Michelle French
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| Full name | Michelle Ann French[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | January 27, 1977 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ft. Lewis, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Portland Pilots | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Washington Freedom | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | San Jose CyberRays | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Seattle Sounders Women | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Seattle Sounders Women | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | United States U21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2001 | United States | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005– | United States youth | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Washington Huskies (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | UCLA Bruins (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Seattle Sounders Women | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | United States U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | United States (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Portland Pilots | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Michelle Ann French (born January 27, 1977) is an American soccer assistant coach for the United States women's national 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.
Early life
[edit]Born in Ft. Lewis, Washington, French was a two-time Parade High School All-America at Kennedy High School in Burien, Washington.
Playing career
[edit]Collegiate
[edit]French attended the University of Portland from 1995 to 1999 where she was a four-year starter for the University of Portland Pilots Women's Soccer Team.[2][1]
At Portland, she appeared in three Final Fours and was a first-time All-American.[3]
In 1997 she was a nominee and a finalist in 1998 for the Hermann Award for the National Player of the Year.[4]
Club
[edit]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.
International
[edit]French was a member of the U-21 National Team from 1994 to 1999. She captained the team at the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Nordic Cup competitions which the U.S. won in 1997 and 1999.[4]
She was called up to the United States women's national soccer team and earned her first cap on May 11, 1997 against England.[4]
Coaching
[edit]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.[5]
In February 2013, Michelle French joined USSF as a coach for United States women's national under-20 soccer team. She worked on all aspects of the United States under-20 women's national team program and also worked with under-18 and under-17 women's national teams. French prepared the under-20 team for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada[6] and the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea, in which the team failed to win a medal. In February 2017, US Soccer reassigned her to be a full-time assistant coach for the senior women's national team. On December 15, 2017, the University of Portland, French's alma mater, announced she had been hired to replace Garret Smith as head coach of their women's soccer program, the Portland Pilots.[7][8]
Honors
[edit]Michelle was awarded a Golden Scarf by the Seattle Sounders FC on June 5, 2010.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Defender: Michelle French". SoccerTimes.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ^ "Sounders Women Coaching Staff Bio: Michelle French". Seattle Sounders Women. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ^ "Where Are They Now: Michelle French". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Seattle Post Intelligencer. June 2, 2004. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Michelle French biography". University of Washington. Archived from the original on November 16, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
- ^ "Seattle Hires New Coach". USL W-League. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
- ^ "Michelle French Named Head Coach for the U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team". U.S.Soccer.
- ^ "Portland hires former Pilots star Michelle French as its women's soccer coach". December 16, 2017.
- ^ "Michelle French, B.J. Snow Join Senior WNT Staff". February 24, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "Golden Scarf: Michelle French". Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
External links
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- Living people
- American women's soccer players
- United States women's international soccer players
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in soccer
- Portland Pilots women's soccer players
- Washington Freedom (soccer) players
- San Jose CyberRays players
- 1977 births
- Soccer players from Washington (state)
- Seattle Sounders Women players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- UCLA Bruins women's soccer coaches
- Portland Pilots women's soccer coaches
- American soccer coaches
- Sportspeople from the Seattle metropolitan area
- People from Fort Lewis, Washington
- Washington Huskies women's soccer coaches
- Seattle Sounders FC non-playing staff
- Women's United Soccer Association players
- United States women's national soccer team non-playing staff
- United States women's youth international soccer players