Lori Ann Henry (born March 20, 1966) is an American retired
soccer defender and former member and captain of the
United States women's national soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles ( 1991, 1999, 2015, an ...
. She was the only player from the first match ever played by the national team who made it to the
1991 Women's World Cup Championship in China and one of two players to hit double-figures in caps.
Early life
Henry grew up in the
Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region ...
area and attended
Shorewood High School in
Shoreline, Washington
Shoreline is a city in King County, Washington, United States. It is located between the city limits of Seattle and the Snohomish County border, approximately north of Downtown Seattle. As of the 2020 census, the population of Shoreline was 58 ...
where she was a star soccer player for the T-Birds.
University of North Carolina
Henry attended the
University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...
from 1986 to 1989 and helped the Tar Heels to three national women's soccer championships. Henry was twice selected first team All-America. She was also selected to Soccer America's All-Decade Team in 1990.
Playing career
International
In 1985, Henry was a member of the first
women's national soccer team the U.S. fielded. She played for the
United States women's national soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is the most successful in international women's soccer, winning four Women's World Cup titles ( 1991, 1999, 2015, an ...
from 1985 to 1991, including three years as captain. In 1991, she was part of the team that won the first
Women's World Cup in China.
Coaching career
Henry began her coaching career as an assistant at UNC-Greensboro and later served as the head women's soccer coach at
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
for four years.
See also
*
1985 United States women's national soccer team
The 1985 United States women's national soccer team was the first USWNT to play international matches. The team played four matches in Jesolo, Italy, at the Mundialito tournament, losing three and drawing one of the matches.
Coaches
Players
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References
Further reading
* Crothers, Tim (2012), ''The Man Watching: Anson Dorrance and the University of North Carolina Women's Soccer Dynasty'', Macmillan,
* Grainey, Timothy (2012), ''Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer'', University of Nebraska Press,
* Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), ''The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story'', Scarecrow Press,
* Nash, Tim (2016), ''It's Not the Glory: The Remarkable First Thirty Years of US Women's Soccer', Lulu Press,
External links
*
US Soccer profile
Living people
1966 births
United States women's international soccer players
Women's association football central defenders
North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
People from Shoreline, Washington
Soccer players from King County, Washington
American women's soccer players
FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players
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