Emily Pickering
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emily Pickering Harner | ||
| Date of birth | c. 1962 (age 55–56) | ||
| Place of birth | Massapequa, New York, United States | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1992 | United States | 15 | (2) |
Emily Pickering Harner, is a retired American female soccer player, who played on the U.S. women's national soccer team in 1985, the first official U.S women's national team in history.[1] She assisted the first goal for the national team, and scored the second (both against Denmark).[2] Pickering was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1986.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Jones, Grahame L. (July 10, 1999). "Women's Little Trip to Italy Was Start of Something Big". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ↑ "U.S. WNT Flashback – 20th Anniversary of First-Ever Match: Who Scored First?". United States Soccer Federation. August 18, 2005. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ↑ "LONG ISLAND SOCCER PLAYER HALL OF FAME GALA". Soccer Long Island Magazine. February 25, 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
Further reading
- Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
- Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810874164
- Nash, Tim (2016), It’s Not the Glory: The Remarkable First Thirty Years of US Women’s Soccer', Lulu Press, ISBN 1483451526
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