Emily Kendall Burt (born April 25, 1975) is an American former professional

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player who featured primarily as a

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Early life

Burt was born in

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. She was raised in

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, and attended

Menlo-Atherton High School Menlo-Atherton High School (known as M-A to locals) is a four-year public charter secondary school located in Atherton, California. Menlo-Atherton is part of the Sequoia Union High School District.

. Burt later attended

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

, where she was a member of the

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and tennis teams. She took a hiatus from soccer in 1995 to focus on tennis, but returned to the sport the following season.

Career

Burt played for Foothill FC of the

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while working in the tech industry. She was selected in the 12th round of the

2000 WUSA Draft The WUSA Inaugural Player Draft, held before Women's United Soccer Association's initial 2001 season, distributed players to the league's eight inaugural teams. The draft occurred on December 10 and 11, 2000. This took place after each team was a ...

by the Atlanta Beat as the 96th overall selection. When the WUSA ceased operations, Burt joined

California Storm California Storm is an American women's soccer team, founded in 1995 as the Sacramento Storm, dropping the city name in favor of California the following season. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of wom ...

followed by

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club

FC Energy Voronezh FC Energy Voronezh (Russian: «Энергия» Воронеж) was a women's football club from Voronezh, Russia. The club holds the most championships in Russian, having 5 championships to its name. In 1994 the team won the vice championship be ...

Career statistics

Club

''These statistics are incomplete and currently represent a portion of Burt's career.''

References

External links

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