Lindsay Stoecker

Lindsay Stoecker
	Teaching soccer to an Afghan girl in June 2004
Personal information
Full name	Lindsay Sue Stoecker
Date of birth	April 26, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Centre-back / Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1995	1977 Raleigh Spartans
College career
Years	Team
1996–1999	North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2003	Washington Freedom
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:37, 30 April 2016 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:37, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Lindsay Sue Stoecker (born April 26, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player. A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall defender or midfielder, she represented Washington Freedom of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).

Club career

Stoecker was Washington Freedom's second draft pick ahead of the inaugural 2001 season of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).^[3] She missed part of the 2002 season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.^[4] In 2003, Stoecker was part of the Freedom team who won the Founders Cup, but when the league subsequently folded she began working for a consultancy firm.^[5]

In August 2001, United States national team coach April Heinrichs called up Stoecker to a 24-player preliminary roster for the 2001 Women's U.S. Cup.^[6]

^ "Lindsay Stoecker". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on February 21, 2004. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
^ "1977 Raleigh Spartans". North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
^ "Rating the eight WUSA teams" (PDF). Soccer America. 25 December 2000. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
^ "ACL, not R.I.P." The Washington Times. 4 March 2003. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
^ Steinberg, Dan (13 June 2004). "Coping with the loss of Freedom". The Washington Post. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
^ "Heinrichs Announces Roster for 2001 Nike U.S. Women's Cup; USA Will Face Germany, Japan and China at Three Midwest Venues". United States Soccer Federation. 21 August 2001. Retrieved 30 April 2016.

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