Tiffeny Milbrett

Tiffeny Milbrett

Milbrett in October 2003
Personal information
Full name	Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett
Date of birth	(1972-10-23) October 23, 1972
Place of birth	Portland, Oregon, United States
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1983–1986	Hillsboro Soccer Club
1987–1990	Hillsboro High School
1990–1994	University of Portland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Shiroki F.C. Serena
2001–2003	New York Power	50	(31)
2005	Sunnanå SK	5	(5)
2006–2008	Vancouver Whitecaps	32	(25)
2006–2007	Linköpings FC
2009–2010	FC Gold Pride	40	(10)
2011	Bay Area Breeze	-	(-)
International career‡
1991–2006	United States	204	(100)
Medal record Women's football (soccer) Representing the United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team competition 2000 Sydney Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett (born October 23, 1972) is an American retired professional soccer forward who was a longtime member of the United States women's national soccer team. A native of Oregon, she starred at the University of Portland where she scored a then school record 103 goals during her career. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 in Atlanta and a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. A player who enjoys signing autographs for her fans, she is in the top five all-time in the United States national soccer team in three offensive categories.

Early life

Milbrett was born in Portland, Oregon, on October 23, 1972. She started her soccer career playing for the Hillsboro Soccer Club in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. She attended Hillsboro High School (Hilhi) in Hillsboro from 1987 to 1990, where she graduated holding Oregon's state record for goals in a season with 54; and in a career with 131. One of the fields at Hilhi is named after her. She was a three-time Oregonian 3A Player of The Year and a two-time Parade All-American. She also was a talented basketball player and Track and Field participant, and she was offered college scholarships at those two sports.

University of Portland

She attended the University of Portland from 1990 to 1995 and left the school with various awards and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) records. In 1990, she was named Soccer America's Freshman Soccer Player of The Year, and in 1991, she led her team with 21 goals and six assists. In 1992, her 30 goals and 12 assists placed her second among the nation's scorers, and in 1994, she helped her team reach the soccer Final Four, making the All-Tournament Team.

Milbrett also garnered West Coast Offensive Player of The Year awards in 1992 and 1994, and was a three time NSCAA All-American as well as a three time finalist for the Hermann Trophy and Missouri Athletic Club Award. Milbrett was her university's all-time leader in goals with 103, and assists with 40. She placed second in NCAA career goals with 103, and tied for fourth in career points with 246. She was also named to Soccer America's College Team of The Decade for the 1990s.

Playing career

Club

Shiroki Serena

Professionally, Milbrett began her career in Japan, when she traveled to after graduating in 1995 and joined the Shiroki Serena of the L. League. She played on that team until 1997.

WUSA

In 2001, she became a founding member of the New York Power in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). She was the league's MVP as well as Offensive Player of The Year. She scored the league's first hat trick ever, when the Power beat the Boston Breakers 3-1. She was named to the WUSA's second team in 2002, when she finished eighth in the league in points.

Sunnanå SK, Linköpings FC, Vancouver Whitecaps

In March 2005, Milbrett went to Sweden for two months to fine-tune her game, scoring five goals for Sunnanå SK during her brief stint. She also played for Linköpings FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan, having transferred there from the Vancouver Whitecaps Women of the United Soccer Leagues W-League.

FC Gold Pride

In March 2009, Milbrett was selected to play with FC Gold Pride of the new Women's Professional Soccer and began play in April 2009. In her first appearance with FC Gold Pride, she scored the game-winning goal. For the 2009 season she scored 4 goals in 19 games.

International

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Milbrett in St. Louis against Germany 1998.

Milbrett was a member of the US-under 20 team from 1990 to 1993, and saw her first action with the United States women's national soccer team in 1991, against China. She scored her first goal with that selection in 1992, against Norway, and helped the team win the International Women's Tournament in France in '93. She played a total of 21 games with the senior team during that period, and in 1995, she finally joined the senior team full-time. She was a member of the team that finished third at the World Cup that year in Sweden, and in 1996, she became a starter for the team that won the 1996 Olympic gold medal in Atlanta, scoring the game-winning goal in the gold medal game against China. In 1997, she set a women's national team record with five assists in a game against Australia, and in 1998, she was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the Goodwill Games.

In 1999, she was the goal leader on the USA team that won the World Cup, and in 2000 she helped the team obtain Olympic Games silver in Sydney. She was named the CONCACAF Offensive Player of The Year that same year, as well as Chevrolet's female athlete of the year. She was also nominated along with Hamm and Sun Wen for the first ever FIFA World Player of the Year award, and participated in the 2001 Nike Women's Cup. She also won the Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year Award for the second time in a row in 2001.

After women's national team coach, April Heinrichs resigned in February 2005 and was replaced by Greg Ryan, Milbrett returned to the national team, and finally earned her elusive 200th cap on June 30 in a friendly against rivals Canada in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her 100th goal came in Team USA's next match, a friendly against Ukraine in her hometown of Portland at Merlo Field.

