1. Joy Lynn Fawcett is an American soccer coach and former professional player.
16 Facts About Joy Fawcett
1. 2.
Joy Fawcett earned 241 caps with the United States women's national soccer team and retired in 2004 as the highest scoring defender in team history.
3.
Joy Fawcett was in the movie Soccer Mom as herself.
4.
Joy Fawcett grew up in southern California, where she attended Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California.
5.
Joy Fawcett then attended the University of California, Berkeley where she played on the women's soccer team from 1987 to 1989.
6.
Joy Fawcett holds the school record for single-season scoring with 23 goals in 1987.
7.
Joy Fawcett graduated from UC Berkeley in 1992 with a BA degree in Physical Education.
8.
In 2001, Joy Fawcett signed with the San Diego Spirit in the newly established Women's United Soccer Association.
9.
Joy Fawcett missed most of the season due to an early season pregnancy.
10.
Joy Fawcett rebounded in 2002 to lead the team in playing time with 19 games.
11.
Joy Fawcett was the only WNT member to play all minutes of the 1995,1999 and 2003 Women's World Cups, as well as the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.
12.
Joy Fawcett retired from the WNT in 2004 as the highest-scoring defender for the US WNT.
13.
Joy Fawcett appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the US Women's Soccer Team.
14.
Joy Fawcett then served as the first coach of the UCLA Bruins women's team from 1993 to 1997.
15.
Joy Fawcett is the current assistant soccer coach for the United States women's national deaf soccer team.
16.
Joy Fawcett is a part of the ownership group of Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League.