Kristine Lilly
Kristine Lilly was born in New York City, New York, United States on July 22nd, 1971 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 52, Kristine Lilly biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Kristine Marie Heavey (born July 22, 1971), née Kristine Marie Lilly, is a retired American soccer player who played for Boston Breakers in Women's Professional Soccer (WPS).
She competed with Mexico for the second time in 23 years and is the most capped football player in the United States (men's or women's) for the first time in history, winning her 352nd and final cap against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier in November 2010.
Lilly scored 130 goals for the United States women's national team, behind Mia Hamm's 158 goals and Abby Wambach's 184.
Early life
Lilly was born in New York City and attended Wilton High School in Wilton, Connecticut. Lilly joined the United States women's national team while still attending high school. At Chapel Hill, she was recruited by the University of North Carolina.
Lilly competed for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team from 1989 to 1992, competing as a student athlete. She won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship every year she competed in during her time there. In 1991, she won the Hermann Trophy as a junior. She received the Honda Sports Award as the country's best soccer player as a senior. North Carolina retired her #15 jersey in 1994 to celebrate her time with the school.
Personal life
Lilly grew up in Wilton, Connecticut, and now lives in Medfield, Massachusetts. David Heavey, a former hockey player and golfer at the University of Connecticut, is married to Brookline firefighter David Heavey. Lilly gave birth to her first daughter, Sidney Marie Heavey, on her birthday, August 22, 2008, and her second daughter Jordan Mary Heavey on September 2, 2011.
She appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the United States Women's Soccer Team. Lilly helps with Mia Hamm and Tisha Venturini-Hoch's soccer camp.
Club career
Lilly started working for Tyresö FF of Sweden in 1994. She spent a season with the club before returning to the United States. Lilly joined the Washington Warthogs of the now defunct Continental Indoor Soccer League on August 20, 1995. She was the only female in the all-male professional indoor league, following Collette Cunningham and Shannon Presley, who had only participated in the league sparingly in 1994.
Lilly joined Delaware Genies in 1998 as a W-League team. She appeared in four games for the club, scoring five goals and giving two assists.
In February 2001, the first women's professional soccer league in the world was formed, with no players paid. In 2001, the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) had its inaugural season. Lilly was both the team's captain and a founding Boston Breakers fan. She appeared in all twenty-one games and played every minute of the season in her first season with the team. With eleven assists and three more, she led the league in assists with eleven and three goals. She was selected First Team All-WUSA for her efforts. She began playing in a new nineteen games in 2002. She boosted her point total for the season by scoring eight goals and assisting on thirteen others. She was a member of First Team All-WUSA and was a starter on the WUSA North All-Star Team. Lilly played in all nineteen games in which she competed, chipping in three goals and four assists and being named to First Team All-WUSA for the first time in the league's history. Following the 2003 season, the WUSA stopped operations.
Lilly followed former Boston Breakers head coach Pia Sundhage to Sweden to play for Damallsvenskan team KIF rebro DFF in 2005 following the league's retirement. Kate Markgraf, a USWNT teammate, as well as USWNT and Boston Breakers teammate, Christie Welsh, was among the participants.
The establishment of a new women's league in late-2006 and early-2007 was initiated under the banner of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). Lilly was sent by the Boston Breakers on September 16, 2008, along with USWNT teammates Angela Hucles and Heather Mitts. Lilly made appearances in all twenty games (playing every minute) and scored three goals with three assists in the inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season.
International career
Lilly made her debut for the United States national team in 1987, when she was still attending high school. She surpassed the previous women's world record of 151 caps, which was held by Norway's Heidi Stre, on May 21, 1998. She reached a new female record of 164 caps on January 30, 1999, beating Adnan Al-Talyani of the UAE.
Lilly has appeared in the FIFA Women's World Cup's 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007 versions. She has been a two-time World Cup champion, winning in 1991 and 1999; Lilly, standing on the goal line, stopped a Chinese shot that had missed goalkeeper Briana Scurry; otherwise, the game would have been over if China had won; and in the ensuing shootout, she scored the goal that would give the US the lead. She made history by scoring a goal against North Korea on September 11, 2007, making her the first woman (and only the third player overall) to participate in five different World Cup Finals; by defeating England on September 22, 2007, she became the first woman to score in the World Cup.
Lilly has competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympic Games. She has received a gold medal in 1996 and 2004, as well as a a silver medal in 2000. Due to the birth of her child, she was unable to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
She did not retire after the team's "farewell tour" ended on December 8, 2004, unlike many of her longtime colleagues (among them Joy Fawcett, Julie Foudy, and Mia Hamm).
Lilly made her 300th international appearance in a game against Norway on January 18, 2006. She tied Michelle Akers for second place on the team's all-time goal scoring list with 105 points in the same match. Lilly was selected as a finalist for the 2006 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award. Marta of Brazil came in second place in the polls.
Lilly returned to the national team in December 2008 after her daughter's birth. On November 5, 2010, she played for six minutes as a replacement in her last match for the national team, representing her 354th cap.
Coaching career
Lilly has been an assistant coach for the Boston Breakers since 2012.
Career statistics
Kristine Lilly participated in five FIFA Women's World Cups: China 1991, Sweden 1995, USA 1999, and China 2007, as well as three Olympics: Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, and Athens 2004, 2004, all four national tournaments; she scored 12 goals. Lilly's teams competed in eight world cup and olympic tournaments, with three wins, 3 losses, and 4 draws; she finished first place with her teams four times, second place once, and third place three times.