Sandi Gordon
{{Short description|American former soccer player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sandi Gordon
| image =
| caption =
| height = {{Height|ft=5|in=6}}
| full_name = Sandra Kay Yotz{{cite web |last=Yotz |first=Sandra |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1884738064904920 |title=Another fun one! On a rooftop in Taipei with the 1987 USWNT. |website=Facebook |date=February 24, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190827090811/https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1884738064904920 |archive-date=August 27, 2019}}
| birth_name = Sandra Kay Gordon{{cite book |title=Certificate of Live Birth |work=Washington State Department of Health |year=1963}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|3|25}}
| birth_place = Pierce County, Washington, U.S.
| position = Defender
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Tacoma Cozars
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| nationalyears1 = 1987–1988
| nationalteam1 = United States
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Sandra Kay Yotz ({{nee|Gordon}}; born March 25, 1963) is an American former soccer player who played as a defender, making seven appearances for the United States women's national team.
Career
Gordon did not play collegiate soccer due to few opportunities in the 1980s. She played club soccer for the Tacoma Cozars of Tacoma, Washington,{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/WaSoccerLegends/posts/1515053378592781 |title=Sandi Gordon got her USWNT call-in while playing for Tacoma's Cozars. |publisher=Washington State Legends of Soccer |date=February 25, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190827091130/https://www.facebook.com/WaSoccerLegends/posts/1515053378592781 |archive-date=August 27, 2019}} which participated in the USASA National Women's Amateur. She was later selected to participate at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1987.{{cite news |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2018/02/pioneers-of-the-game--crabbe-and-gordons-legacy-continues |title=Pioneers of the Game – Crabbe and Gordon's Legacy Continues |website=United States Soccer Federation |date=February 22, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827091318/https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2018/02/pioneers-of-the-game--crabbe-and-gordons-legacy-continues |archive-date=August 27, 2019}}
Noticed by Anson Dorrance, Gordon was invited in 1987 to train in the U.S. national team camp in Blaine, Minnesota. She made her international debut for the United States on July 9, 1987 in the 1987 North America Cup against Sweden. With her appearance, she became the first black player to be capped to the U.S. women's national team. In total, she made seven appearances for the U.S., earning her final cap on July 29, 1988 in a friendly match against France.{{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 18, 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}}
Personal life
Gordon was born in Pierce County, Washington to Marianne ({{nee|Enderle}}) and Albert Curtis Gordon.{{cite web |url=https://edwardsmemorial.com/tribute/details/13871/Albert-Gordon/obituary.html |title=Albert Curtis Gordon |website=Edwards Memorial |year=2009 |access-date=August 18, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818011440/https://edwardsmemorial.com/tribute/details/13871/Albert-Gordon/obituary.html |archive-date=August 18, 2020}} She attended Clover Park High School in Lakewood, Washington, where she participated in track and field.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/564958148/ |title=Chronicle Scoreboard: Track – State AAA girls |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |page=20 |date=June 2, 1980 |access-date=August 27, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827091606/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/564958148/ |archive-date=August 27, 2019}}
Career statistics
=International=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| colspan=3|United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
References
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Category:Soccer players from Pierce County, Washington
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:African-American soccer players
Category:United States women's international soccer players
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:20th-century African-American sportswomen
Category:20th-century American sportswomen