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Lindsay Stoecker

{{Short description|American soccer player}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lindsay Stoecker

| image = Lindsay_Stoecker.jpg

| caption = Teaching soccer to an Afghan girl in June 2004

| fullname = Lindsay Sue Stoecker{{cite web |url=http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/lindsay_stoecker/ |title=Lindsay Stoecker |publisher=Women's United Soccer Association |access-date=February 5, 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040221172711/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/lindsay_stoecker/ |archive-date=February 21, 2004}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|26|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Lafayette, Indiana, United States

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Centre-back / Defensive midfielder

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| youthyears1 = 1995

| youthclubs1 = 1977 Raleigh Spartans{{cite web|title=1977 Raleigh Spartans|url=http://www.ncsoccerhalloffame.com/1977%20Raleigh%20Spartans.htm|publisher=North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame|accessdate=30 April 2016|date=26 January 2013}}

| college1 = North Carolina Tar Heels

| collegeyears1 = 1996–1999

| clubs1 = Washington Freedom

| years1 = 2001–2003

| caps1 = 53

| goals1 = 4

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| club-update = 14:37, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 14:37, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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Lindsay Sue Stoecker (born April 26, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player. A {{height|ft=5|in=10}} tall defender or midfielder, she represented Washington Freedom of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).

Club career

Stoecker was Washington Freedom's second draft pick ahead of the inaugural 2001 season of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).{{cite web|title=Rating the eight WUSA teams|url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SoccerAmerica/2000/sa1486n.pdf|publisher=Soccer America|accessdate=30 April 2016|page=13|date=25 December 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912002630/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SoccerAmerica/2000/sa1486n.pdf|archive-date=12 September 2016|url-status=dead}} She missed part of the 2002 season with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/mar/4/20030304-085823-4131r/?page=all|title=ACL, not R.I.P.|accessdate=30 April 2016|publisher=The Washington Times|date=4 March 2003}} In 2003, Stoecker was part of the Freedom team who won the Founders Cup, but when the league subsequently folded she began working for a consultancy firm.{{cite news|last1=Steinberg|first1=Dan|title=Coping with the loss of Freedom|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37141-2004Jun12.html|accessdate=30 April 2016|work=The Washington Post|date=13 June 2004}}

International career

In August 2001, United States national team coach April Heinrichs called up Stoecker to a 24-player preliminary roster for the 2001 Women's U.S. Cup.{{cite news|title=Heinrichs Announces Roster for 2001 Nike U.S. Women's Cup; USA Will Face Germany, Japan and China at Three Midwest Venues|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/37/heinrichs-announces-roster-for-2001-nike-u-s-womens-cup-usa-will-face-germany-japan-and-china-at-thr|accessdate=30 April 2016|publisher=United States Soccer Federation|date=21 August 2001}}

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Category:1978 births

Category:North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players

Category:Women's association football midfielders

Category:Living people

Category:American women's soccer players

Category:21st-century American sportswomen

Category:Soccer players from North Carolina

Category:Washington Freedom (soccer) players

Category:Women's United Soccer Association players

Category:Soccer players from Indiana

Category:Women's association football central defenders

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