Lindsay Tarpley

Infobox Football biography
playername = Lindsay Tarpley


fullname = Lindsay Ann Tarpley Snow
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|9|22
cityofbirth = Madison, Wisconsin
countryofbirth = USA
height = height|m=1.68
position = Forward
currentclub = US National Team
clubnumber = 5
years = 2002-2005
clubs = University of North Carolina
caps(goals) = 59 (59)
nationalyears = 2003-present
nationalteam = US
nationalcaps(goals) = 070 (15)

Lindsay Ann Tarpley Snow (born September 22, 1983 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a forward on the United States Women's National Soccer Team.

High School

Tarpley grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and attended Portage Central High School from 1998 to 2002. During her freshman season, she helped her school's varsity team reach the state semi-finals.Cite web|url=http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/gso/99reg.html|title=MHSAA: 1999 Girls Soccer Regional/Semifinals/Finals|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=August 5|publisher=MHSAA.com (Michigan High School Athletic Association Website)|year=1999|author=MHSAA] In the following spring, she led her team to an undefeated season and the state championship. Against Madison Heights Bishop Foley High School in the final match, she scored her team's first goal and assisted on her team's other two, including the winning shot in double overtime.Cite web|url=http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/gso/00gso2.html|title=MHSAA: 2000 Girls Soccer Division 2 Final|accessyear=2008|accessmonthday=August 5|publisher=MHSAA.com (Michigan High School Athletic Association Website)|year=2000|author=MHSAA] She received several honors during her time there, including being named Gatorade Player of the Year for the state during her senior season (2002). She also played varsity basketball for Portage Central as starting point guard all four seasons.

College

In the autumn of 2002, Tarpley began attending the University of North Carolina. While there, she majored in communications and minored in coaching. She was named ACC Rookie of the Year and the Soccer America and Soccer Buzz National Freshman of the Year following her first season with the Tar Heels. During her sophomore season, she led the nation in total points (goals and assists) while leading the Tar Heels to the NCAA championship. Against Santa Clara in the final match, she scored two goals and had two assists. She received numerous honors for her performance during the 2003 season, including ACC Player of the Year and Player of the Tournament, National Player of the Year, and several All-America team honors. Injuries interfered with her junior and senior seasons, reducing her playing time, though Tarpley still managed to be named to the All-ACC and NSCAA All-America teams both seasons.

National Team

A forward during her highly successful youth National Team career, she played mostly in the midfield for the full Women’s National Soccer Team until 2006, when she moved back to forward. By the age of 21, she had scored two of the most important goals in U.S. soccer history, the first when she pounded in a rebound of her own shot in the championship game of the 2002 FIFA U-19 World Championship, giving the USA a dramatic 1-0 sudden death overtime victory over host Canada and the first-ever world title for youth women. The second came in the 2004 Olympic gold medal game off a blast from 25-yards out into the lower left corner for the game’s first score.

Selected National Team highlights include:
*2008: Has scored 4 goals in the 2008 Four Nations Tournament, making her the top scorer and MVP of the tournament.
*2007: Playing almost full-time at striker, she has played in 14 games, starting nine, heading into the final pre-Women’s World Cup match. Has three goals, against Mexico, Canada and New Zealand.
*2006: Played in 20 of the USA’s 22 matches, starting 13 and scored five goals. Started all three games at the Four Nations Tournament in China. Played in all four games at the Algarve Cup, starting two and scored against Denmark.
*2005: Played in five games, starting two, including the championship game against Germany at the Algarve Cup, when she played all 90 minutes.
*2004: Had a breakout year, playing in 25 matches and making 13 starts. Played in all six Olympic matches, starting three, and was the second youngest player on the team. Scored the first eight goals of her full National Team career (and had three assists), tallying against Sweden, Canada, Mexico, Norway and Brazil among others. She played only six minutes in one “Fan Celebration Tour” game due to her commitments to her college team, but it was still the third-best scoring performance for a 20-year-old in U.S. history, but just one point behind a then 20-year-old Julie Foudy and nine points behind a then 20-year-old Kristine Lilly. Came on for legend Julie Foudy in Foudy’s final National Team game in December 2004.
*2003: Earned her first eight full National Team caps in 2003, starting two matches Youth National Teams
*2002: Scored one of the biggest goals in U.S. Women’s National Team history when she tallied in sudden death overtime of the U-19 Women’s World Championship Final against Canada: that gave the USA a 1-0 victory and the title at the first-ever FIFA World Cup championship for youth women. She won the Bronze Boot as the third leading scorer in the tournament, scoring six goals, including the 109th minute strike that defeated Canada in front of almost 50,000 fans in Edmonton. She scored 24 goals in 26 full U-19 international matches. As the captain of the USA’s 2002 CONCACAF Qualifying Team, she scored seven goals in three games in the tournament in T&T to help the USA qualify for the 2002 FIFA Under-19 Women’s World Championship.

Has eight caps and four goals at the U-21 level, scoring two at the 2003 Nordic Cup in Denmark and two at the 2005 Nordic Cup in Sweden. She is one of the all-time leaders in full U-19 caps, she first appeared for the USA in international matches at the Varna Cup in Bulgaria in 2000, taking second place in that tournament and playing against Scotland, Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria. Also played with the U.S. U-16 National in 1999 at the USYSA International Tournament in Orlando, Florida, facing Sweden, Germany and Japan and against Australia, China, Japan and Canada at the USYSA international tournament in Houston, Texas, in 2000.

Awards/Honors

National Team
*2008 Olympic Gold medalist
*2004 Olympic Gold medalist

Collegiate
*2002-2005 NSCAA All-American
*2002-2005 All-ACC
*Three Time NCAA All-Tournament team
*Team Captain her junior and senior years
*Scored 59 goals and 59 assists in her college career after not playing in almost half of both her junior and senior seasons due to a broken leg
*2003 College Soccer Player of the Year
*2003 ACC Player of the Year
*2003 Led nation in scoring: 23 goals and 27 assists
*2002 National Freshman of the Year
*2002 ACC Freshman of the Year

High School
*2002 Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year
*2002 U.S. Soccer Chevrolet Young Female Player of the Year
*2001-2002 Parade All-American
*1999 NSCAA All-American

References

External links

* [http://www.lindsaytarpley.com/ Official Website]
* [http://lindsaytarpley5.com/ Tarpley's Thoughts (Blog)]
* [http://ussoccer.com/bio/index.jsp_5970.html U.S. Soccer Biography]
* [http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/tarpley_lindsay00.html UNC Profile]
* [http://www.mlive.com/olympics/index.ssf/2008/08/kalamazoos_tarpley_embraces_le.html Kalamazoo's Tarpley embraces leadership role on U.S. women's soccer team (Kalamazoo Gazette)]