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Heather Mitts (FA)
Defender
Team: Boston Breakers
Heather Mitts
Height: 5' 5"
Birth Date: 6/9/1978
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Previous Team: U.S. National Team
How Acquired:
U.S. National Team Allocation

WPS:
  • Allocated to the Breakers via the Women’s National Team allocation on September 16, 2008.
International:
  • Won her second Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, starting all six games
  • Became the 25th American to earn her 100th career cap (vs. Sweden in the 2009 Algarve Cup final)
  • Participated in the 2007 National Team Residency Program but missed the 2007 FIFA World Cup due to a torn ACL
  • Played in every game for the National Team in 2006
  • Played and started every game at the 2005 Algarve Cup as part of eight starts for the National Team
  • Participated in the 2004 National Team Residency Program, starting in 17 of 29 matches played
  • Played in two matches en route to a Gold Medal in her first world championship at the 2004 Athens Olympics
  • Scored her first two goals of her international career in 2004, both game-winners (Canada, Iceland)
  • First international goal came against Canada on July 3rd, 2004
  • Was a member of the U-21 Women’s National Team Pool in 1999 and 2000
  • Was a member of the 1999 U-21 Women’s National Team that won the Nordic Cup in Iceland
Club:
  • Played for the WUSA Philadelphia Courage from 2001-2003.
  • Started all 51 games, helping the club to the WUSA playoffs in the first two years.
  • Named a WUSA All-Star in 2003
  • Played 4,414 minutes in her WUSA career while tallying eight assists
  • Was a member of the 1997 Cardinal Premier Team that won a national championship
College:
  • All-time leader in games played (95), starts (94) and minutes played (7,547) at Florida
  • Helped Gators to their first and only NCAA Championship in 1999
  • Named to the 1999 NCAA All-Tournament team
  • Won the SEC title all four years of her career
  • Named First-Team All-American her senior year and Third-Team her junior year
  • Named All-SEC First-Team as a junior and senior
  • Named Most Inspirational Player her freshman year and Team MVP her senior year
High School / Youth Club:
  • Attended St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • All-State selection in her junior and senior year
  • Won the 1993 State Title with St. Ursula Academy
  • Won two Ohio State Titles with Club Cincinnati
Personal:
  • Full name is Heather Blaine Mitts
  • Her mother, Jan Peck, is a personal trainer.
  • Worked for ESPN as a sideline reporter on college football during the 2005 seasons
  • Served as a studio analyst for ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 during the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup and was the sideline reporter for several MLS broadcasts in 2005
  • Has done color commentary for Sunshine Network and for Fox Sports South on women’s college soccer games
  • Appeared on the cover of Philadelphia Magazine in June of 2002 as one of the city’s “Sexiest Singles”
  • Was voted sexiest player in the WUSA on Playboy.com during the 2001 season
  • Also was voted ESPN.com’s “Sexiest Female Athlete” in 2004
  • The first soccer player ever to appear in FHM in a five-page photo spread
  • Was on the cover of the Sports Illustrated for Women college preview issue in 1999
  • Also appeared in the 2005 SI Swimsuit Issue with A.J. Feeley, who is now her fiancé
  • Co-hosted the “Tailgate Show” on Comcast SportsNet, the pre-game for the Philadelphia Eagles home games in 2004
  • “Ran with the Bulls” in Pamplona, Spain in 1999
  • Loves watching and playing sports
  • Loves to play golf, tennis and squash
  • Father, Don, a cardiac surgeon at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, played basketball at Kentucky under Adolph Rupp
  • Brother Brian played soccer at the University of Kentucky and her sister, Megan, is a student at University of Miami
  • Involved with Boys & Girls Club and Athletes for Hope
  • Holds a soccer camp in Cincinnati every summer
  1. What are the three things you can never be without while traveling?
    Video iPod, Pillow and Phone
  2. If you didn’t play professional soccer, what other profession would you try – and why?
    T.V. because it’s interesting and very challenging.
  3. What’s your perfect day off?
    Making a huge breakfast, watching my morning shows, watch a movie and relax.
  4. What famous person most inspires you and why?
    Billy Jean King because of all that she accomplished and how she continues to give back.
  5. If you had a dinner party, who are the four people you would invite (can be living or dead)?
    Barack Obama, Michael Jordan, Julia Roberts and my finance
  6. If there were one adjective to describe you, what would it be?
    Feisty
  7. What’s on your workout/pre-game iPod playlist?
    Kayne, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and other pump up music.
QUICK HITS – List your top three favorites

TV Shows:

  1. The Office
  2. Prison Break
  3. 30 Rock

Place to Shop:

  1. NYC
  2. Whole Foods
  3. Chicago

Restaurants:

  1. Budda Kan
  2. Katsuya
  3. Houston’s

Professional Athletes:

  1. AJ Feeley
  2. Pele
  3. Danielle Fotopoulos

Cities (in any country):

  1. Venice
  2. San Diego
  3. Maui
 
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Heather Mitts is a left back starting for the Boston Breakers in the new WPS league...

Heather Mitts patrols the defensive end of the field for the Boston Breakers...

Heather Mitts threw out the first pitch before the Red Sox game on Wednesday, July 8.

Boston Breakers promotional video that is played during home games at Harvard Stadium.

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