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Shannon Boxx (FA)
Midfielder
Team: FC Gold Pride
Shannon Boxx
Height: 5'8"
Birth Date: 6/29/1977
Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA
Previous Team: Saint Louis Athletica
How Acquired:
Signed as a free agent on 6/1/2010

International Career

2009
• Boxx continued her consistent six-year run in the center of the U.S. midfield by starting seven of eight matches in 2009.
• Member of the U.S. Women’s Algarve Cup squad.
• Scored two goals for the season, including the tying goal in regulation in the championship game of the Algarve Cup.
• Led the USA in minutes played with 614.
• Entering 2010 Boxx has 118 caps, and has scored 20 goals for United States.

2008
• Started all 33 games in which she appeared for the United States.
• Gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
• Finished second on the U.S. team in minutes played with 2,807.
• Played every minute of all six matches at the 2008 Olympics.
• Had game-winning assist in the Olympic quarterfinal win over Canada.
• Was on the 10-player short list for FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year.
• Scored just scored one goal, but it was a crucial game-winner in a 1-0 victory over China in January to give the USA the Four Nations Tournament title.

2007
• Member of the U.S. Women’s World Cup team that placed third in China.
• Started four of the five games in the Women’s World Cup, received a red card in the semifinal against Brazil and was suspended for the third-place game.
• Scored against England in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinal.
• Returned to the U.S. team at the Algarve Cup in March after recovering from major knee surgery.
• Started against Finland in the second group match and played 90 minutes.
• Came off the bench in the final two games of the Algarve Cup.
• Tallied her first goal of the year, and first since her injury, against Japan with a header in a 4-1 win on July 28.
• Started 14 of the 18 games she played, scoring four goals with three assists.

2006
• Started all three games at the Four Nations Tournament in China, helping the USA to the title, while scoring on a header against Norway.
• Started all four games at the Algarve Cup and was named Tournament MVP for the second time (also won the award in 2004).
• Tore the MCL and ACL in her right knee during practice in mid-July at U.S. Residency Training Camp and was out for eight months.

2005
• Started all four games at the Algarve Cup, playing all but 23 minutes of the tournament.
• Started all nine games the USA played, was third in minutes played, and scored one goal, coming against Iceland, and added one assist.

2004
• Gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
• Started all six games at the 2004 Olympics, scored the opening goal of the tournament against Greece and had the game-winning assist against Japan in the quarterfinal.
• Started 31 of the 32 matches she played and was second on the team in minutes played with 2,714.
• Scored eight goals with five assists, including a goal in Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy’s last game on December 8.
• Scored her first career hat trick against Trinidad & Tobago at the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Costa Rica.
• She captained the FIFA Women’s World All-Star Team against Germany in Paris in May, leading her team to a 3-2 victory.
• Named MVP of the prestigious Algarve Cup tournament in Portugal in March as the USA defeated Norway, 4-1, in the title game.
• Finished 7th in the voting for FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award.

2003
• Member of the U.S. Women’s World Cup squad.
• Made her first two career caps and starts in the final two matches before the Women’s World Cup, and scored goals in both games.
• Started all five games in which she played at the 2003 Women’s World Cup.
• Scored against Sweden in the opening game of the tournament and also against Canada to help clinch the third-place match, which was the 1,000th goal in U.S. WNT history.
• Boxx was one of three U.S. players named to the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup All-Star Team.
• Set a U.S. record by scoring in her first three full National Team matches, against Costa Rica and Mexico right before the Women’s World Cup, and then in the tournament opener vs. Sweden

Professional Career

2009
• Appeared in 19 games, making 18 starts for the Los Angeles Sol.
• Scored three goals, and added three assists for the year.
• Named to the WPS All-Star Team.
• Was third on the Sol in minutes played with 1,665.

2003
• Made 21 appearances, starting each one, for the WUSA’s New York Power
• Scored one goal, and added eight assists for the year.
• Logged 1,868 minutes of playing time.

2002
• Boxx appeared in 20 games, making 15 starts, for the San Diego Spirit.
• Scored two goals, and added two assists for the year.

2001
• Boxx appeared in 21 games, making 21 starts, for San Diego in her rookie season with San Diego of the WUSA.
• Recorded three goals, and added five assists for the year.

Nickname:
  • "Boxxy"
Year Club GP GS MIN G A SHTS SOG FC FS C E
2009 Los Angeles Sol 19 18 1665 3 3 30 12 33 21 3 0
Career 19 18 1665 3 3 30 12 33 21 3 0
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