Rosalie Ann Cook (born October 25, 1974) is an American

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and former player. A versatile defender or

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, she played for the

San Jose CyberRays San Jose CyberRays was a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Spartan Stadium on the South Campus of San José State University in San Jose, California. Stars included U.S. National ...

and

Washington Freedom Washington Freedom was an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Germantown, Maryland, that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The Freedom was founded in 2001 as a member of the defunct Women's Uni ...

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(WUSA) and won a single

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for the senior

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Playing career

College

Cook attended the

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and played

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. She graduated in 1997 with degrees in

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and

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. With the Tribe, Cook was named all-

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in all four of her seasons and was selected as an all-American in 1993, 1995 and 1997. She was a finalist for the

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in 1995 and 1997. She

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in 1996 due to injury.

Club

Following her collegiate career, Cook played in the

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W-League for the

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. The Cobras won the W-League national championship in 2000, with Cook as

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(MVP). They had been national runners-up in 1999.

(WUSA), the first official

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women's soccer league in the United States, began in 2001. Cook was a fourth-round draft pick (25th overall in the global draft) by the Bay Area CyberRays. In

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versatile Cook started five of her 14 regular season appearances. In the championship game she substituted in for the injured playmaker Sissi as the CyberRays beat Atlanta Beat on a

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. In December 2001 the CyberRays traded her to

for

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. She started ten of 18 regular season appearances and posted one assist as the Freedom finished third. She featured in her second consecutive championship game but the Freedom lost 3–2 to

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. Ahead of the 2003 season, Cook attended the CyberRays' training camp as a

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after she was

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by Washington Freedom. The team, now known as the San Jose CyberRays, gave Cook a contract after assessing her in training. She played 11 times, with three starts, posting one assist. In mid-season Cook had been waived again, to accommodate

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's elevation to the active roster, only to be re-signed by the CyberRays as a reserve player. After the 2003 season, the CyberRays'

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and Cook all announced their retirement from soccer.

International

In 1993 and 1994 Cook was a member of the

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squad. Cook's only appearance on the senior

was on December 16, 1998, in a 2–1 win over

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. Although a behind closed doors match with an experimental United States line-up, it was nevertheless considered a full international fixture by the

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(USSF). Cook provided an assist for Justi Baumgardt's winning goal. The

proved to be Cook's first and last, she could not break into the squad which reclaimed the

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on home soil in

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Coaching career

After her retirement from playing, Cook became a full-time coach of college soccer. Since 2007, she has been employed by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cook, Ann Living people 1974 births American women's soccer players William & Mary Tribe women's soccer players United States women's international soccer players Women's United Soccer Association players Soccer players from Missouri San Jose CyberRays players Washington Freedom players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders Chicago Cobras players USL W-League (1995–2015) players