Siri Mullinix
Encyclopedia
Siri Lynn Mullinix is an American
soccer goalkeeper. As keeper for the 2000 U.S. women's Olympic soccer team
, she recorded two shutouts helping the team win the silver medal. In 2010, Mullinix was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame.
, she played 90 games earning 43 shutouts and a goals against average of 0.27. She was named the Defensive MVP in the 1997 NCAA tournament
where she earned a 120 minute shutout in the final against Notre Dame. In her four years with the UNC Tar Heels, the team won the ACC title four times and the NCAA title twice.
came in a game against Japan in Atlanta on May 2, 1999. She recorded her first national team shutout on March 12, 2000, against Portugal. In her national team career, she played in 29 games with 28 starts. She set a team record by earning 15 shutouts in 2000 for a 18-5-5 record and a 0.60 goals against average. Mullinix won the silver medal in women's football as a member of the U.S. team at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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in 2001, Mullinix was allocated to the Washington Freedom
where she won 5 of her 18 starts that inaugural season. She won 7 games in the 2002 season and led the league in save percentage that year (80.8%). She played in the league championship game in 2002 and won it in 2003 when she was also named to the WUSA All-Star team. Mullinix and teammate Mia Hamm
were the first inductees into the Washington Freedom's "Hall of Freedom".
women's soccer team. In 2009, she became the goalkeeping coach for the Virginia Commonwealth University women's team while also enrolling as a student.
United States
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soccer goalkeeper. As keeper for the 2000 U.S. women's Olympic soccer team
Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.-Medal winners:-Venues:*Olympic Stadium, Sydney*Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney*Bruce Stadium, Canberra...
, she recorded two shutouts helping the team win the silver medal. In 2010, Mullinix was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame.
College career
In her four years with the University of North CarolinaNorth Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
The North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team represent the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I soccer...
, she played 90 games earning 43 shutouts and a goals against average of 0.27. She was named the Defensive MVP in the 1997 NCAA tournament
NCAA Women's Soccer Championship
NCAA Women's Soccer Championships are divided into three divisions. This article lists NCAA Women's soccer championships.-Division I:The NCAA began conducting a Women's Division I Soccer Championship tournament in 1982 with a 12-team tournament...
where she earned a 120 minute shutout in the final against Notre Dame. In her four years with the UNC Tar Heels, the team won the ACC title four times and the NCAA title twice.
National team
Her first start with the U.S. women's national teamUnited States women's national soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...
came in a game against Japan in Atlanta on May 2, 1999. She recorded her first national team shutout on March 12, 2000, against Portugal. In her national team career, she played in 29 games with 28 starts. She set a team record by earning 15 shutouts in 2000 for a 18-5-5 record and a 0.60 goals against average. Mullinix won the silver medal in women's football as a member of the U.S. team at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the 20th official Olympic football tournament. A women's tournament was held for the second time.-Medal winners:-Venues:*Olympic Stadium, Sydney*Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney*Bruce Stadium, Canberra...
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Washington Freedom
At the launch of the Women's United Soccer AssociationWomen's United Soccer Association
The Women's United Soccer Association, often abbreviated to the WUSA, was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States...
in 2001, Mullinix was allocated to the Washington Freedom
Washington Freedom
The 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 originally founded in 2001 as a member of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. Since 2004, the...
where she won 5 of her 18 starts that inaugural season. She won 7 games in the 2002 season and led the league in save percentage that year (80.8%). She played in the league championship game in 2002 and won it in 2003 when she was also named to the WUSA All-Star team. Mullinix and teammate Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm
Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...
were the first inductees into the Washington Freedom's "Hall of Freedom".
Coaching career
On May 23, 2005, Mullinix was named assistant coach for the UNC GreensboroUNC Greensboro Spartans
The intercollegiate athletics program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro reaches as far back as the late 1940s during the days of the WCUNC, with students participating in national golf tournaments in 1948 and the school hosting the national tournaments for women's golf and tennis...
women's soccer team. In 2009, she became the goalkeeping coach for the Virginia Commonwealth University women's team while also enrolling as a student.