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The Soccer America College Team of the Century were chosen by the editors of the American periodical Soccer America to comprise, as one men 's and one women 's eleven-member side divided each as one goalkeeper , three defenders , four midfielders , and three forwards , the best players of collegiate association football in the United States of the 20th century CE .
Men
Player of the Century
Concomitant to the selection of the Men's Team of the Century was that of the male player of the century ; University of Virginia Cavaliers midfielder Claudio Reyna , a Division I first-team All America in each of his three collegiate seasons, a two-time recipient of the Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year and Soccer America Player of the Year Awards , and the 1993 Hermann Trophy winner, was so chosen by Soccer America .
Team of the Century
Position
Player
Team represented
Seasons played
Awards won
National championships won
Goalkeeper
Brad Friedel
UCLA Bruins
1990 –1992
Hermann Trophy (1992 )ISAA Goalkeeper of the Year (1992 )Division I first-team All America (1991 , 1992 )
1990
Defender
Erik Imler
Virginia Cavaliers
1989 –1992
None
1989 ,[1] 1991 , 1992
Defender
Paul Caligiuri
UCLA Bruins
1982 –1983 , 1985 –1986
Soccer America Player of the Year (1986 [2] )Division I first-team All America (1985 , 1986 )
1985
Defender
Adubarie Otorubio
Clemson Tigers
1981 –1984
Division I first-team All America (1982 , 1984 )
1984
Midfielder
Andy Atuegbu
San Francisco Dons
1974 –1977
Division I first-team All America (1976 )
1975 , 1976
Midfielder
Claudio Reyna
Virginia Cavaliers
1991 –1993
Hermann Trophy (1993 )Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year (1992 , 1993 )Soccer America Player of the Year (1992 , 1993 )Division I first-team All America (1991 , 1992 , 1993 )
1991 , 1992 , 1993
Midfielder
Mike Fisher
Virginia Cavaliers
1993 –1996
Hermann Trophy (1995 , 1996 )Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year (1996 )NSCAA Player of the Year (Division I ; 1996 )Soccer America Player of the Year (1995 )Division I first-team All America (1995 ,[3] 1996 )
1993 , 1994
Midfielder
Bruce Murray
Clemson Tigers
1984 –1987
Hermann Trophy (1987 )ISAA Player of the Year (1987 )Division I first-team All America (1985 , 1987 [4] )
1984 , 1987
Forward
Angelo DiBernardo
Indiana Hoosiers
1976 –1978
Hermann Trophy (1978 )Division I first-team All America (1977 )
None
Forward
Ken Snow
Indiana Hoosiers
1987 –1990
Hermann Trophy (1988 , 1990 )Missouri Athletic Club Player of the Year (1988 , 1990 )Division I first-team All America (1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 )
1988
Forward
Porfirio Armando Betancourt
Indiana Hoosiers
1979 –1981
Hermann Trophy (1981 )Division I first-team All America (1979 , 1981 )
None
Women
Player of the Century
Concomitant to the selection of the Women's Team of the Century was that of the female player of the century ; North Carolina Tar Heels forward Mia Hamm , a Division I first-team All America in her final three collegiate seasons, a two-time recipient of the Hermann Trophy and the ISAA Player of the Year and Soccer America Player of the Year Awards , and with the Tar Heels four times a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I champion , was so chosen.
Team of the Century
Position
Player
Team represented
Seasons played
Awards won
National championships won
Goalkeeper
Kim Maslin
George Mason Patriots
1983 –1986
None
1985
Defender
Carla Werden
North Carolina Tar Heels
1986 –1989
Division I first-team All America (1987 , 1988 )
1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989
Defender
Debbie Belkin
Massachusetts Minutewomen
1984 –1987
Division I first-team All America (1985 , 1986 , 1987 )
None
Defender
Sara Whalen
Connecticut Huskies
1994 –1997
NSCAA Player of the Year (1997 )Soccer America Player of the Year (1997 )Division I first-team All America (1995 , 1996 , 1997 [5] )
None
Midfielder
Kristine Lilly
North Carolina Tar Heels
1989 –1992
Hermann Trophy (1991 )ISAA Player of the Year (1991 )Soccer America Player of the Year (1990 )Division I first-team All America (1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 )
1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992
Midfielder
Shannon Higgins
North Carolina Tar Heels
1986 –1989
Hermann Trophy (1989 )ISAA Player of the Year (1989 )Soccer America Player of the Year (1988 , 1989 )Division I first-team All America (1988 , 1989 )
1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989
Midfielder
Michelle Akers
Central Florida Knights [6]
1984 , 1986 –1988
Hermann Trophy (1988 )ISAA Player of the Year (1988 )Soccer America Player of the Year (1987 )Division I first-team All America (1984 ,[7] 1988 [7] )
None
Midfielder
Julie Foudy
Stanford Cardinal
1989 –1992
Soccer America Player of the Year (1991 )Division I first-team All America (1990 ,[8] 1991 , 1992 )
None
Forward
April Heinrichs
North Carolina Tar Heels
1983 –1986
ISAA Player of the Year (1986 )Soccer America Player of the Year (1986 )Division I first-team All America (1984 , 1985 , 1986 )
1983 , 1985 , 1986
Forward
Carin Jennings
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
1983 –1987
None
None
Forward
Mia Hamm
North Carolina Tar Heels
1989 –1990 , 1992 –1993
Hermann Trophy (1992 , 1993 )ISAA Player of the Year (1992 , 1993 )Soccer America Player of the Year (1992 , 1993 )Division I first-team All America (1990 , 1992 , 1993 )
1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992
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