Briana Scurry
Briana Collette Scurry (born September 7, 1971) is an American retired soccer goalkeeper, and assistant coach of the Washington Spirit as of 2018. Scurry was the starting goalkeeper for the United States women's national soccer team at the 1995 World Cup (3rd place), 1996 Summer Olympics (gold medal), 1999 World Cup (champions), 2003 World Cup (3rd place), and the 2004 Summer Olympic Games (gold medal). She played in the semi-final and playoff for third place in the 2007 Women's World Cup (3rd place). She was a founding member of the WUSA, playing three seasons as starting goalkeeper for the Atlanta Beat (2001–2003).
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Scurry in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Briana Collette Scurry | ||
| Date of birth | September 7, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1989 | Anoka High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | UMass Minutewomen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Atlanta Beat | ||
| 2009–2010 | Washington Freedom | ||
| International career | |||
| 1994–2008 | United States | 175 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Washington Spirit (assistant) | ||
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Her career total of 173 international appearances is the second most among female soccer goalkeepers. It is also the fifteenth most of any American female player, and the thirty-second most among all women.
Scurry was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame on August 3, 2017. She was the first woman goalkeeper and first black woman to be awarded the honor. She is openly gay, and on June 1, 2018, she married Chryssa Zizos, CEO of Live Wire Strategic Communications, LLC.
In 2022, Scurry released her best-selling memoir, My Greatest Save. Scurry was also the subject of The Only, a CBS feature-length documentary chronicling her life that was released in 2022.