Ann Orrison

{{short description|American former soccer player (born 1961)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}

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| name = Ann Orrison

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| full_name = Ann Kimberly Orrison-Germain

| birth_name = Ann Kimberly Orrison

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|6|29}}

| birth_place = Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.

| height =

| position = Defender

| years1 =

| clubs1 = Arlington United

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| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1985–1986

| nationalteam1 = United States

| nationalcaps1 = 5

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Ann Kimberly Orrison-Germain ({{nee|Orrison}}; born June 29, 1961) is an American former soccer player who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team from 1985 to 1986.{{cite news |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/15/u-s-wnt-flashback-20th-anniversary-of-first-ever-match-ann-orrison |title=U.S. WNT Flashback – 20th Anniversary of First-Ever Match: Ann Orrison |website=USSoccer.com |publisher=United States Soccer Federation |access-date=October 3, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005104055/http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/15/u-s-wnt-flashback-20th-anniversary-of-first-ever-match-ann-orrison |archive-date=October 5, 2016}}{{cite web|title=U.S. Soccer: The 17 women who blazed an amazing trail|url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/13554/us-soccer-the-17-women-who-blazed-an-amazing-tr.html|publisher=Soccer America|accessdate=October 1, 2016|date=November 1, 2000}}

She played field hockey and lacrosse at the University of Virginia.

Personal life

Orrison was born in Arlington County, Virginia on June 29, 1961,{{cite book |location=Richmond, Virginia |title=Virginia, Births, 1864–2016 |publisher=Virginia Department of Health}} to Karen ({{nee|Olson}}) and Charles Orrison, and grew up in McLean. She married Everett Grant Germain III on June 21, 1986, in Fairfax, Virginia.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/ann-orrison-marriage |location=Richmond, Virginia |title=Virginia, Marriages, 1936–2014 |publisher=Virginia Department of Health|year=1986 }} She is the sister-in-law of fellow U.S. international Suzy Cobb Germain, who later married Everett's brother Gregory in 1989.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/suzy-cobb-marriage |location=Richmond, Virginia |title=Virginia, Marriages, 1936–2014 |publisher=Virginia Department of Health|year=1989 }} Both players had previously featured together in a match against Canada at the 1986 North America Cup, which the Americans won 3–0 (this was Cobb Germain's only international appearance, and Orrison's final match).{{cite book |title=1997 U.S. Soccer Media Guide |chapter=Women's All-Time International Results and Lineups |location=Chicago |publisher=United States Soccer Federation |page=140 |year=1998}}

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, {{ISBN|0803240368}}
  • Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Scarecrow Press, {{ISBN|0810874164}}
  • Nash, Tim (2016), It's Not the Glory: The Remarkable First Thirty Years of US Women's Soccer, Lulu Press, {{ISBN|1483451526}}

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Category:Living people

Category:1961 births

Category:Soccer players from Arlington County, Virginia

Category:Sportspeople from McLean, Virginia

Category:Soccer players from Fairfax County, Virginia

Category:Women's association football defenders

Category:American women's soccer players

Category:United States women's international soccer players

Category:College women's lacrosse players in the United States

Category:Virginia Cavaliers athletes

Category:Virginia Cavaliers field hockey players

Category:American female field hockey players

Category:Lacrosse players from Virginia

Category:20th-century American sportswomen

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