Staci Wilson

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Staci Wilson
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Wilson in 2019
Personal information
Full name Staci Nicole Wilson [1]
Date of birth (1976-07-08) July 8, 1976 (age 47) [1]
Place of birth Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. [1]
Height 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Pine Knights (boys' head coach)
Youth career
Reston United
0000–1994 Jefferson Colonials
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1997 North Carolina Tar Heels 102 (11)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000 Raleigh Wings
2001–2002 Carolina Courage 28 (0)
International career
1995–1996 United States 15 (0)
Managerial career
2000–200? Flint Hill Huskies
2004–2006 Loudoun Youth Soccer Association
2006–2008 Weston Fury Soccer Club
2009–2010 Philadelphia Independence (assistant)
2012 Florida Atlantic Owls (assistant)
2012–2014 Team Boca Soccer Club
2015–2017 Oxbridge ThunderWolves
2019– Pine Knights (boys)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Staci Nicole Wilson (born July 8, 1976) is an American soccer player and Olympic champion. She is an alumna of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Alexandria, Virginia) and the University of North Carolina.

She received a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. [2]

Wilson was an All-American soccer player during high school in Virginia. [3] She was a dominant defensive player as a member of the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team. There, among other honors, she was the 1994 National Freshman Player of the Year. [4] In March 2001, the team retired Wilson's jersey number 27. [5]

In March 2012 Wilson became an assistant coach for women's soccer at Florida Atlantic University. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Staci Wilson". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on August 14, 2002. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  2. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Soccer". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on August 22, 2008. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
  3. "Staci Wilson Reflects on Olympic Experience, Coaching". Florida Atlantic University. July 3, 2012.
  4. "Defensive Great Staci Wilson". tarheelblue.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  5. "Wilson's #27 Retired By University". goheels.com. March 8, 2001.
  6. "Staci Wilson". Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved January 19, 2015.