Stephanie Cox
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| Full name | Stephanie Renee Cox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | April 3, 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Jose, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002–2005 | Elk Grove Pride | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Portland Pilots | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Los Angeles Sol | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Boston Breakers | 34 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Seattle Sounders Women | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Seattle Reign FC | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | United States U-14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | United States U-17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | United States U-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | United States U-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2013 | United States | 89 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 20, 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of September 14, 2014 |
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Stephanie Renee Cox (born April 3, 1986), née Stephanie Renee Lopez, is a Mexican-American retired professional soccer defender and Olympic gold medalist. She most recently played for the Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League and the United States women's national soccer team.
Born in San Jose, California, Cox grew up in Elk Grove, California and attended Elk Grove High School where she helped lead her soccer team to two league championships. She was named to the all-section team as a junior and senior, won the youth All-American award from NSCAA and was named a Parade Magazine All-American. On top of her numerous soccer achievements, she also lettered in basketball for three years and managed to graduate with a 4.17 GPA.
Cox attended the University of Portland, where she started 23 matches her freshman year. In 2005, after returning to the Pilots following a redshirt season to play for the US, Stephanie helped lead her team to an undefeated record of 23–0–2 and an NCAA Championship and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. The following season, she started in 13 games and scored her first collegiate goal.
In 2007, after she returned from the World Cup, Lopez led the Pilots to 11 straight wins and 10 shutouts and helped her team advance to the NCAA quarterfinals. After the World Cup, she had a chance to forgo her remaining collegiate eligibility and become a salaried player with the senior national team, but loyalty to her team and prior commitments led her back to Portland where she graduated with a 3.7 GPA and a psychology degree and a Spanish minor in December 2007. She was honored as the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner, recognizing her as the nation's top senior in women's soccer. 2007 also marked the first time the award was presented to a female soccer player. Cox was also chosen as Oregon's Female Amateur Athlete of the Year for 2007.
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