Cindy Parlow
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Cynthia Marie Parlow Cone | ||
| Date of birth | May 8, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995-1998 | North Carolina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Atlanta Beat | ||
| National team | |||
| 1995–2006 | United States | 158 | (75) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007–2012 | North Carolina (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Portland Thorns FC | ||
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Cynthia "Cindy" Marie Parlow Cone, née Cynthia Parlow, (born May 8, 1978) is the former head coach for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League, and a retired American professional soccer player two-time Olympic Gold medalist, and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup champion.
A native of Memphis, Tennessee, where she attended Germantown High School, Cindy is the daughter of Larry and Josephine Parlow.
Parlow Cone played college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a four-time All-American and member of three teams that won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. She won the Hermann Trophy as outstanding female collegiate soccer player twice, in 1997 and 1998, and the ACC Female Athlete of the Year in 1999. She was the second two-time winner of the award following fellow Tar Heel Mia Hamm.
She ended her career at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with 68 goals and 53 assists.
Parlow was a founding member of the Women's United Soccer Association, and played for the Atlanta Beat, helping her team reach the playoffs in each of the league's three seasons of operation (2001–2003).
Parlow began training with the U.S. Women's National Team in March 1995, making her first appearance (and scoring her first goal) in a January 14, 1996 friendly against Russia. She started all six games for the United States during their 1999 World Cup victory, scoring two goals. She was also a member of the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic teams, as well as the 2003 Women's World Cup team.
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