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Lindsay Stoecker

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Lindsay Stoecker
Teaching soccer to an Afghan girl in June 2004
Personal information
Full name Lindsay Sue Stoecker[1]
Date of birth (1978-04-26) April 26, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Centre-back / Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1995 1977 Raleigh Spartans[2]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 Washington Freedom 53 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:37, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:37, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Lindsay Sue Stoecker (born April 26, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player. A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall defender or midfielder, she represented Washington Freedom of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).

Club career

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Stoecker was Washington Freedom's second draft pick ahead of the inaugural 2001 season of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).[3] She missed part of the 2002 season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[4] In 2003, Stoecker was part of the Freedom team who won the Founders Cup, but when the league subsequently folded she began working for a consultancy firm.[5]

International career

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In August 2001, United States national team coach April Heinrichs called up Stoecker to a 24-player preliminary roster for the 2001 Women's U.S. Cup.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Lindsay Stoecker". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on February 21, 2004. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "1977 Raleigh Spartans". North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Rating the eight WUSA teams" (PDF). Soccer America. 25 December 2000. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ^ "ACL, not R.I.P." The Washington Times. 4 March 2003. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. ^ Steinberg, Dan (13 June 2004). "Coping with the loss of Freedom". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Heinrichs Announces Roster for 2001 Nike U.S. Women's Cup; USA Will Face Germany, Japan and China at Three Midwest Venues". United States Soccer Federation. 21 August 2001. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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