Siri MULLINIX Position: Goalkeeper Height: 5-8 (1.73 m) Weight: 145 (65 kg) Born: May 22, 1978 in Denver, Colorado Hometown: Greensboro, North Carolina College: University of North Carolina U.S. National Team: Earned a spot as one of four goalkeepers in residency camp for the 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup after a solid career at North Carolina and three years in the U.S. Under-21 National Team program … Youth National Teams: Earned her first full national team cap against Japan in Atlanta on May 2, 1999 … A member of the Under-20 National Teams that competed in the Nordic Cup in Sweden in 1996 and in Denmark in 1997, playing in a first-round match against Iceland, as the USA went on to win the championship … Missed out on a spot on the 1998 Nordic Cup team due to injury … Returned to the Under-21 Nordic Cup team in 1999, helping the USA regain the championship … Member of the Under-16 National Team in 1994 … College/High School: A three-year starter at UNC, she played in 90 career matches for the Tar Heels, starting all 26 games as a senior and helping UNC to the NCAA championship game … A member of three ACC two NCAA championship teams during her career, she finished her career with a 0.27 goals against average, second-best in UNC history … Allowed just seven goals as a senior while compiling a 0.30 goals against average with 16 shutouts … Played in 26 games as a junior, starting 15, allowed just three goals and compiled a 0.19 goals against average with 12 shutouts on the way to winning the NCAA championship in her hometown of Greensboro, N.C. … Named the defensive MVP of the 1997 NCAA Tournament … Played in 25 games for UNC as a sophomore, allowed just six goals and started 16 games, including two in the ACC Tournament and four of five in the NCAA Tournament, including the national semifinal and championship game, where she put on a stellar performance in helping the Tar Heels to the title … Had 10 shutouts with a 0.38 goals against average … Earned a 120-minute shutout in the NCAA championship game against Notre Dame … As a freshman, she backed-up All-American and current national team goalkeeper Tracy Ducar, starting nine of 13 games in which she played, and earning five shutouts … Started against four nationally-ranked opponents and surrendered no goals in 180 minutes of action … Allowed only one goal all season … Skipped her senior year of high school and came to North Carolina after her junior year at Ragsdale High School in Jamestown, N.C. … A First-Team All-State selection and conference MVP in 1995, she led RHS to the 1994 state championship and was the tournament MVP … Also an All-State pick in 1994 … Was also MVP of the basketball team at Ragsdale. Club: Played club for the ’78 Greensboro Twisters, winning state titles in 1990, ’91, ’92 and ’95 … Finished third at the Southern Regionals in 1992 and 1995 … The MVP of the 1995 North Carolina Youth Soccer Under-17 championships … Was awarded the FIFA Fair Play Sportsmanship Award at the 1995 Southern Regionals and was also named outstanding goalkeeper. Personal: Full name is Siri Lynn Mullinix … A member of the National Honor Society, she was class president her freshman and sophomore years and vice-president as a junior … Nicknamed “SeerDog” … Majoring in exercise and sports science at UNC … Athletes she admires most are Michael Jordan, John Elway and Mia Hamm … Wants to pursue a career in sports administration or professional soccer … Lists biggest sports thrill as winning the NCAA title in her hometown. First Appearance: May 2, 1999, vs. Japan. Briana SCURRY Position: Goalkeeper Height: 5-8 (1.73) Weight: 150 (67 kg) Born: Sept. 7, 1971, in Minneapolis, Minnesota Hometown: Dayton, Minnesota College: University of Massachusetts U.S. National Team: Has been the USA’s #1 goalkeeper since 1994 … By far the most capped goalkeeper in U.S. Women’s National Team history, starting three times as many matches as any other goalkeeper … 1999: Had a stellar performance during the 1999 Women’s World Cup, playing every minute of every game while allowing just three goals and earning four shutouts … Named to the Women’s World Cup All-Star Team … A brilliant six-save match against Brazil in the semifinal was crucial in the championship run … Her electrifying save of China’s third penalty kick in the shootout during the Women’s World Cup Final made the USA’s victory possible … Started 20 matches in 1999, compiling a record of 17-2-1 and allowing just 13 goals … Her 11 shutouts were the second most ever in a year … 1998: Started 17 games in 1998, losing just one while compiling a 15-1-2 record … Allowed just nine goals and picked up 12 shutouts, the highest yearly total of her career and a U.S. team record … Member of the 1998 Goodwill Games gold medal team … 1997: Played in 14 games in 1997 and earned seven shutouts while allowing just seven goals … 1996: Member of the USA’s gold medal winning team at the 1996 Olympics, starting and playing every minute of the USA’s five matches … Played 17 games in 1996, starting 16 and compiling a 15-1-1 record while allowing only 11 goals with eight shutouts … 1995: Starting goalkeeper for the team that finished third at the 1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Sweden, and also started for the U.S. side that won the title at the 1994 CONCACAF Qualifying Championship in Montreal … Played in 15 of the USA’s 23 games in 1995, posting an 11-2-2 record and recording nine shutouts … Injured her back in auto accident in summer of 1995 and was unable to compete in U.S. Women’s Cup ’95 … 1994: Named the MVP of the Chiquita Cup in August 1994 … In her first year with the USA, she earned seven shutouts in 12 starts … Through the end of 1999, the USA had played 132 full-international matches since she debuted on March 16, 1994, against Portugal in Silves, Portugal, with Scurry starting 95 of those games and coming in as a substitute in three, along the way to becoming the USA’s most-capped goalkeeper with 98 appearances, which should soon make her the 11th U.S. player to hit 100 games … College/High School: The consensus top college goalkeeper in 1993, she won two national goalkeeper of the year awards after her senior season … A 1993 NSCAA Second-Team All-American, All-Northeast Region and All-New England First-Team selection … Helped lead UMass to a 17-3-3 record and to the semifinals of the NCAA Final Four in 1993 … She also led the Minutewomen to titles of the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and tournament … Completed her four-year collegiate career with 37 shutouts in 65 starts and had a career record of 48-13-4 and a 0.56 goals-against-average … In her senior season, she started all 23 games and recorded 15 shutouts and a 0.48 goals-against average, the third best in the nation … Split time in the nets in 1992 during her junior season, starting 13 games and earning seven shutouts … Played in three games in 1992 as a forward … As a sophomore, started in all 19 games for the Minutewomen in 1991, recording 12 shutouts and allowing just nine goals … Was an All-American from Anoka Senior High School in Anoka, Minn … Won 1989 state championship with Anoka in her senior year … Voted the top female athlete in Minnesota after her senior year. Personal: Full name is Briana Collette Scurry … Graduated in the spring of 1995 with a degree in political science … Active in volunteer work for Aids awareness and research … Has volunteered her time with the Make A Wish Foundation … Promised to “run naked through the streets of Athens, Georgia” if the USA won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympics, and did … Has a tattoo of a black panther on her shoulder. First Appearance: March 16, 1994, vs. Portugal. First Shutout: March 16, 1994, vs. Portugal.
