Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1970)

Last updated
Laurie Hill
Personal information
Full name Laurie Anne Hill Rozenel [1]
Birth name Laurie Anne Hill [2]
Date of birth (1970-02-11) February 11, 1970 (age 53) [3]
Place of birth Los Angeles, California, United States
Height 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) [4]
Position(s) Midfielder [4]
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1991 UC Santa Barbara 74 (27)
International career
Mexico

Laurie Anne Hill Rozenel [5] (born 11 February 1970) is a retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in the United States, she represented the Mexico women's national team.

Contents

Early life and education

Hill was born on February 11, 1970, in Los Angeles, California, and was raised in the same area. [3] [4] Her mother was born in Mexico City, Mexico to American parents. [4] Hill attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and was a student-athlete on the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's soccer team. [6] [7] Hill became UC Santa Barbara's career leader in minutes played (6,422) and was named a three-time All American from 1989 through 1991. [8] [9] Following her UCSB career, she was inducted into the UC Santa Barbara Athletics Hall of Fame. [10]

Club career

Hill played for the Southern California Nitemares as a teenager. [11] After she graduated from UC Santa Barbara, she went to Japan to play professionally for a year before returning to Southern California. [4]

Hill rejoined the Nitemares in 1995 as they became a founding member of the USL W-League. [11] [12] For the 1995 W-League season, Hill was named the league's first MVP. [12] She also featured for the Sacramento Storm.

Following the 1999 Women's World Cup, Hill was selected to be a part of a travelling exhibition against the United States Women's National Team. [11] She would later be drafted to the Women's United Soccer Association's Philadelphia Charge in the 15th round of the 2000 WUSA Draft. [13] She quit playing soccer before the Charge played their first game after deciding to focus on a nursing career. [11] [14]

International career

Hill, being American born and raised, attempted to join the United States women's national soccer team. [4] She never made an appearance for the team. [15]

After a series of changes in Mexican laws, Hill was eligible to attempt to join the Mexico women's national football team prior to the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. [4] [6] After the Mexico national team played a scrimmage against the Sacramento Storm, Hill, who played for the Storm, approached the Mexican officials about joining the team. [16]

Hill was successful in joining the team for their first Women's World Cup appearance and was one of over half of the 20–player roster that had American ties. [17] Hill served as a co-captain for the team and appeared in all three group matches. [3] [18]

Personal life

Hill was nicknamed "The Thrill" after her play on the field. [19] After soccer, she met her husband, Johnny, in the Summer 2001 and moved to Ireland. [11] She works in nursing and is a mother to three children. [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harder Stadium</span> Stadium in Santa Barbara, California, US

Harder Stadium is a 17,000-seat, outdoor multi-purpose stadium on the west coast of the United States, on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California. It serves as the on-campus soccer stadium for both the men's and women's programs. Currently used occasionally by the university's club rugby and lacrosse teams, it was originally the home of the defunct football program.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rob Friend</span> Canadian soccer player (born 1981)

Robert Douglas Friend is a Canadian former professional soccer player, who played as a forward, and CEO of Pacific FC.

Neil Warren Jones is a New Zealand collegiate soccer coach and former professional footballer. Jones is the current head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Nathaniel Bostwick "Nate" Boyden is an American former professional soccer player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Loyola Ramblers men's soccer team.

Bryan Byrne is an Irish former professional footballer. He played in Europe and the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UC Santa Barbara Gauchos</span> Collegiate sports club in the United States

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos are the intercollegiate athletic teams who represent the University of California, Santa Barbara. Referred to in athletic competition as UC Santa Barbara or UCSB, the Gauchos participate in 19 NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports with the majority competing in the Big West Conference. UCSB currently fields varsity teams in 10 men's sports and 9 women's sports.

Gregory Vaitl Boyer is a former American water polo player who was a member of the United States men's national water polo team and won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team is an NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of student-athletes attending the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Gauchos play their home matches at Harder Stadium. Like most of the other UC Santa Barbara Gauchos athletic teams, the men's soccer team competes in the Big West Conference.

