24 Facts About Lori Chalupny

Lori Christine Chalupny Lawson is a former American soccer player.

Lori Chalupny is currently the head woman's soccer coach of Maryville University in St Louis.

At the age of five, Lori spent time at an after-school program playing soccer with other boys in the program.

Lori Chalupny then went on to play soccer at Nerinx Hall High School where she was on the Honor Roll her sophomore, junior, and senior years.

Lori Chalupny was named NSCAA and Parade All-American as a junior and senior.

Lori Chalupny played for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2002 to 2005 and won an NCAA championship title with the Tar Heels as a sophomore in 2003.

Lori Chalupny was named to the All-ACC First Team, the NSCAA Second-Team All-American, and the ACC All-Freshman Team.

Lori Chalupny was named First-Team All-ACC and NSCAA All-American the same year.

Lori Chalupny finished her college career with 30 goals and 32 assists from the midfield.

On September 16,2008, Lori Chalupny was one of the three players drafted for Saint Louis Athletica in the 2008 WPS Player Allocation of national team members, with the new league starting play in April 2009.

Lori Chalupny was team captain, made the All-Star team, and was nominated for WPS's Player of the Year award the same year.

Lori Chalupny captained the Red Stars during the inaugural season, played 18 matches and scored 5 goals, the highest scored by a member of the team; and was named to NWSL 2013 best eleven.

In 2014 National Women's Soccer League season, Lori Chalupny captained Chicago Red Stars to fifth place, played in a team high of 23 matches and 2003 minutes, and scored five goals.

Lori Chalupny retired from professional soccer after the 2015 National Women's Soccer League season, and on July 30,2016, the Red Stars retired squad number 17 in her honor.

Lori Chalupny scored her first goal for the US senior team on May 9,2004, against Mexico.

In January 2006, Lori Chalupny suffered a concussion after two blows to the head in a game against France.

Lori Chalupny was ordered by her doctors to take several months off, and did not return to national team play until July 2006.

Lori Chalupny played in four games for the US at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Lori Chalupny scored one goal against Japan in the semi-final.

From 2009 to November 2014, Lori Chalupny was not called to play for the United States women's national soccer team due to a history of concussions.

Lori Chalupny said: "there is no better way to go out than as a world champion and this just seemed like the right time to put a cap on my international career".

In 2011, Lori Chalupny was an assistant coach for the Washington University in St Louis women's soccer team.

Lori Chalupny is a two-time winner of the women's Keough Award for outstanding soccer player from the St Louis area, and won US Soccer's Youth Player of the Year Award in 2005.

Lori Chalupny was featured along with her national teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series in FIFA 16, the first time women players were included in the game.