Shannon Boxx
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Shannon Leigh Boxx | ||
| Date of birth | June 29, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Fontana, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 101 | (39) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994 | Ajax of Los Angeles | ||
| 1999 | Boston Renegades | ||
| 1999–2000 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||
| 2000 | Ajax of Los Angeles | ||
| 2001–2002 | San Diego Spirit | 41 | (5) |
| 2003 | New York Power | 21 | (1) |
| 2005 | Ajax of Los Angeles | ||
| 2009 | Los Angeles Sol | 19 | (3) |
| 2010 | Saint Louis Athletica | 6 | (1) |
| 2010 | FC Gold Pride | 14 | (0) |
| 2011 | magicJack | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Chicago Red Stars | 7 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2015 | United States | 195 | (27) |
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 21, 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 21, 2015 |
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Shannon Boxx (born June 29, 1977) is an American retired soccer player and former member of the United States women's national soccer team, playing the defensive midfielder position. She last played club soccer for the Chicago Red Stars in the American National Women's Soccer League. She won gold medals with the United States at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, and 2012 London Olympics. She has also finished third place or better with the USA at the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups. She was a finalist for the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year award, and won an NCAA Women's Soccer Championship with Notre Dame in 1995. Shannon Boxx announced her retirement from international and club soccer after winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. She played her last game on October 21, 2015 when the USWNT tied with Brazil as part of their victory tour.
Boxx is the younger sister of Gillian Boxx, who won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics with the United States softball team.
The multiracial Boxx, whose biological father, was black, was raised by her white single mother in Southern California. In a 2008 interview, she remembered that she had little contact with her African American heritage until she went to Notre Dame:
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