Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1970)
{{Short description|American-born Mexican retired footballer}}
{{family name hatnote|Hill|Rozenel|lang=Spanish}}
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|fullname = Laurie Anne Hill Rozenel{{Soccerway|291609|accessdate=2 January 2020}}
|birth_name = Laurie Anne Hill{{cite web |url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/laurie_a_hill_born_1970_10959728 |title=Laurie A Hill, Born 02/11/1970 in California |website=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|access-date=2 January 2020}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|2|11}}{{FIFA player|490}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States
| height = {{Height|ft=5|in=1}}{{Cite news |last=Bickelhaupt |first=Susan |date=April 21, 1999 |title=Cross-country kicking |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/packages/wwc99/stories/0421_hill.htm |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Boston |accessdate=July 16, 2016}}
| position = Midfielder
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| collegeyears1 = 1988–1991
| college1 = UC Santa Barbara
| collegecaps1 = 74
| collegegoals1 = 27
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| nationalteam1 = Mexico
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Laurie Anne Hill Rozenel{{Cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLV2-LXG |title=Laurie A Hill – California Birth Index |website=FamilySearch |accessdate=July 17, 2016}} (born 11 February 1970) is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in the United States, she represented the Mexico women's national team.
Early life and education
Hill was born on February 11, 1970, in Los Angeles, California, and was raised in the same area. Her mother was born in Mexico City, Mexico to American parents. Hill attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and was a student-athlete on the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's soccer team.{{Cite news |last=Giesin |first=Dan |date=February 3, 1999 |title=U.S. Woman Finds Success Elsewhere / Hill joins Mexico for World Cup tournament |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/U-S-Woman-Finds-Success-Elsewhere-Hill-joins-2949284.php |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |location=San Francisco |accessdate=July 17, 2016}}{{Cite news |last=Zant |first=John |date=November 13, 2008 |title=UCSB Women's Soccer Scores Big Breakthrough |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2008/nov/13/ucsb-womens-soccer-score-big/ |newspaper=Santa Barbara Independent |location=Santa Barbara, California |accessdate=July 17, 2016}} Hill became UC Santa Barbara's career leader in minutes played (6,422) and was named a three-time All American from 1989 through 1991.{{Cite web |url=http://static.psbin.com/7/n/ueytup2ai8khl0/UCSB.W.Soccer.Records.pdf |title=UCSB Women's Soccer Record Book |date=August 2015 |website=UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |accessdate=July 17, 2016}}{{Cite news |last=Shipley |first=Amy |date=June 9, 1999 |title=Opportunity Is South of the Border |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1999/06/09/opportunity-is-south-of-the-border/b354759c-b057-4890-89f5-6002a9890faf/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington, D.C. |accessdate=July 17, 2016}} Following her UCSB career, she was inducted into the UC Santa Barbara Athletics Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ucsbgauchos.com/information/dare_to_be_great/gaucho_fund/gaucho_order/hall_of_fame |title=UCSB Gaucho Athletic Hall of Fame |website=UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |accessdate=July 17, 2016}}
Career
Hill played for the Southern California Nitemares as a teenager.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/807308.html |title=Hill Went Where Game Took Her |date=May 8, 2014 |website=United Soccer Leagues |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729140102/http://cardiaplegia.rssing.com/chan-1005630/all_p189.html |archivedate=July 29, 2016 |via=cardiaplegia.rssing.com |accessdate=July 29, 2016}} After she graduated from UC Santa Barbara, she went to Japan to play professionally for a year before returning to Southern California.
Hill rejoined the Nitemares in 1995 as they became a founding member of the USL W-League.{{Cite web |url=http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1995.html |title=The Year in American Soccer, 1995 |last=Litterer |first=David |website=American Soccer History Archives |accessdate=July 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926181854/http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1995.html |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |url-status=dead }} For the 1995 W-League season, Hill was named the league's first MVP. She also featured for the Sacramento Storm.
Following the 1999 Women's World Cup, Hill was selected to be a part of a traveling exhibition against the United States Women's National Team. She would later be drafted to the Women's United Soccer Association's Philadelphia Charge in the 15th round of the 2000 WUSA Draft.{{Cite news |date=February 4, 2001 |title=WUSA preliminary rosters |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/wusa/preliminary-rosters.htm |newspaper=USA Today |location=Tysons Corner, Virginia |accessdate=July 17, 2016}} She quit playing soccer before the Charge played their first game after deciding to focus on a nursing career.{{Cite magazine |date=March 17, 2001 |title=WUSA Preseason: C-Rays stomp Storm; Beijing takes Charge |url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/12956/wusa-preseason-c-rays-stomp-storm-beijing-takes.html |magazine=Soccer America |location=Oakland, California |accessdate=July 17, 2016}}
=International career=
Hill, being American-born and raised, attempted to join the United States women's national soccer team. She never made an appearance for the team.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/~/media/files/media-guides/2016wntmediaguide2.pdf?la=en |title=2016 WNT MEDIA GUIDE |date=2016 |website=United States Soccer Federation |page=99 |accessdate=July 17, 2016}}
After a series of changes in Mexican laws, Hill was eligible to attempt to join the Mexico women's national football team before the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. After the Mexico national team played a scrimmage against the Sacramento Storm, Hill, who played for the Storm, approached the Mexican officials about joining the team.{{Cite news |last=Jensen |first=Mike |date=June 17, 1999 |title=Mexican Soccer Team Has American Accent Half Of The Improbable Women's World Cup Squad Comes From North Of The Border. |url=http://articles.philly.com/1999-06-17/sports/25499647_1_andrea-rodebaugh-mexican-soccer-mexican-americans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715034135/http://articles.philly.com/1999-06-17/sports/25499647_1_andrea-rodebaugh-mexican-soccer-mexican-americans |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia |accessdate=July 17, 2016}}
Hill successfully joined the team for their first Women's World Cup appearance and was one of over half of the 20–player roster with American ties.{{Cite news |last=Wyllie |first=John Philip |date=June 18, 1999 |title=Mexico Faces Challenges of Biblical Proportions |url=http://laprensa-sandiego.org//archieve/june18/mexico.htm |newspaper=La Prensa San Diego |location=San Diego |accessdate=July 17, 2016}} Hill served as a co-captain for the team and appeared in all three group matches.{{Cite news |last=Baxter |first=Kevin |date=January 2, 2011 |title=A chance at soccer south of the border |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jan-02-la-sp-womens-soccer-20110103-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles |access-date=July 17, 2016}}
Personal life
Hill was nicknamed "The Thrill" after her play on the field.{{Cite news |last=Whiteside |first=Kelly |date=June 18, 1999 |title=It's Geography With Kick |url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/women-s-world-cup-soccer-it-s-geography-with-kick-1.468973 |newspaper=Newsday |location=Melville, New York |accessdate=July 17, 2016}} After soccer, she met her husband, Johnny, in the Summer 2001 and moved to Ireland. She works in nursing and is a mother to three children.
References
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External links
- {{FIFA player|490}}
{{Mexico squad 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
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Category:Mexican women's footballers
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Mexico women's international footballers
Category:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Category:Mexican people of American descent
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:Soccer players from Los Angeles
Category:American sportspeople of Mexican descent
Category:UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's soccer players
Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players