Michelle French
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| Full name | Michelle Ann French | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | January 27, 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ft. Lewis, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Portland Pilots | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2001 |
Washington Freedom (Co-Captain) |
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| 2002–2003 | San Jose CyberRays | ||||||||||||||
| 2004, 2006–2009 | Seattle Sounders Women | ||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | US U21 (captain) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2001 | United States | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
| 2005–present | US Soccer Youth National Team Assistant Coach and Scout GU14, GU15, GU17, and GU18 |
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| 2005 |
University of Washington Huskies (volunteer assistant coach) |
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| 2002–2003 | UCLA (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Seattle Sounders Women | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | United States under-20 | ||||||||||||||
| 2017- | United States (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michelle Ann French (born January 27, 1977) is an American soccer coach for the United States women's national under-20 soccer team. She is a former United States women's national soccer team player and received a silver medal as a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team.
Born in Ft. Lewis, Washington, French was a two-time Parade High School All-America at Kennedy High School in Burien, Washington.
French attended the University of Portland from 1995-1999 where she was a four-year starter for the University of Portland Pilots Women's Soccer Team.
At Portland, she appeared in three Final Fours and was a first-time All-American.
In 1997 she was a nominee and a finalist in 1998 for the Hermann Award for the National Player of the Year.
French played for the Washington Freedom in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) in 2001. She played with the San Jose CyberRays from 2002 to 2003.
French played in the W-League with the Seattle Sounders Women in 2004, 2006-2009.
French was a member of the U-21 National Team from 1994-1999. She captained the team at the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Nordic Cup competitions which the U.S. won in 1997 and 1999.
She was called up to the United States women's national soccer team and earned her first cap on May 11, 1997 against England.
French holds a USSF National “A” coaching license and has several years coaching experience at the youth, high school, and collegiate levels. In 2012, it was announced that she had signed a two-year contract as head coach for the Seattle Sounders Women.
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