Lorrie Fair
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Full name | Lorraine Fair Allen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Lorraine Ming Fair | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | August 5, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Los Altos, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1999 | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2003 | Philadelphia Charge | 53 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2005 |
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008 |
Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–2005 | United States | 120 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | North Carolina (Volunteer Assistant Coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Lorraine Fair Allen (born Lorraine Ming Fair; August 5, 1978) is a retired American professional soccer midfielder who was a member of the World Cup Champion United States women's national soccer team in 1999. Over the span of ten years, she was a part of one World Cup Team and three Olympic teams, and retired from international play in 2005.
Her twin sister, Ronnie Fair, (now Ronnie Fair Sullins) was also a member of the national team. When Ronnie was called in to participate in a game against England on May 9, 1997 at San Jose, California, it became the first time a pair of sisters played together on the USWNT.
In 2023, Fair was named to the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.[1]
Early career
Lorrie and Ronnie both participated on Los Altos High School's female soccer team in
National team career
She joined the
Fair had made her senior international debut against Norway in February 1996. In March 1998 she scored her first international goal against New Zealand at RFK Stadium.[6]
After sitting out the 1996 Olympic games, she earned a more permanent spot on the team and in 1999, she was the youngest member of the team that won that year's FIFA Women's World Cup. She played every minute of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, taking home a silver medal after an overtime loss to Norway in the championship game. In her last world event, she was an alternate on the gold medal-winning Olympic team in 2004 and then retired in 2005 with 120 international appearances.
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 14 March 2000 | Faro, Portugal | Denmark | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2000 Algarve Cup |
2. | 5 May 2000 | Portland, United States | Mexico | 7–0 | 8–0 | 2000 Women's U.S. Cup |
3. | 23 June 2000 | Hershey, United States | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | 11–0 | 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup |
4. | 3–0 |
Club career
Fair played for the Philadelphia Charge in the WUSA (2001–2003),[2] Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, France (2005),[7] and Chelsea FC in the UK (2008–2009).
Lorrie, Ronnie and their older brother, Greg all got their start and played for many years in
She most recently played for
Personal life
Her work in the sport for development field has been ongoing since the age of 16. She is an athlete ambassador for Right To Play and Show Racism the Red Card. She also serves in the Sport Envoy Program run by the US State Department in conjunction with the US Soccer Federation, going on envoys abroad to promote healthy lifestyles, and sport for diplomacy.
Since 2015, Fair has been married to Jason Allen
Since 2008, Fair has worked with several projects, such as Charlize Theron's Africa Outreach Project and her own Kickabout Africa 2010 project, to promote development efforts in Africa.[10]
Fair, along with her twin sister Ronnie, is part of the ownership group of Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League.[11]
References
- ^ Peters, LaMonica (September 13, 2023). "San Jose Sports Hall of Fame inductees announced for 2023". KTVU FOX 2. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ^ a b 2. Lorrie Fair, WUSA.com, archived from the original on May 7, 2004, retrieved March 25, 2012
- ^ "North Carolina's Dunn Wins Honda Award For Soccer". theacc.com. December 11, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "Soccer". CWSA. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ Caparaz, Dean (July 3, 1996), U.S. Women: Wilson survives final cut, Soccer America, retrieved January 4, 2014
- ^ Lorrie Fair, Soccertimes.com, retrieved January 25, 2011
- ^ Lorraine Ming 'Lorrie' Fair, Footofeminin.fr, retrieved March 25, 2012
- ^ a b Fair Coup as Chelsea sign US Star, BBC News Online, February 1, 2008, retrieved January 2, 2008
- ^ LORRIE'S LATEST ON CHELSEA TV, Chelsea FC, June 26, 2008, archived from the original on June 6, 2014, retrieved April 28, 2014
- ^ Wahl, Grant, "Seeing Stars", Sports Illustrated, July 4, 2011, p. 101.
- ^ "Lorrie Fair Allen". Angel City FC. Retrieved December 16, 2023.