Christie Rampone

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Christie Rampone
Personal information
Full name	Christie Patricia Rampone
Date of birth	June 24, 1975 (1975-06-24) (age 32)
Place of birth	Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2004	New York Power
National team2
1997-present	United States	176 (4)
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
Competitor for  United States
Women's Football (soccer)
Silver	Sydney 2000	Team Competition
Gold	Athens 2004	Team Competition

Christie Patricia Rampone (born Christie Patricia Pearce, June 24, 1975) is an American association football player and a member of the United States women's national soccer team. She represented the United States at the 1999, 2003 and 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals, and at the 2000 and 2004 Olympic games.

[edit] High school and college

Rampone scored 2,190 career basketball points.^{[citation needed]} She was heralded^[who?] as the best athlete Ocean County, New Jersey had ever produced. She played college soccer at Monmouth University.

[edit] International career

Rampone made her national team debut in 1997. In the 1998 Goodwill Games she helped the United States win gold by starting in both matches. In 2000, she helped the United States win silver at the Summer Olympic Games. In the next Summer Olympics she helped the United States win gold in what would be the final games for a few of her teammates, including Mia Hamm.

Her current 176 international appearances is second only to teammate Kristine Lilly among all active players in the world. Only two men and nine women have ever played in more international matches.

[edit] WUSA career

Rampone was a founding player for the New York Power. She played on that team for four seasons, 2001-2004.

[edit] Trivia

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• Hometown is Point Pleasant, NJ.
• Has a black labrador named Big Rob.
• Started 16 of 18 games in 1997, her first year with the team.
• She has a daughter named Rylie Cate who was born on September 29, 2005

v • d • e United States squad - 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions (2nd Title) 1 Scurry • 2 Fair • 3 Pearce • 4 Overbeck • 5 Roberts • 6 Chastain • 7 Whalen • 8 MacMillan • 9 Hamm • 10 Akers • 11 Foudy • 12 Parlow • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Venturini • 16 Milbrett • 17 Fotopoulos • 18 Webber • 19 Ducar • 20 Sobrero • Coach: DiCicco

v • d • e United States squad - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place 1 Scurry • 2 Bivens • 3 Pearce • 4 Reddick • 5 Roberts • 6 Chastain • 7 Boxx • 8 MacMillan • 9 Hamm • 10 Wagner • 11 Foudy • 12 Parlow • 13 Lilly • 14 Fawcett • 15 Sobrero • 16 Milbrett • 17 Slaton • 18 Mullinix • 19 Hucles • 20 Wambach • Coach: Heinrichs

v • d • e United States squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Third Place 1 Scurry • 2 Dalmy • 3 Rampone • 4 Whitehill • 5 Tarpley • 6 Kai • 7 Boxx • 8 Ellertson • 9 O'Reilly • 10 Wagner • 11 Lloyd • 12 Osborne • 13 Lilly (c.) • 14 Lopez • 15 Markgraf • 16 Hucles • 17 Chalupny • 18 Solo • 19 Jobson • 20 Wambach • 21 Barnhart • Coach: Ryan

[edit] External links

• Christie Rampone's U.S. Olympic Team bio with career stats