Timothy Harold Vom Steeg is an American collegiate soccer head coach who is currently with the University of California, Santa Barbara men's soccer team. He has been with the Gauchos since 1999 and is the most successful coach in the history of UC Santa Barbara.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eric Avila</span> American soccer player

Eric Humberto Avila is an American professional soccer player who has played as a midfielder and defender.

Alma Socorro Martínez Torres is a former footballer who played as a forward. Born in the United States, Martínez represented the Mexico women's national team, earning nine caps for the team in 2004 and scoring one goal. She competed for Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team finished in eighth place.

Bryan Alexander Dominguez Solarte is an American soccer player currently without a club.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danny Barrera</span> Colombian-American soccer player (born 1990)

Daniel Francisco Barrera is a professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Hartford Athletic in the USL Championship. Born in Colombia, he has represented the United States at youth level.

Samuel Cruz Garza is an American soccer player for Denton Diablos FC in the National Premier Soccer League.

The 2006 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2006 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 41st season of the team fielding a varsity college soccer team, and their 24th season playing in the Big West Conference.

Javier Castro Gonzalez is a Mexican professional footballer currently with Moreno Valley FC in the United Premier Soccer League.

James Alexander Kiffe is an American soccer player.

The Blue–Green Rivalry is the name of the rivalry between athletic teams from the University of California, Santa Barbara and California Polytechnic State University, the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos and the Cal Poly Mustangs. Athletic competition between the two schools began in the 1921 on the football field.

Gina Segadelli is an American former soccer player who played as a forward, making two appearances for the United States women's national team.

Marleen Molenaar is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a forward and featured for the Netherlands women's national football team. She later oversaw Eredivisie clubs AZ Alkmaar and AFC Ajax, and won the league four times between the two clubs.

References

  1. ↑ Laurie Hill at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Laurie A Hill, Born 02/11/1970 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Laurie Hill – FIFA competition record (archived)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bickelhaupt, Susan (April 21, 1999). "Cross-country kicking". The Boston Globe . Boston . Retrieved July 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Laurie A Hill – California Birth Index". FamilySearch . Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Giesin, Dan (February 3, 1999). "U.S. Woman Finds Success Elsewhere / Hill joins Mexico for World Cup tournament". San Francisco Chronicle . San Francisco . Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  7. ↑ Zant, John (November 13, 2008). "UCSB Women's Soccer Scores Big Breakthrough". Santa Barbara Independent . Santa Barbara, California . Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  8. ↑ "UCSB Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). UC Santa Barbara Gauchos . August 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  9. ↑ Shipley, Amy (June 9, 1999). "Opportunity Is South of the Border". The Washington Post . Washington, D.C. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  10. ↑ "UCSB Gaucho Athletic Hall of Fame". UC Santa Barbara Gauchos . Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hill Went Where Game Took Her". United Soccer Leagues . May 8, 2014. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2016– via cardiaplegia.rssing.com.
  12. 1 2 Litterer, David. "The Year in American Soccer, 1995". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  13. ↑ "WUSA preliminary rosters". USA Today . Tysons Corner, Virginia. February 4, 2001. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  14. ↑ "WUSA Preseason: C-Rays stomp Storm; Beijing takes Charge". Soccer America . Oakland, California. March 17, 2001. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  15. ↑ "2016 WNT MEDIA GUIDE" (PDF). United States Soccer Federation . 2016. p. 99. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  16. ↑ Jensen, Mike (June 17, 1999). "Mexican Soccer Team Has American Accent Half Of The Improbable Women's World Cup Squad Comes From North Of The Border". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia . Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  17. ↑ Wyllie, John Philip (June 18, 1999). "Mexico Faces Challenges of Biblical Proportions". La Prensa San Diego . San Diego . Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  18. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (January 2, 2011). "A chance at soccer south of the border". Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles . Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  19. ↑ Whiteside, Kelly (June 18, 1999). "It's Geography With Kick". Newsday . Melville, New York . Retrieved July 17, 2016.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.