Lindsay Tarpley

Lindsay Tarpley

Personal information
Full name	Lindsay Ann Tarpley Snow
Date of birth	September 22, 1983
Place of birth	Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position	Forward / Winger
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	North Carolina Tar Heels
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Kalamazoo Quest
2005	New Jersey Wildcats	5	(2)
2009	Chicago Red Stars	17	(4)
2010	Saint Louis Athletica	5	(1)
2010	Boston Breakers	17	(3)
2011	magicJack	3	(0)
National team^‡
2002	United States U-19	26	(24)
2003	United States U-21	8	(4)
2003–2011	United States	125	(32)
Honours Women's football (soccer) Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team competition 2008 Beijing Team competition World Cup 2007 China Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 5, 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of July 5, 2012 (UTC)

Lindsay Ann Tarpley Snow (born September 22, 1983) is an American professional soccer forward and midfielder. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning gold at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, and was a member of the United States women's national team that finished third at the 2007 Women's World Cup in China.

She injured her knee during a match against Japan, on May 14, 2011, in Columbus Ohio,^[1] consequently missing the 2011 Women's World Cup, and has not been called again to play for her national team. On February 7, 2013, Tarpley was drafted to play with the Chicago Red Stars for the 2013 NWSL season.

Early life

Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Tarpley grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and attended Portage Central High School from 1998 to 2002. During her freshman season, she helped her school's women's soccer team reach the state semi-finals.^[2] In the following spring, she led her team to an undefeated season and the state championship. Against Bishop Foley Catholic High School in the final match, she scored her team's first goal and assisted on her team's other two, including the winning shot in the penalty shootout.^[3] She received several honors during her time there, including being named the 2002 Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year and the 2002 U.S. Soccer Chevrolet Young Female Player of the Year, in addition to being a 1999 NSCAA All-American and a Parade All-American in 2001 and 2002. She also played varsity basketball for Portage Central, starting at point guard during all four of her seasons.

While in high school, Tarpley played for W-League side Kalamazoo Quest in 1998 and 1999.

University of North Carolina

In the autumn of 2002, Tarpley enrolled in the University of North Carolina. While there, she majored in communications and minored in coaching. She was a student-athlete, and competed with the university's North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team. In her first season with the team, she was named ACC Rookie of the Year and the Soccer America and Soccer Buzz National Freshman of the Year.

During her sophomore season, Tarpley led the nation in total points (goals and assists) while leading the Tar Heels to the 2003 NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. Against Connecticut Huskies in the finals, she scored two goals and had two assists en route to winning the title. She received numerous honors for her performance throughout the 2003 season, including ACC Player of the Year and Player of the Tournament, National Player of the Year, and several All-America team honors.

Injuries interfered with Tarpley's junior and senior seasons, which reduced her playing time. Tarpley still managed to be named to the All-ACC and NSCAA All-America teams in both seasons.

Tarpley finished her North Carolina career with 59 goals and 59 assists. Her number 25 jersey was retired by the school in February 2006 during the halftime of a North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball game.

Playing career

Club

Tarpley with the St.Louis Athletica in 2010.

W-League

Tarpley played for the New Jersey Wildcats in 2005, where she appeared alongside Tobin Heath, Christine Latham, Karina LeBlanc, Heather O'Reilly, Cat Whitehill, Rachel Yankey, and a number of other international players. She played in five games (374 minutes) for the club, and scored two goals with two assists.

Women's Professional Soccer

Upon the creation of a new top-flight women's league in the United States, Tarpley agreed to join Women's Professional Soccer. She was allocated to Chicago Red Stars along with USWNT players Carli Lloyd and Kate Markgraf. In the inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, Tarpley appeared in 17 games (16 starts, 1321 total minutes) and scored four goals and four assists.

On January 15, 2010 Lindsay was traded to the Saint Louis Athletica in exchange for goalkeeper Jillian Loyden. With the Athletica, she joined former North Carolina Tar Heel standouts Lori Chalupny, Kendall Fletcher and Kristina Larsen.

