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BLOG POST • 02/26/2020

KRISTINE LILLY’S TOP-13 GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS

Of course, there have been far more than 13 list-worthy achievements in Lilly’s career, but ussoccer.com picked 13 that helped define her career.

13.

August, 2003 – Lilly is named First-Team All-WUSA, the only player to earn First-Team all league honors in all three WUSA seasons.

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BLOG POST • 05/15/2019

Get out of your comfort zone.

A couple weeks ago the business that I co founded with Mia and Tisha called  TeamFirst Soccer Academy, headed to Atlanta for our first camp of the year.  This camp had one additional element to it that others haven’t had.

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BLOG POST • 02/24/2015

Pregame Preparation

Everyone has his or her own pre-game preparations or rituals if you must. I had them and they helped me be ready for my performance on the field. In 1996 we were training in Florida for the ’96 Olympics.

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BLOG POST • 05/16/2014

13 Things I Learned From My Career

During the induction ceremony for the 2014 Class of the National Soccer Hall of Fame, former U.S. Women’s National Team midfielder Kristine Lilly, who famously donned No. 13 for more than two decades, listed the 13 things that she learned during her playing career.

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