33 Facts About Kristine Lilly

Kristine Marie Lilly Heavey is an American retired soccer player.

Kristine Lilly was a member of the United States women's national team for 23 years and is the most-capped football player in the history of the sport, gaining her 354th and final cap against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier in November 2010.

Kristine Lilly was born in New York City and attended Wilton High School in Wilton, Connecticut.

Kristine Lilly was recruited by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kristine Lilly competed as a student-athlete, playing for the university's North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team from 1989 to 1992.

Kristine Lilly won the Hermann Trophy as a junior in 1991.

Kristine Lilly began her career with Tyreso FF of Sweden in 1994.

Kristine Lilly spent one season with the club before returning to the United States.

Kristine Lilly was the only woman in the all-male professional indoor league, following in the footsteps of Collette Cunningham and Shannon Presley who had played in the league sparingly in 1994.

Kristine Lilly was the team captain and a founding member of Boston Breakers.

Kristine Lilly led the league in assists with eleven and added an additional three goals.

Kristine Lilly increased her point total for the season, scoring eight goals and assisting on thirteen others.

Kristine Lilly was again named First Team All-WUSA and was a starter on the WUSA North All-Star Team.

In 2003 Kristine Lilly started all nineteen games in which she played, chipping in three goals and four assists and again being named to First Team All-WUSA, the only player in the history of the league to do so.

On September 16,2008, Kristine Lilly was allocated to Boston Breakers along with USWNT teammates Angela Hucles and Heather Mitts.

The inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season saw Kristine Lilly appear in all twenty games and score three goals with three assists.

Kristine Lilly made her debut for the United States national team in 1987, when she was still attending high school.

Kristine Lilly has participated in the 1991,1995,1999,2003, and 2007 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Kristine Lilly is a two-time World Cup champion, winning in 1991 and 1999; during extra time of the '99 Final against China, Lilly, standing on the goal line, blocked a Chinese shot which had passed goalkeeper Briana Scurry - since the tournament took place with the golden goal rule in effect, the game would have been over if China had scored - and in the ensuing shootout, she scored the goal which would give the US the lead.

Kristine Lilly has competed in the 1996,2000, and 2004 editions of the Olympic Games.

Kristine Lilly won a gold medal in 1996 and 2004, and a silver medal in 2000.

Kristine Lilly missed the 2008 Summer Olympics due to the birth of her child.

On January 18,2006, Kristine Lilly made her 300th international appearance in a game against Norway.

Kristine Lilly was named as a finalist for the 2006 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year.

Kristine Lilly finished second in the voting to Brazil's Marta.

Kristine Lilly's last match for the national team, representing her record 354th cap, was a World Cup qualifying loss to Mexico on November 5,2010, in which she played for six minutes as a substitute.

Kristine Lilly has been an assistant coach for the Boston Breakers since 2012.

Kristine Lilly grew up in Wilton, Connecticut, and lives in Medfield, Massachusetts.

Kristine Lilly is married to Brookline firefighter David Heavey, a former hockey player and golfer at the University of Connecticut.

Kristine Lilly gave birth to her first daughter Sidney Marie Heavey on her birthday, July 22,2008, and her second daughter Jordan Mary Heavey on September 2,2011.

Kristine Lilly appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the US Women's Soccer Team.

Kristine Lilly helps run a soccer camp with Mia Hamm and Tisha Venturini-Hoch.

Kristine Lilly competed in five FIFA Women's World Cup: China 1991, Sweden 1995, USA 1999, USA 2003 and China 2007; and three Olympics: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004; altogether played in 46 matches and scored 12 goals at those eight global tournaments.