She became a free agent on June 1, 2010 with the dissolution of the Saint Louis Athletica. On June 3, it was announced by the Boston Breakers that they had signed Tarpley. She then signed for magicJack ahead of the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer season.

International

Tarpley began her international career representing the United States on the U-16 Girls National Team. From there, she successfully moved to the United States U-19 team in 2002. She played in the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, the first FIFA-sanctioned youth tournament for women, and scored the title clinching goal in extra time against Canada. She made 26 total appearances and scored 24 goals.

Tarpley soon moved to the United States U-21 team, where she made 8 appearances and scored 4 goals. Half of her goals were scored at the 2003 Nordic Cup, while the other half was at the 2005 Nordic Cup.

Tarpley first appeared for the senior team on January 12, 2003 against Japan. Her first (and second) goal came a little over a year later on January 30, 2004 against Sweden. She appeared in the 2004 and 2008 editions of the Olympic Games, winning a Gold Medal in each trip. She has also played in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, in which the United States finished third. She earned her 100th cap on July 16, 2008 against Brazil in the last game before the 2008 Olympics, the 23rd player in USWNT history to reach this feat.^[4]

A torn anterior cruciate ligament sustained in a warm-up match with Japan saw Tarpley ruled out of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

International goals

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
Goal in match	Goal of total goals by the player in the match Sorted by total goals followed by goal number
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation. NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	#	Min	Assist/pass	Score	Result	Competition
1	2004-01-30[m 1]	Shenzhen	China PR	off 75' (on Hucles)	2.1	51	Abby Wambach	2–0	3–0	Four Nations Tournament
2					2.2	66	Kate Markgraf	3–0
3	2004-02-03[m 2]	Shenzhen	Canada	90.Start	1.1	13	Shannon MacMillan	1–0	2–0	Friendly
4	2004-02-27[m 3]	Heredia	Haiti	on 46' (off Boxx)	1.1	63	unassisted	5–0	8–0	Olympic qualification
5	2004-03-05[m 4]	Heredia	Mexico	off 60' (on Hamm)	1.1	45	Cindy Parlow	1–2	3–2	Olympic qualification
6	2004-03-14[m 5]	Ferreiras	France	on 46' (off Foudy)	1.1	47	Cindy Parlow	5–0	5–1	Algarve Cup
7	2004-03-20[m 6]	Faro	Norway	off 68' (on Wagner)	1.1	42	Abby Wambach	3–1	4–1	Algarve Cup
8	2004-08-26[m 7]	Athens	Brazil	off 91' (on O'Reilly)	1.1	39	Brandi Chastain	1–0	2–1	Olympics: final
9	2006-03-13[m 8]	Faro	France	off 56' (on Lloyd)	1.1	50	unassisted	3–0	4–1	Algarve Cup
10	2006-09-13[m 9]	Rochester	Mexico	off 67' (on Kai)	1.1	22	Aly Wagner	2–1	3–1	Friendly
11	2006-10-01[m 10]	Carson	Chinese Taipei	off 63' (on Rapinoe)	2.1	22	unassisted	2–0	10–0	Friendly
12					2.2	27	Aly Wagner	3–0
13	2006-11-02[m 11]	KoreaSuwon	Netherlands	on 46' (off Lilly)	1.1	27	Natasha Kai	1–0	2–0	Peace Queen Cup: Group B
14	2007-04-14[m 12]	Foxborough	Mexico	off 68' (on O'Reilly)	1.1	33	unassisted	2–0	5–0	Friendly
15	2007-05-12[m 13]	Frisco	Canada	off 62' (on O'Reilly)	1.1	13	Heather Mitts	2–1	6–2	Friendly
16	2007-08-12[m 14]	Chicago	New Zealand	off 64' (on Kai)	1.1	57	unassisted	4–0	6–1	Friendly
17	2007-08-25[m 15]	Carson	Finland	90.Start	1.1	68	Christie Rampone	3–0	4–0	Friendly
18	2008-01-16[m 16]	Guangzhou	Canada	on 64' (off Lloyd)	2.1	71	Heather O'Reilly	3–0	4–0	Four Nations Tournament
19					2.2	78	Amy Rodriguez	4–0
20	2008-01-18[m 17]	Guangzhou	Finland	90.Start	2.1	37	Abby Wambach	1–0	4–1	Four Nations Tournament
21					2.2	39	Abby Wambach	2–0
22	2008-03-05[m 18]	Albufeira	China PR	off 45' (on Heath)	1.1	5	Carli Lloyd	1–0	4–0	Algarve Cup: Group B
23	2008-03-07[m 19]	Alvor	Italy	off 45' (on Heath)	1.1	6	Lauren Cheney	1–0	2–0	Algarve Cup: Group B
24	2008-05-03[m 20]	Birmingham	Australia	off 74' (on O'Reilly)	2.1	28	unassisted	1–1	5–4	Friendly
25					2.2	42	Natasha Kai	3–1
26	2008-05-10[m 21]	Washington	Canada	off 70' (on Osborne)	1.1	23	Abby Wambach	1–0	6–0	Friendly
27	2008-07-02[m 22]	Fredrikstad	Norway	off 81' (on Rodriguez)	1.1	4	Abby Wambach	1–0	4–0	Friendly
28	2008-08-12[m 23]	Shenyang	New Zealand	90.Start	1.1	56	unassisted	3–0	4–0	Olympics: Group G
29	2008-11-01[m 24]	Richmond	Korea Republic	90.Start	1.1	48	Aly Wagner	3–0	3–1	Friendly
30	2009-05-25[m 25]	Toronto	Canada	on 61' (off Rapinoe)	1.1	77	unassisted	3–0	4–0	Friendly
31	2011-01-23[m 26]	Chongqing	Canada	on 31' (off Rapinoe)	1.1	70	Cheney	2–1	2–1	Four Nations Tournament
32	2011-03-04[m 27]	Santo Antonio	Norway	90.Start	1.1	33	Amy Rodriguez	1–0	2–0	Algarve Cup: Group A

