Nov. 5, 2010 – Kristine Lilly plays 352nd and final international match
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Kristine Lilly (b. July 22, 1971 in New York City) made her international debut while a 16-year-old student at Wilton High School (she led Wilton to three Connecticut State championships) in 1987. Lilly became the youngest player to score a goal for the U.S. in a 1-1 draw with China at Punyu on Aug. 13, 1987 and the oldest in a 4-0 win over Germany in Cleveland on May 22, 2010.
Lilly, who played for the Boston Breakers in the WUSA and WPS, was a member of championship U.S. teams in the 1991 and ’99 Women’s World Cup and 1996 and 2004 Olympics.
Lilly was “perhaps the game’s most accomplished player and certainly one of the most successful and decorated female athletes in U.S. history,” according to U.S. Soccer.
Mexico 2:1 U.S., CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup semifinals, Estadio Beto Avila, Cancun (Att.: 8,500)
Lilly was an 85th-minute replacement for Rachel Buehler.
Nov. 1, 2010 – U.S. 4:0 Costa Rica, CONCACAF WGC at Cancun
Lilly’s last international start.
https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/57/us-soccer-legend-kristine-lilly-retires
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