Briana Scurry, US Olympic, National Team and Atlanta Beat
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- U.S. National Team: Became the first goalkeeper in U.S. history to earn 100 caps starting three times as many matches as any other goalkeeper
- A founding player in the WUSA with the Atlanta
Beat
- In 2003 won the league’s
Goalkeeper of the Year award and was First Team All-WUSA …
Led the WUSA in goals against average (0.95), the only goalkeeper
with a GAA below one … Also led the league in shutouts (7)
and save percentage (79.5)
- Helped lead the Beat to the
playoffs and the Founders Cup championship game two consecutive seasons
- Helped lead UMass to a 17-3-3 record and to the semifinals of the NCAA Final Four in 1993
- The consensus top college goalkeeper in 1993, she won two national goalkeeper of the year awards after her senior season
- A 1993 NSCAA Second-Team All-American, All-Northeast Region and All-New England First-Team selection
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Biographical Data
- U.S. National Team:
Was the USA's starting goalkeeper from 1994-1999
and again at the 2003 Women’s World Cup … By far the
most capped goalkeeper in U.S. Women's National Team history,
starting three times as many matches as any other ’keeper
… Is the only WNT goalkeeper to play 100 or more times for
the USA … 2003: Back in top form and fitness, she staked
a claim to the starting ‘keeper spot by playing in 16 games,
all starts, and was the goalkeeper of record for 14 wins (14-1-0)
… Had a 0.61 goals against average and seven shutouts …
Started all six games of the 2003 Women’s World Cup, allowing
five goals, but three came on breakaways … The loss in the
WWC semifinal broke a streak of 35 consecutive matches played
without a loss (31-0-4) dating back to 1999 … Won her 100th
game in goal for the USA against Canada in the Women’s World
Cup third-place match … 2002: After almost a two-year absence
from the WNT, Scurry made her triumphant return in a 4-0 win over
Norway in front of a hometown crowd in Blaine, Minn., on July
21, playing her first match since Aug. 20, 2000, against Canada
… Allowed just two goals in eight matches in 2002, recording
three shutouts and a 0.30 GAA on the year … Posted an undefeated
record of 7-0-0 in 2002 … Was the team’s first-choice
‘keeper in both the 2002 Nike U.S. Women’s Cup and
the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup, helping the USA qualify for
the 2003 Women’s World Cup … 2001: Did not play for
the USA … 2000: Battled injuries and played in just three
matches, earning three ties with a 1.19 GAA … Earned her
100th cap on July 16 in Tromso, Norway … 1999: Had a world-class
performance during the 1999 Women's World Cup, playing every minute
of every game while allowing just three goals and earning four
shutouts … Named to the Women's World Cup All-Star Team
… Her historic and brilliant six-save match against Brazil
in the semifinal was crucial in the championship run … Her
electrifying save of China's third penalty kick in the shootout
during the Women's World Cup Final made the USA's victory possible
… Started 20 matches in 1999, compiling a record of 17-2-1
and allowing just 13 goals … 1998: Started 17 games in 1998
and lost just once while compiling a 15-1-2 record … Allowed
just nine goals and picked up 12 shutouts, the highest yearly
total of her career and at the time, a U.S. team record …
Member of the 1998 Goodwill Games gold medal team … 1997:
Played in 14 games in 1997 and earned seven shutouts while allowing
just seven goals … 1996: Was a member of the USA's gold
medal winning team at the 1996 Olympics, starting and playing
every minute of the USA's five matches ... Played 17 games in
1996, starting 16 and compiling a 15-1-1 record while allowing
only 11 goals with eight shutouts … 1995: Starting goalkeeper
for the team that finished third at the 1995 FIFA Women's World
Cup in Sweden … Started for the U.S. side that won the title
at the 1994 CONCACAF Qualifying Championship in Montreal …
Played in 15 of the USA's 23 games in 1995, posting an 11-2-2
record and recording nine shutouts ... Injured her back in an
auto accident in the summer of 1995 and was unable to compete
in the 1995 Nike U.S. Women's Cup ... 1994: Named the MVP of the
Chiquita Cup in August 1994 ... In her first year with the USA,
she earned seven shutouts in 12 starts …
- Professional / Club:
A founding player in the WUSA with the Atlanta
Beat … 2003: Had her best WUSA season, winning the league’s
Goalkeeper of the Year award and was First Team All-WUSA …
Led the WUSA in goals against average (0.95), the only goalkeeper
with a GAA below one … Also led the league in shutouts (7)
and save percentage (79.5) … Helped lead the Beat to the
Founders Cup championship game … Was the starter in the
WUSA All-Star Game … 2002: Helped the Atlanta Beat to the
playoffs for the second straight year, starting 18 games and compiling
a 1.33 goals against average with six shutouts … Named All-WUSA
Second Team … Named as a reserve on the WUSA South All-Star
Team … 2001: Helped lead the Atlanta Beat to the WUSA championship
game, starting 19 matches and posting a 0.82 GAA with seven shutouts
… Named to the All-WUSA Second Team.
- College / High School:
The consensus top college goalkeeper in
1993, she won two national Goalkeeper of the Year awards after
her senior season … A 1993 NSCAA Second-Team All-American,
All-Northeast Region and All-New England First-Team selection
... Helped lead UMass to a 17-3-3 record and to the semifinals
of the NCAA Final Four in 1993 … She also led the Minutewomen
to titles of the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and tournament
... Completed her four-year collegiate career with 37 shutouts
in 65 starts and had a career record of 48-13-4 and a 0.56 goals-against-average
... In her senior season, she started all 23 games and recorded
15 shutouts and a 0.48 goals-against average, the third best in
the nation ... Split time in the nets in 1992 during her junior
season, starting 13 games and earning seven shutouts ... Played
in three games in 1992 as a forward ... As a sophomore, started
all 19 games for the Minutewomen in 1991, recording 12 shutouts
and allowing just nine goals ... Was an All-American from Anoka
Senior High School in Anoka, Minn. … Won the 1989 state
championship with Anoka in her senior year … Voted the top
female athlete in Minnesota after her senior year.
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