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Lorraine Ming Fair | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | August 5, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Los Altos, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1999 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Philadelphia Charge | 53 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Olympique Lyonnais Féminin | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2005 | United States | 120 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | North Carolina (Volunteer Assistant Coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lorraine Fair Allen (born Lorraine Ming Fair; August 5, 1978) is a retired American professional soccer midfielder who was a member of the World Cup Champion United States women's national soccer team in 1999. Over the span of ten years, she was a part of one World Cup Team and three Olympic teams, and retired from international play in 2005.
Her twin sister, Ronnie Fair, (now Ronnie Fair Sullins) was also a member of the national team. When Ronnie was called in to participate in a game against England on May 9, 1997 at San Jose, California, it became the first time a pair of sisters played together on the USWNT.
In 2023, Fair was named to the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.[1]