Cindy Parlow

Cindy Parlow Cone

Personal information
Full name	Cynthia Marie Parlow Cone
Date of birth	(1978-05-08) May 8, 1978
Place of birth	Memphis, Tennessee
Height	5'11"
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001-2003	Atlanta Beat (WUSA)
National team
1995-2006	United States	158	(75)
Teams managed
2012–	Portland Thorns FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Olympic medal record
Competitor for United States
Women's Football (soccer)
Gold	Atlanta 1996	Team Competition
Silver	Sydney 2000	Team Competition
Gold	Athens 2004	Team Competition

Cindy Parlow (born May 8, 1978) is a retired American professional soccer player and two-time Olympic Gold medalist. In December 2012, she was named the first head coach for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League.

Early life

A native of Memphis, Tennessee, where she attended Germantown High School, Cindy is the daughter of Larry and Josephine Parlow.

University of North Carolina

Parlow played college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a four-time All-American and member of three teams that won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. She won the Hermann Trophy as outstanding female collegiate soccer player twice, in 1997 and 1998, and the ACC Female Athlete of the Year in 1999. She was the second two-time winner of the award following fellow Tar Heel Mia Hamm.

She ended her career at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with 68 goals and 53 assists.

Playing career

Club

Parlow was a founding member of the Women's United Soccer Association, and played for the Atlanta Beat, helping her team reach the playoffs in each of the league's three seasons of operation (2001–2003).^{[citation needed]}

International

Parlow began training with the U.S. Women's National Team in March 1995, making her first appearance (and scoring her first goal) in a January 14, 1996 friendly against Russia. She started all six games for the United States during their 1999 World Cup victory, scoring two goals. She was also a member of the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic teams, as well as the 2003 Women's World Cup team.^{[citation needed]}

On July 30, 2006, she announced her retirement from international play, citing post-concussion syndrome. She concluded her career with 158 caps (the ninth most in United States Women's National team history) and 75 goals (fifth best). She did, however, leave the door open for a possible return to professional play domestically in a hypothetical reconstituted version of the WUSA.

Coaching career

Portland Thorns FC

Parlow became the first head coach in Portland Thorns FC history after being appointed for the 2013 inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League on December 19, 2012.

Personal

On July 28, 2007, she married John Cone in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and lives there now. She is Director of Coaching, Senior Girls Programs (U13-U18) for a Triangle United soccer club.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Cindy Parlow – FIFA competition record
• Cindy Parlow US Soccer player profile
• Cindy Parlow ESPN player bio
• Cindy Parlow on Twitter

Preceded by Vanessa Webb

ACC Female Athlete of the Year 1999

Succeeded by Jen Adams