Matches and goals scored at World Cup and Olympic tournaments

Tiffeny Milbrett competed as a member of USA teams in three FIFA Women's World Cup: Sweden 1995, USA 1999 and USA 2003; and two Olympics: Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000; played in 28 matches and scored 12 goals at those five global tournaments. Milbrett with her USA teams, are gold meldalists from Atlanta 1996 Olympics, and world champions from USA 1999 world cup, and they finished third place in the other 3 global tournaments she competed in.

	Key (expand for notes on “world cup and olympic goals”)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored.
Result	The final score. W – match was won L – match was lost to opponent D – match was drawn (W) – penalty-shoot-out was won after a drawn match (L) – penalty-shoot-out was lost after a drawn match
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament

Goal	Match	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	Min	Score	Result	Competition
Sweden 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
1	1	1995-06-06	Gavle	China PR	{{{4}}}. on 18' (off Akers) {{{4}}}. off 76' (on Manthei)	34	2–0	3–3 D	Group match
2	2	1995-06-08	Gavle	Denmark	61' (Keller	49	2–0	2–0 W	Group match
	3	1995-06-10	Helsingborg	Australia	{{{4}}}. off 78' (on Keller)			4–1 W	Group match
3	4	1995-06-13	Gavle	Japan	Start	45	3–0	4–0 W	Quarter-final
	5	1995-06-15	Vasteras	Norway	{{{4}}}. on 53' (off Roberts)			0–1 L	Semifinal
	6	1995-06-17	Gavle	China PR	{{{4}}}. off 68' (on Keller)			2–0 W	Third place match
Atlanta 1996 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
4	7	1996-07-21	Orlando, Florida	Denmark	{{{4}}}. off 66' (on Roberts)	49	3–0	3–0 W	Group stage
	8	1996-07-23	Orlando, Florida	Sweden	{{{4}}}. off 58' (on Roberts)			2–1 W	Group stage
	9	1996-07-25	Miami	China PR	30' (Gabarra			0–0 D	Group stage
	10	1996-07-28	Athens, Georgia	Norway	{{{4}}}. off 96' (on MacMillan)			2–1 aet W	Semifinal
5	11	1996-08-01	Athens, Georgia	China PR	{{{4}}}. off 71' (on Roberts)	68	2–1	2–1 W	Gold medal match
USA 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
	12	1999-06-19	East Rutherford, New Jersey	Denmark	{{{4}}}. off 82' (on MacMillan)			3–0 W	Group stage
6	13	1999-06-24	Chicago	Nigeria	Start	23	3–1	7–1 W	Group stage
7						83	7–1
	14	1999-06-27	Boston	Korea DPR	{{{4}}}. on 45' (off Hamm)			3–0 W	Group stage
8	15	1999-07-01	Washington, D.C.	Germany	Start	16	1–1	3–2 W	Quarter-final
	16	1999-07-04	San Francisco	Brazil	{{{4}}}. off 88' (on Fotopoulos)			2–0 W	Semifinal
	17	1999-07-10	Los Angeles	China PR	{{{4}}}. off 115' (on Venturini)			0–0 (pso 5–4)	Final
Sydney 2000 Olympic Women's Football Tournament
9	18	2000-09-14	Melbourne	Norway	Start	18	1–0	2–0 W	Group stage
	19	2000-09-17	Melbourne	China PR	Start			1–1 D	Group stage
	20	2000-09-20	Melbourne	Nigeria	Start			3–1 W	Group stage
	21	2000-09-24	Canberra	Brazil	Start			1–0 W	Semifinal
10	22	2000-09-28	Sydney	Norway	Start	5	1–0	2–3 aet L	Gold medal match
11						90+2	2–2
USA 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
	23	2003-09-21	Washington, D.C.	Sweden	{{{4}}}. on 56' (off Wambach)			3–1 W	Group stage
	24	2003-09-25	Philadelphia	Nigeria	{{{4}}}. on 57' (off Parlow)			5–0 W	Group stage
	25	2003-09-28	Columbus, Ohio	Korea DPR	Start			3–0 W	Group stage
	26	2003-10-01	Foxboro, Massachusetts	Norway	{{{4}}}. on 72' (off Parlow)			1–0 W	Quarter-final
	27	2003-10-05	Portland, Oregon	Germany	{{{4}}}. on 70' (off Bivens)			0–3 L	Semifinal
12	28	2003-10-11	Carson, California	Canada	{{{4}}}. on 43' (off Parlow)	80	3–1	3–1 W	Third place match

Coaching career

She coached at Northwest Soccer Camp as well as at day camps, personal training and Elite Team Training Sessions, and women’s clinics. Milbrett is a member of the People to People Ambassador Programs.

See also

• List of association women football players with 100 or more international goals
• List of footballers with 100 or more caps
• List of FIFA Women's World Cup goalscorers
• List of Olympic medalists in football
• List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of American and Canadian soccer champions
• All-time FC Gold Pride roster
• List of people from Hillsboro, Oregon
• List of Vancouver Whitecaps Women players

References

Match reports

External links

• Tiffeny Milbrett – FIFA competition record
• FC Gold Pride player profile
• Vancouver Whitecaps player profile