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Parlow, Cindy
- Three-time Olympian (2004, ’00, ’96)
- Youngest player ever to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Women's World Cup title
- Top 10 goal scorer in U.S. Women’s National Team history
- First appearance and goal on national team: Jan. 14, 1996, vs. Russia
- Among the top 10 goal scorers in U.S. Women's National Team history at age 25
- Started five games during the 2003 World Cup, scoring two goals, both on headers, against Sweden and Nigeria
- One of just two players to come off the bench for the USA in their run to the silver medal in the 2000 Olympics
- Started all six games for the USA in the 1999 Women's World Cup; Member of the Goodwill Games gold medal-winning team during the summer of 1998
- Won U.S. Soccer’s first Chevrolet Young Female Athlete of the Year Award in 1998; Youngest member of the gold medal-winning team at the 1996 Olympics at age 18
- A founding player in the WUSA for the Atlanta Beat; Nickname is “CP”
- Two-time Hermann Trophy and MAC Player of the Year winner at Univ. of North Carolina, joining Mia Hamm as the only two-time winner of both awards
- Led UNC to an undefeated regular season and to the NCAA championship game in 1998, leading the team in scoring with 21 goals and 11 assists
- Named a First-Team NSCAA All-American four times (1995, ’96, ’97 and ’98) leading UNC to NCAA title three times (1996-98); Named the 1995 Soccer America Freshman of the Year
- Named the 1994 Tennessee High School Player of the Year at Germantown H.S. and a two-time All-American
- Had a 4.0 GPA in high school and ranked in the top five percent in her class (completed high school in just three years); Majored in Nutrition at UNC
- Enjoys golf, reading and watching movies; Grew up playing soccer against her three brothers (two older and one younger)
- •Has a street (Cindy Parlow Drive) named after her in her hometown of Memphis, Tenn.
A prolific scorer, Parlow once recorded four hat tricks in 2000, one short of a U.S. record for a calendar year, and became one of only two U.S. players to ever score three “hat trick” goals in two consecutive games.
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Height: 5-11
Born: May 8, 1978
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
Resides: Memphis, Tenn.
Sport: Soccer
Event: Forward
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