35 Facts About Briana Scurry

Briana Collette Scurry was born on September 7,1971 and is an American retired soccer goalkeeper.

Briana Scurry played in the semi-final and playoff for third place in the 2007 Women's World Cup.

Briana Scurry was a founding member of the WUSA, playing three seasons as starting goalkeeper for the Atlanta Beat.

Briana Scurry was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame on August 3,2017.

Briana Scurry was the first woman goalkeeper and first black woman to be awarded the honor.

Briana Scurry is openly gay, and on June 1,2018, she married Chryssa Zizos, CEO of Live Wire Strategic Communications, LLC.

In 2022, Briana Scurry released her best-selling memoir, My Greatest Save.

Briana Scurry was the subject of The Only, a CBS feature-length documentary chronicling her life that was released in 2022.

Briana Scurry was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to parents, Ernest and Robbie Briana Scurry.

Briana Scurry is the youngest of nine children, with three brothers and five sisters.

Briana Scurry played goalie for the Anoka High School Tornadoes for four years and was instrumental in their Minnesota State Championship win in 1989 which ended in a shootout victory.

In high school, Briana Scurry ran track and played floor hockey and softball, but basketball was her first and deepest love.

Briana Scurry was named Anoka High School's Athena Award winner as the school's top female athlete.

Briana Scurry was named High School All American and Minnesota's top female athlete.

In September 2011, Briana Scurry was named to the inaugural class of the Anoka High School Hall of Fame.

Briana Scurry was named the National Goalkeeper of the Year in 1993 by the Missouri Athletic Club Sports Foundation and was a 1993 second-team All-American, All-Northeast Region and All-New England first-team selection.

Briana Scurry was a founding player for the Atlanta Beat in the Women's United Soccer Association, the world's first women's league where the players were paid as professionals.

Briana Scurry was the starting goalkeeper for the three seasons of the league.

Briana Scurry helped the Beat to two WUSA Championship Games and was named the league's Goalkeeper of the Year in 2003.

On March 13,2009, Briana Scurry was named to the preseason roster of the Washington Freedom, in the inaugural season of Women's Professional Soccer.

Briana Scurry suffered a season-ending concussion early in the 2010 season, and announced her retirement later that year on September 8.

Briana Scurry was a goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team for most of the years between 1994 and 2008, earning a record 173 caps for the United States.

Briana Scurry was a member of the Gold Medal-winning US Women's National Team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta where she started and played in every minute of the team's five matches conceding only three goals.

Briana Scurry played every minute of the 1999 Women's World Cup allowing only three goals and recording four shutouts.

Briana Scurry saved one penalty during the shootout in the final against China and the United States won.

Briana Scurry started for the US in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympic Games.

Briana Scurry played two matches for the US in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and was the alternate goalkeeper on the 2008 Olympic Team.

Briana Scurry has since rebuilt her life and become an advocate for increased concussion awareness and research, testifying before Congress twice.

Briana Scurry was appointed general manager of the WPS franchise magicJack beginning with the 2011 season.

In February 2021, The Washington Post reported that Chelsea Clinton, Jenna Bush Hager, Dominique Dawes and Briana Scurry were part of an investment group investing in the Washington Spirit.

Briana Scurry was part of the rotation of studio commentators for ESPN's telecasts of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Since 2021, Briana Scurry has served as a broadcast analyst for CBS soccer coverage.

On December 6,2017, Briana Scurry was announced as the First Assistant Coach of the Washington Spirit and would serve as Technical Advisor for the Spirit Academy programs in Maryland and Virginia.

Briana Scurry appeared as a fictionalized version of herself in the 2000 film Air Bud: World Pup.

Briana Scurry was the subject of the 2022 Paramount Plus documentary The Only, which was directed by Anthony J Cortese and featured interviews with other USWNT players such as Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, Kristine Lilly, and Abby Wambach.