Jackie Billet

{{Short description|American former soccer player}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jackie Billet

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| full_name = Jacqueline Billet{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uwbadgers.com/documents/2019/7/8/2019_WSOC_RecordBook.pdf |title=Wisconsin Women's Soccer 2019 Record Book |publisher=Wisconsin Badgers |year=2019 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812071203/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uwbadgers.com/documents/2019/7/8/2019_WSOC_RecordBook.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|1|23}}

| birth_place = United States

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1992

| youthclubs1 = Oakville Tigers

| youthyears2 = 1991

| youthclubs2 = J.B. Marine S.C.{{cite news |last=Boone |first=Kevin E. |url=https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-32880559/former-teammates-reunite-on-festival-soccer-squad |title=Former Teammates Reunite on Festival Soccer Squad |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=June 29, 1994 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812071517/https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1P2-32880559/former-teammates-reunite-on-festival-soccer-squad |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}

| collegeyears1 = 1992–1995

| college1 = Wisconsin Badgers

| collegecaps1 = ?

| collegegoals1 = 26

| nationalyears1 = 1992

| nationalteam1 = United States

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1997–2001

| managerclubs1 = Illinois State Redbirds (assistant)

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Jacqueline Billet (born January 23, 1974) is an American former soccer player who played as a midfielder, making one appearance for the United States women's national team.

Career

In high school, Billet played for the Oakville Tigers, where she had a team record of 25 assists in a season and was an All-Metro player in 1991.{{cite news |author=Ole |url=https://soccerstl.net/2012/03/27/dave-robben-captures-win-1000/ |title=Dave Robben Captures Win 1000 |website=Soccer STL |date=March 27, 2012 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812071650/https://soccerstl.net/2012/03/27/dave-robben-captures-win-1000/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019}} In college, she played for the Wisconsin Badgers from 1992 to 1995, where she was a letter-winner. In total, she scored 26 goals and registered 20 assists. She was selected for the NSCAA All-Region first team in 1992, 1993, and 1994, as well as the third team in 1995. She was also included in the All-Big Ten Conference first team in 1994. In 1996, she was selected as part of the West Squad for the Umbro College All-Star Soccer Classic,{{cite news |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/15595/umbro-select-college-all-star-soccer-classic.html |title=Umbro Select College All-Star Soccer Classic |website=Soccer America |date=February 29, 1996 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812071819/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/15595/umbro-select-college-all-star-soccer-classic.html |archive-date=August 12, 2019}} and in 2008 was inducted into the Oakville High School Hall of Fame as a part of the school's 1991 women's championship-winning soccer team.{{cite web |url=https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills081/hlrbillspdf/2555C.02.pdf |title=House Resolution No. 2115: Oakville Girls Soccer Team (induction in HS Hall of Fame) |website=Missouri House of Representatives |date=April 22, 2008 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812072145/https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills081/hlrbillspdf/2555C.02.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}

Billet made her only international appearance for the United States on August 16, 1992 in a friendly match against Norway, which finished as a 2–4 loss.{{cite web |url=https://d1dhn91mufybwl.cloudfront.net/downloads/pdfs/fdxnf1dwi/fdxnf1dwi_print.pdf |title=2019 U.S. Women's National Team Media Guide |website=United States Soccer Federation |year=2019 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808074101/https://d1dhn91mufybwl.cloudfront.net/downloads/pdfs/fdxnf1dwi/fdxnf1dwi_print.pdf |archive-date=August 8, 2019}}

From 1997 to 2001, Billet served as an assistant coach at Illinois State Redbirds.{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-wisconsin-state-journal-jul-12-1997-p-26/ |title=Sports – Locally |publisher=Wisconsin State Journal |date=July 12, 1997 |page=26 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812070344/https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-wisconsin-state-journal-jul-12-1997-p-26/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |quote=Jackie Billet, a former all-Big Ten soccer player at Wisconsin, has been named assistant soccer coach at Illinois State University.}}{{cite news |url=https://goredbirds.com/news/2001/8/8/080801aaa_363.aspx |title=Cuadrado Named Assistant Soccer Coach |website=Illinois State Redbirds |date=August 8, 2001 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812070956/https://goredbirds.com/news/2001/8/8/080801aaa_363.aspx |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}

Career statistics

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=3|United States
YearAppsGoals
199210
Total10

References