Briana Scurry

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Briana Scurry
Personal information
Date of birth September 7, 1971 (1971-09-07) (age 36)
Place of birth    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Keeper
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
Atlanta Beat    
National team2
1994-present United States 167

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of October 21, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Women's football (soccer)
Gold Atlanta 1996 Team
Silver Sydney 2000 Team
Gold Athens 2004 Team

Briana Scurry (born September 7, 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) was the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team at the 1995 World Cup (3rd place), 1996 Olympics (gold medal), 1999 World Cup (champions), 2003 World Cup (3rd place) and 2004 Olympics (gold medal). She was a founding member of the WUSA, playing three seasons as starting goalkeeper for the Atlanta Beat (2001-2003). She played college soccer at the University of Massachusetts.

Her current (October 20, 2007) career total of 167 international appearances is the eleventh most of any American woman, and the eighteenth most among all women. Among goalkeepers, only Bente Nordby of Norway has more caps, with 171.

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