Liu Ying (; born June 11, 1974) is a

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player who competed in the

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and

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. In 1996 she won the silver medal with the Chinese team. She played three matches including the final. She played with the

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at ...

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that lost to the

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in the

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. The match went to penalties, and she was the only player on either side to miss her chance, as her kick was saved by

Briana Scurry Briana Collette Scurry (born September 7, 1971) is an American retired soccer goalkeeper, and assistant coach of the Washington Spirit . Scurry was the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team at the 1995 World Cu ...

. The U.S. ultimately won the shoot-out 5–4. One year later she was a member of the Chinese team which finished fifth in the women's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She played all three matches.

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1974 births Living people Chinese women's footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of China Olympic silver medalists for China Olympic medalists in football Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics China women's international footballers Asian Games gold medalists for China Women's association footballers not categorized by position Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Century Club High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China alumni {{PRChina-Olympic-medalist-stub