Cindy Parlow Cone
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cynthia Marie Parlow Cone | ||
Date of birth | May 8, 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001-2003 | Atlanta Beat | ||
International career | |||
1995-2006 | United States | 158 | (75) |
Managerial career | |||
2012–2013 | Portland Thorns FC | ||
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cynthia "Cindy" Marie Parlow Cone, née Cynthia Parlow, (born May 8, 1978) is the former head coach for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League, and a retired American professional soccer player and two-time Olympic Gold medalist.
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 Cone 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. [1]
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).[2] 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 Cone 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.[3][4] She became the first head coach to win an NWSL Championship, as Thorns FC beat Western New York Flash 2-0 in the first ever championship game August 31, 2013.[5] She resigned as head coach on December 5, 2013, citing personal reasons, particularly the desire of her and her husband, Portland Timbers director of sports science John Cone (who also resigned around the same time), to be together more.[6]
Cindy also coached at the Berkshire Soccer Academy for girls in 2015
Personal
On July 28, 2007, she married John Cone in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
See also
- List of footballers with 100 or more caps
- List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers
- List of Olympic medalists in football
- List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners
- List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians
References
- ^ "Cindy Parlow bio". ESPN. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ^ "U.S. WNT Forward Cindy Parlow Retires from International Soccer". US Soccer. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ^ "Thorns FC name Cindy Parlow Cone club's first head coach". Portland Timbers. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ^ Bird, Liviu. "Cindy Parlow Cone Named Portland Thorns FC Head Coach". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
- ^ Hays, Graham (August 31, 2013). "Portland blazes trail with NWSL title". ESPN. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Goldberg, Jamie. "Cindy Parlow Cone has resigned as head coach for the Portland Thorns." Accessed February 7, 2014.
External links
- Cindy Parlow Cone – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Cindy Parlow US Soccer player profile
- Cindy Parlow ESPN player bio
- Cindy Parlow Cone on X
- 1978 births
- Living people
- United States women's international soccer players
- Olympic soccer players of the United States
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in soccer
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in soccer
- North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players
- ACC Athlete of the Year
- Women's United Soccer Association players
- Atlanta Beat (WUSA) players
- FIFA Century Club
- American women's soccer players
- Portland Thorns FC coaches
- National Women's Soccer League coaches
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players
- People from Germantown, Tennessee
- Soccer players from Tennessee
- Sportspeople from Memphis, Tennessee
- Concussion activists
- Women's association football midfielders
- American women's soccer coaches
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics