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{{Short description|American retired soccer defender and former member}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Lori Henry
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| fullname       = Lori Ann Henry<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unc_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/old_site/mediaguides/w-soccer/01history.pdf |title=2001 North Carolina women's soccer media guide |publisher=[[North Carolina Tar Heels]] |page=63 |year=2001 |access-date=August 4, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804004657/https://unc_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/old_site/mediaguides/w-soccer/01history.pdf |archive-date=August 4, 2022}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1966|3|20|mf=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Wilmington, North Carolina]] United States
| height         =
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1    =
| youthclubs1    =
| collegeyears1  = 1986–1989
| college1       = [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|North Carolina Tar Heels]]
| collegecaps1   =
| collegegoals1  =
| clubs1         =
| years1         =
| caps1          =
| goals1         =
| nationalyears1 = 1985–1991
| nationalteam1  = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1  = 40
| nationalgoals1 = 3
|manageryears1 = 1993–1996
|managerclubs1 = [[Ohio State Buckeyes women's soccer|Ohio State Buckeyes]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991 China]] | }}
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'''Lori Ann Henry''' (born March 20, 1966) is an American retired [[soccer]] defender and former member and captain of the [[United States women's national soccer team]]. She was the only player from the first match ever played by the national team who made it to the [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991 Women's World Cup Championship]] in China and one of two players to hit double-figures in caps.<ref name=ussf_anniversary>{{cite web|title=U.S. WNT Flashback – 20th Anniversary of First-Ever Match: Lori Henry|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2005/08/U-S-WNT-Flashback-20Th-Anniversary-Of-First-Ever-Match-Lori-Henry.aspx?print=true|publisher=US Soccer|accessdate=22 March 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717015956/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2005/08/U-S-WNT-Flashback-20Th-Anniversary-Of-First-Ever-Match-Lori-Henry.aspx?print=true|archivedate=17 July 2012}}</ref>

==Early life==
Henry grew up in the [[Seattle, Washington]] area and attended [[Shorewood High School (Washington)|Shorewood High School]] in [[Shoreline, Washington]] where she was a star soccer player for the T-Birds.<ref name=shoreline_retire>{{cite web|title=Shorewood to retire Lori Henry's soccer jersey in ceremony Thursday, Oct. 11|url=http://www.shorelineareanews.com/2012/10/shorewood-to-retire-lori-henrys-soccer.html|publisher=Shoreline Area News|accessdate=22 March 2013}}</ref>

===University of North Carolina===
Henry attended the [[University of North Carolina]] from 1986 to 1989 and helped the Tar Heels to three national women's soccer championships. Henry was twice selected first team All-America. She was also selected to Soccer America's All-Decade Team in 1990.<ref name=shoreline_retire />

==Playing career==

===International===
In 1985, Henry was a member of the first [[1985 United States women's national soccer team|women's national soccer team]] the U.S. fielded.  She played for the [[United States women's national soccer team]] from 1985 to 1991, including three years as captain. In 1991, she was part of the team that won the first [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|Women's World Cup]] in China.<ref name=ussf_anniversary />

==Coaching career==
Henry began her coaching career as an assistant at UNC-Greensboro and later served as the head women's soccer coach at [[Ohio State University]] for four years.<ref name=shoreline_retire />

== See also==
* [[1985 United States women's national soccer team]]
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==References==
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== Further reading ==
* Crothers, Tim (2012), ''The Man Watching: Anson Dorrance and the University of North Carolina Women's Soccer Dynasty'', Macmillan, {{ISBN|1429946261}}
* Grainey, Timothy (2012), ''Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer'', University of Nebraska Press, {{ISBN|0803240368}}
* Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), ''The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story'', Scarecrow Press, {{ISBN|0810874164}}
* Nash, Tim (2016), ''It's Not the Glory: The Remarkable First Thirty Years of US Women's Soccer', Lulu Press, {{ISBN|1483451526}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA player|608}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120717015956/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2005/08/U-S-WNT-Flashback-20Th-Anniversary-Of-First-Ever-Match-Lori-Henry.aspx?print=true US Soccer profile]

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[[Category:United States women's international soccer players]]
[[Category:Women's association football central defenders]]
[[Category:North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players]]
[[Category:1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players]]
[[Category:People from Shoreline, Washington]]
[[Category:Soccer players from King County, Washington]]
[[Category:American women's soccer players]]
[[Category:FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players]]
[[Category:Ohio State Buckeyes women's soccer coaches]]


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