Sherrill Kester
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| name = Sherrill Kester
| image =
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| fullname = Sherrill Kester Dempsey
| birth_name = Sherrill Lyles Kester{{cite news |last=Nagy |first=John A. |location=Greensboro, North Carolina |url=https://greensboro.com/seniors-honored-for-service/article_ac2622f1-1b0a-549f-92ea-31102f8436fb.html |title=Seniors honored for service |newspaper=News & Record |date=December 1, 1995 |access-date=February 8, 2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208191634/https://greensboro.com/seniors-honored-for-service/article_ac2622f1-1b0a-549f-92ea-31102f8436fb.html |archive-date=February 8, 2023}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|3|7|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = High Point, North Carolina,
United States
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1989–1999
| youthclubs1 = PSA Stars
| collegeyears1 = 1996–1999
| college1 = Duke Blue Devils
| collegecaps1 = 87
| collegegoals1 = 35
| years1 = 2000
| clubs1 = Raleigh Wings
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2001–2002
| clubs2 = San Diego Spirit
| caps2 = 40
| goals2 = 1
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals =
| nationalyears1 = 2000
| nationalteam1 = United States
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| medaltemplates =
| club-update = 14:37, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 14:37, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
}}
Sherrill Kester Dempsey (born Sherrill Lyles Kester; March 7, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player. A midfielder, she represented the San Diego Spirit of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) and won three caps for the United States national team.
Club career
Kester played for USL W-League team Raleigh Wings in 2000. She was the San Diego Spirit's second round 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}} In the league's first two seasons, Kester featured in 40 of the Spirit's 42 regular season games, contributing one goal and two assists. She was sent to the New York Power in September 2002, as part of a five-player trade.{{cite news|title=WUSA: San Diego gets No. 1 draft pick in five-player deal with New York|url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/9599/wusa-san-diego-gets-no-1-draft-pick-in-five-play.html|accessdate=2 May 2016|publisher=Soccer America|date=30 September 2002}}
Having got married in the off-season, Kester refused to go to New York. She informed team management that she would only play in WUSA if it was for the Carolina Courage, near her North Carolina–based husband.{{cite news|last1=Zeigler|first1=Mark|title=Spirit bids adieu to fan favorites|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/soccer/20030222-9999_1s22spirit.html|accessdate=2 May 2016|work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=22 February 2003}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Another trade saw her rights revert to San Diego, before she was waived. Kester trained with the Courage in 2003 pre-season, but was released from the reduced 16-player roster before the season started.{{cite news|title=Carolina Courage Trims Roster|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/carolina-courage-trims-roster/n-1989223|accessdate=2 May 2016|publisher=Our Sports Central|date=24 March 2003}}
International career
In January 2000 Kester was part of an understrength United States national team selected for the Australia Cup, while the team's regular players were in a contract dispute with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).{{cite news|last1=Clare|first1=Angela|title=Reaching her goals\ Sherrill Kester grew up through High Point's local soccer system to become one of the nation's top female soccer players|url=http://www.greensboro.com/reaching-her-goals-sherrill-kester-grew-up-through-high-point/article_94b8eb02-853c-5dbb-a136-5b335417c1ab.html|accessdate=2 May 2016|publisher=Greensboro News & Record|date=29 January 2000}} She scored twice in the first match, an 8–1 win over the Czech Republic, becoming the second player (after Cindy Parlow Cone in 1996) to score two goals on debut for the USWNT.{{cite news|title=U.S. Women's National Team Begin Year with 4-1 Win against Scotland|url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/12/40/wnt-begin-year-with-4-1-win-against-scotland|accessdate=2 May 2016|publisher=United States Soccer Federation|date=9 February 2013}} She featured in the other tournament matches versus Sweden and hosts Australia, finishing with three goals in her three caps.{{cite web|title=Midfielder Sherrill Kester|url=http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/kester.htm|publisher=Soccer Times|accessdate=2 May 2016|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315220016/http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/kester.htm|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20000918131321/http://www.goduke.com/soc/wsoc/kester.html Profile] at Duke University Athletics
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20030216070431/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/sherrill_kester/ Profile] at Women's United Soccer Association
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20011214055427/http://www.wusa.com/players/kes622937.html Profile] at San Diego Spirit
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Category:American women's soccer players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:United States women's international soccer players
Category:Duke Blue Devils women's soccer players
Category:Soccer players from North Carolina
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:San Diego Spirit players
Category:Women's United Soccer Association players
Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players
Category:Raleigh Wings players
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