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Boxx burst onto the international scene four years ago, making the 2003 Women’s World Cup Team without ever previously earning a full national team cap (the only player in history to do so). She has since emerged as one of the world’s best defensive midfielders – she finished third in the voting for FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year in 2005 -- and has come back from major knee surgery that kept her out for the second half of 2006 and the beginning of 2007. She scored the USA’s first goal in the 2003 Women’s World Cup in the opening match against Sweden and started all six games at the 2004 Olympics, scoring the opening goal of that tournament as well as getting the game-winning assist against Japan in the quarterfinal. A classic defensive midfielder with world-class ball-winning skills on the ground and in the air, she is also very skillful with the ball at her feet, and has become a key player in setting the USA’s attacking rhythm. She scored in her first three career caps, tying a U.S. record, including a fantastic header against Sweden at the 2003 and has pounded in 14 goals in her first 66 matches, a remarkable scoring rate for a holding midfielder. She was named MVP of the prestigious Algarve Cup tournament in
Portugal in 2004 and 2006.
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Caps: 67
Nationality:  United States
Position: Midfielder
Uniform Number: 7
Age: 30
Height: 5'8"
Professional Debut: 2001
Date of Birth: June 29, 1977
Place of Birth: Redondo Beach, CA
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