Height: 5' 9"
Birth Date: 1/24/1986
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Previous Team: Ajax America (WPSL)
How Acquired:
Named to the Breakers roster on March 25, 2009 after preseason tryout.
2009:
- Played in 11 games, starting in 10
- Lead the goalkeepers in minutes played with 928
- Only let up 6 goals in 11 games, posting a 0.58 goals against average
- Recorded 5 shutouts, 4th best in the league
- Named to the Breakers roster on March 25, 2009 after preseason tryout
International:
- Trained with the U-20 National Team in the spring of 2006
Club:
- Led Ajax America to the 2008 WPSL National Championship
- Named to the 2008 WPSL All-Tournament Team
College:
- Finished her career ranked second on Duke and fourth on the ACC career charts in shutouts (33)
- Career 0.87 goals against average and 265 saves ranked first & second, respectively, on the Duke charts
- Two-time Soccer Buzz and NSCAA/adidas All-Southeast Region team member
- An ACC All-Freshman and Soccer Buzz All-Southeast Region All-Freshman selection in 2004
- Set the Duke record with 603:33 straight minutes without allowing a goal during the 2007 season
- Led Duke to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2007
High School / Youth Club:
- 2004 Honolulu Advertiser State Player of the Year and Gatorade Player of the Year
- Named to the 2004 McDonald’s All-America team and 2003 NSCAA All-America team
- Was a four-year starter at Punahou School
- 2003 & 2001 all-state, and a two-time all-conference selection
- Led her high school team to 44-3-7 record over four years
- As a senior, led Punahou to a 13-0 record and the state championship while not allowing a goal in the 13 contests
- Won the state championship as a junior with a 12-0-1 record
- Olympic Development Region Team and National Pool participant from 2000-2003
- 2003 Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Played on the club team HSC Bulls and named its player of the year in 2000
- State champions with HSC Bulls from 1999-2003
Personal:
- Full name is Allison Shelby Lipsher, goes by “Alli”
- Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Daughter of Julian and the late Shore Hodge Lipsher
- Majored in history
- Loves ketchup and will surf for food
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What are the three things you can never be without while traveling?
Cell Phone, iPod, Jacket
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If you didn’t play professional soccer, what other profession would you try – and why?
I would want to try to be a stuntwoman. Traveling, movie stars, why not?
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What’s your perfect day off?
All day at the beach barbequing with friends.
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What famous person most inspires you and why?
I think it is more important to be inspired by everyday people and everyday things.
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If you had a dinner party, who are the four people you would invite (can be living or dead)?
Emeril to cook, Jason Mraz to entertain and the first two people who came to mind after that.
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If there were one adjective to describe you, what would it be?
Easy-going
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What’s on your workout/pre-game iPod playlist?
Depends what I’m in the mood for. Usually there’s a crappy techno song.
QUICK HITS – List your top three favorites
TV Shows:
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Arrested Development
- Brothers and Sisters or 30 Rock
Place to Shop:
- Online
- Pac-Sun
- Target
Restaurants:
- My Thai restaurant back home
- CPK – can’t go wrong.
- Any hole-in-the-wall Mexican place in California (LBJ)
Professional Athletes:
- Steve Nash
- Peter Schmeichel
- Kelly Slater
Cities (in any country):
- Los Angeles
- Honolulu
- Melbourne