Honors and awards

International

• Olympic Games Gold Medal: 2004, 2008
• FIFA Women's World Cup:Third Place: 2007 China

University

• NCAA Women's Soccer Championship: 2003

Individual

• National Freshman of the Year: 2002
• NCAA Division I Scoring Leader: 2003
• College Soccer Player of the Year: 2003

Personal

Tarpley's husband, B. J. Snow, was appointed in January 2011 to coach the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team.^[5] In July 2012, Tarpley and Snow welcomed their first child, a son. In January 2013, B. J. Snow was appointed as the full-time head coach of United States women's national under-17 soccer team.^[6]

References

1. "U.S. Midfielder Lindsay Tarpley Tears Knee Ligament". ussoccer.com. May 15, 2011.
2. MHSAA (1999). "MHSAA: 1999 Girls Soccer Regional/Semifinals/Finals". MHSAA.com (Michigan High School Athletic Association Website). Retrieved August 5, 2008.
3. MHSAA (2000). "MHSAA: 2000 Girls Soccer Division 2 Final". MHSAA.com (Michigan High School Athletic Association Website). Retrieved August 5, 2008.
4. "Kai Scores Late Header to Give U.S. Women 1–0 Win Over Brazil; Top Scorer Abby Wambach Breaks Leg and is Out of the Olympics". United States Soccer Federation. July 17, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
5. "Lindsay Tarpley: The Coach's Wife". ussoccer.com. January 19, 2011.
6. "PLAYER BIO: B.J. SNOW". U.S.Soccer.

