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Christie Pearce

Christie Pearce
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Personal information
Full name Christie Patricia Pearce
Date of birth (1975-06-24) June 24, 1975 (age 41)
Place of birth Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position Defender / Center-back
Club information
Current team
Sky Blue FC
Number 3
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Monmouth Hawks
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Central Jersey Splash
1998 Buffalo FFillies
1998 New Jersey Lady Stallions
2001–2003 New York Power 55 (0)
2009–2010 Sky Blue FC 30 (0)
2011 magicJack 11 (0)
2013– Sky Blue FC 49 (2)
National team
1997–2015 United States 311 (4)
Teams managed
2009 Sky Blue FC (caretaker player/manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 14, 2013.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 20, 2015

Christie Patricia Pearce (formerly Rampone; born June 24, 1975) is an American professional soccer defender. She currently plays for Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League and is the former captain of the United States women's national soccer team. Christie Pearce is a 3-time Olympic gold medalist, and also a 2-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion.

Pearce has played in five FIFA Women's World Cup finals and four Olympics women's football tournaments. She is a 1999 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup champion, and a three-time gold medalist having won championship titles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. She has finished no lower than third place in each of the World Cup or Olympic tournaments in which she has competed.

Pearce played in the W-League from 1997 through 1998. She played in two American professional leagues the entire time they were in operation; from 2001 through 2003 in the WUSA and from 2009 through 2011 in the WPS. In 2009, while playing for Sky Blue FC, she simultaneously served as coach of the club while winning the 2009 Women's Professional Soccer Playoffs, and was named WPS Sportswoman of the Year.


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