Michelle Akers

Position: Forward
Height: 5-10  Weight: 150 
Born: Feb. 1, 1966, in Santa Clara, California
Hometown: Oviedo, Florida
College: University of Central Florida

National Team: U.S. Women's National Team all-time leading scored with 92 goals in 109 international matches ... Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National Team at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games ... Started all 5 matches of the Olympic Games tournament, scoring a crucial goal in the USA's 2-1 semifinal victory over Norway ... Most valuable player at the U.S. Women's Cup `96 ... Named to the U.S. Women's Cup `95 all-tournament team ... Was injured in the opening game of the 1995 FIFA world championship in Sweden and did not play again until semifinal loss to Norway ... MVP of the 1994 CONCACAF Qualifying Championship in Montreal ... Leading goal scorer in the inaugural FIFA Women's World Championship in 1991 in China with 10 goals, including five in one game, to win the Golden Boot Award while leading the USA to U.S. Soccer's first-ever world championship ... She also received the Silver Ball Award given to the world championship's second-best player ... U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year in 1990 and `91.

College/High School: Four-time All-American from the University of Central Florida in Orlando where she won the first Hermann Trophy ... Three-time All-American from Shorecrest High School in Seattle.

Club: Played with the Orlando Calibre Soccer Club of Orlando, FL, runner-up in the 1993 U.S. Women's Amateur National Cup Finals ... Competed three seasons in Sweden with Tyreso Football Club, 1990, `92 and `94 ...

Personal: Full name Michelle Anne Akers ... Formerly Michelle Akers-Stahl. Author of Standing Fast with Tim Nash, and Face to Face with Judith A. Nelson. Founder of Soccer Outreach International , an organization teaching people how to integrate faith and sport into their daily life. Has her own web site www.michelleakers.com


Full-International Appearances: 111
Full-International Goals: 93
First Appearance: Aug. 21, 1985, vs. Denmark
First Goal: Aug. 21, 1985, vs. Denmark

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