Match report

1. "Tarpley Scores Two as WNT Downs Sweden 3–0 in Opener of Four Nations Tournament in China on Friday". U.S.Soccer.
2. "U.S. Women Defeat Canada 2–0 to Win Four Nations Tournament in China". U.S.Soccer.
3. "U.S. Women Defeat Haiti, 8–0, in Olympic Qualifying; Parlow's Hat Trick Helps U.S. Through to Semifinals". U.S.Soccer.
4. "U.S. WNT Win Olympic Qualifying Tournament with 3–2 Comeback Win Over Mexico". U.S.Soccer.
5. "Hamm's Goal, Three Assists Lead U.S. Past France in Algarve Opener". U.S.Soccer.
6. "U.S. Women Roll Past Norway, 4–1, to Win Algarve Cup Championship". U.S.Soccer.
7. "U.S. Wins Gold Medal on Wambach Overtime Strike". U.S.Soccer.
8. "U.S. Women Clinch Berth in Algarve Cup Final with 4–1 Win vs. France". U.S.Soccer.
9. "U.S. Women Defeat Mexico, 3–0, in Rochester, N.Y.". U.S.Soccer.
10. "U.S. Women Defeat Chinese Taipei, 10–0, Behind Wambach's Hat-trick". U.S.Soccer.
11. "U.S. WNT Defeats the Netherlands, 2–0, To Advance to 2006 Peace Queen Cup Championship". U.S.Soccer.
12. "U.S. Women Roll Past Mexico, 5–0, Behind Two Goals from Kristine Lilly". U.S.Soccer.
13. "U.S. Women Defeat Canada, 6–2, in Frisco, Texas, As Run to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Continues". U.S.Soccer.
14. "U.S. Women Defeat New Zealand, 6–1, at Soldier Field; Carli Lloyd and Abby Wambach Score Two Goals Each; One Match Left Before 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China". U.S.Soccer.
15. "U.S. Women Defeat Finland, 4–0, at The Home Depot Center; U.S. Finish Domestic Schedule Undefeated and Now Head To The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China". U.S.Soccer.
16. "U.S. Women's National Team Tops Canada, 4–0, at Four Nations Tournament". U.S.Soccer.
17. "Lindsay Tarpley Scores Twice and U.S. Women Defeat Finland 4–1; USA Takes on China on Sunday, Jan. 20 For Four Nations Title". U.S.Soccer.
18. "U.S. Women Defeat China, 4–0, To Open 2008 Algarve Cup". U.S.Soccer.
19. "U.S. Women Defeat Italy, 2–0, at 2008 Algarve Cup; Tarpley and O'Reilly Score For USA in Second Straight Shutout". U.S.Soccer.
20. "U.S. Women's National Team Defeats Australia, 5–4, Scoring Winning Goal in Extra-Time for Second Straight Match". U.S.Soccer.
21. "U.S. Women's National Team Dominates Canada 6–0 at RFK Stadium as Natasha Kai Scores First Career Hat Trick". U.S.Soccer.
22. "U.S. Women Defeat Norway, 4–0, in Fredrikstad; Wambach Scores 99th Career International Goal". U.S.Soccer.
23. "U.S. Advances to Olympic Quarterfinals with 4–0 Victory Against New Zealand". U.S.Soccer.
24. "U.S. Women Earn Fourth Victory on Achieve Your Gold Tour With 3–1 Win Over South Korea". U.S.Soccer.
25. "U.S. Women Score Twice In Each Half to Defeat Canada 4–0 at BMO Field in Toronto". U.S.Soccer.
26. "U.S. Women Rebound to Defeat Canada 2–1 at Four Nations Tournament in China". U.S.Soccer.
27. "U.S. Women Defeat Norway To Make Championship Game of 2011 Algarve Cup". U.S.Soccer.

External links

• Lindsay Tarpley – FIFA competition record
• Official website
• Official blog
• US Soccer player profile
• New Jersey Wildcats player profile
• North Carolina player profile
• Lindsay Tarpley on Twitter