Stephanie Lopez Cox

     Stephanie Lopez Cox is a defender on the U.S Women’s National team. She is known for being two footed, being able to kick the ball good with either foot, and for her calmness when possessing the ball. Stephanie also, though she plays defender, she has assisted or cause many goals for her team. Cox was born April 3, 2986 in Los Gatos, but her home town is Elk Grove. At 5.6ft she is one of the best header on her team. Stephanie got married to a baseball player, Brain Cox, in December 2007. She went to Elk Grove High school where she graduated with a 4.17 GPA, then attended the University of Portland. Stephanie Lopez Cox has played for the U.S Women’s team for 6 years, starting over half of the games.

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     While Stephanie played on the Youth National Team she was the team captain. She had her first appearance on the U.S. on March 13, 2005, the game was against Denmark. At that time she was the youngest player on the team and technically could still be playing for collage. This same year she helped her team to win the NCAA Championship 4-0. In 2007 at the Oregon Sports Awards she was named the Bill Hayward Female Amateur Athlete of the year. Cox has been a Gold medalist since 2008, when her team won the Olympics.

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     Outside of soccer Stephanie Cox played basketball in high school. In her extra time, usually during winter, she will cook and watch movies with her husband. She also does charity work with Nike and other companies. Stephanie likes to read and play soccer racquetball. Some of her team mates describe her as one of the happiest and nicest on the team. Cox is inspired by striving to help other and growing in every way possible, she is a great role model for everyone.

Christie Rampone's Story

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Christie Rampone’s full name is Christie Patricia Rampone. Christie was born June 24, 1975; she is 5ft 6in. Her hometown is in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. Christie attended Monmouth University in New Jersey, where she played soccer and basketball for the school. She was the point guard for her college basketball team, and played forward for the soccer team. She got a degree in special education and has her teaching credentials. Christie is married to Chris Rampone, they got married in New Jersey. Rampone moved to California to train for soccer but then moved back to her home town after two years. Now Christie Rampone played for the U.S Women National Team, and is the center defense.

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                Christie Rampone has hundreds of accomplishments in her soccer career. One of which is that when Christie was going to collage she was the all-time leading scorer in their soccer team’s history. On February 28, 1997 Christie Rampone had her first appearance on the Women National Team. In 2008 she was named the team captain for the Women’s national Team, and still is today. In that same year she started every game and helped her team to win an Olympic Gold medal. In 2010 Christie got back onto the starting line after having her second kid. Last year Rampone helped her team to get its third consecutive Olympic Gold medal, she also passed Julie Foudy and Mia Hamm to become the second most capped US player in the US. 

Hope Solo's Accomplishments and Life

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Hope Amelia Solo was born July 30, 1981. Her home town is Ricland, Washington. Solo is married to Jerramy Stevens, a former tight end in the NFL who played for the Seattle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They met and attended collage at the University of Washington. Hope Solo is 5-6 feet tall and is the goal keeper for the U.S. Women's National Team. Hope Solo’s first appearance and shoutout for the Women’s National Team was April 5, 2000 against Iceland. When Hope Solo was playing soccer for her high school she was an amazing forward, but when she went to collage the coach got her to play goalie.

        Hope Solo was the 2^nd all-time in the US history in caps, wins, and shoutouts. She also was named a starter for the WFS All-Star game and goalkeeper of the year in 2009. Hope is an Olympic gold medalist; she played in every minute of every game of the 2012 Olympics. Most impressively she did this with a recently healed shoulder. These are just a few of Hope Solo’s many accomplishments.

        Outside of soccer Hope Solo did other things. After the World Cup she made it on the cover of two magazines, Sports Illustrated and ESPN’s Magazine’s Body Issue. She also got to the finale four couples on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Hope Solo does a lot of modeling for sports magazines.

        Two of my favorite Hope Solo quotes are:

I've always found myself to come out stronger than before. If you don't let something break you, you're going to come out stronger in the end.

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I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

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