Stephanie Cox
Height: 5-6 (1.65 m)
Born: April 3, 1986, in Los Gatos, Calif.
Hometown: Elk Grove, Calif.
College: University of Portland
U.S. National Team: Won Gold medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China ... The captain of the U.S. squad at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia ... Had 34 international caps for the U.S. U-19s/U-20s ... At 21 years old, she was the youngest member and only player with college eligibility on the 2007 Women's World Cup Team ... 2008: Has played in 10 matches for the USA heading into the Peace Queen Cup in South Korea, starting seven ... 2007: Earned a consistent starting slot on the Women's National Team and her role became even more important after Heather Mitts went down in May with a torn ACL ... Started 18 of the 21 games she played, developing into an impact player on the back line ... Started all six games at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, her first world championship at the senior level, and played all but 45 minutes of the tournament ... Had four assists during the year, but her corner kicks at the Women's World Cup helped created two goals ... 2006: Earned her second and third caps at the 2006 Algarve Cup, where she also made her first career start, going 90 minutes in a 4-1 victory over France ... Made the roster for the 2006 Four Nations Tournament in China, but did not play ... Played in eight total games, starting one ... 2005: Earned her first call-up to the full Women's National Team and first cap at the 2005 Algarve Cup in Portugal ... Came on a substitute in the third match of the tournament against Denmark ...
Youth National Teams: Played in four of six games at the 2006 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Championship in Russia, helping the USA to a fourth place finish ... She made both of her penalty kicks in shootouts in the semifinal and third-place match ... Played in 22 matches for the U-20s in 2006, including 10 international games ... Did not participate in qualifying for the 2006 U-20 Women's World Championship as she was in China with the full team ... She saw first action with the U.S. U-21s in 2005 and played every minute of all four games at the 2005 Nordic Cup, helping the USA to the title ... Starter at left back for the U.S. U-19s at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand, she played every minute of all six matches ... Had both assists in the USA's 2-0 quarterfinal win over Australia ... Has been involved in the U.S. National Team Youth programs since 2000 ... Started all 24 games she played in 2004 with the U-19s, including 17 full internationals ... Had seven assists on the year including five in full internationals ... Started all five matches at the 2004 CONCACAF Qualifying tournament, playing all but seven minutes of the competition ... In 2003, she played seven international matches, starting all seven ...Played in camps with the U-16 GNT and U-17 WNT in 2002 and was part of the U-14 GNT Identification Camp in 2000 ... First Appearance: March 13, 2005, vs. Denmark.
First Goal: None.
College / High School: As a senior, she missed the first 10 games of the season while training for and playing in the Women's World Cup, but returned to Portland to start the remaining eight games ... She scored two goals (doubling her career total of one) and got two assists while helping UP to an undefeated run in conference play, the WWC title and an NCAA playoff berth ... As a junior, she played in 14 games, starting 13, and scored her first college goal ... Missed several college games due to National Team commitments ... Helped Portland to a 17-4-3 record and to the third round of the NCAA Tournament ... Red-shirted what would have been her sophomore season to play at the 2004 FIFA U-19 World Championship in Thailand ... Returned to Portland in 2005, helping the Pilots to a undefeated record of 23-0-2 and the NCAA Championship ... Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team ... Started all 25 games in which she played and had five assists... Named an NSCAA First-Team All-American as well as First-Team All-WCC ... Also named the WCC Defender of the Year ... Started 23 matches as a freshman in the center of the defense for the Pilots, tying for the most on the team ... Notched only point of her freshman year in her first game as a Pilot, assisting on the winning goal in 1-0 win against Colorado on Aug. 29, 2003 ... Named All-WWC First-Team, All- Region and to the Soccer America All-Freshman Team ... Attended Elk Grove High School and graduated with a 4.17 GPA ... Won two league championships (2001-02) ... Delta League MVP junior and senior seasons ... All-Section First-Team as a junior ... An NSCAA All-American and Parade All-American as a senior ... Also named a McDonald's All-American ... All-City MVP as a senior.
Club: Played club for Elk Grove United and Elk Grove Thunder... In 2003, she helped her team win the U-19 State and Regional championships and was runner-up at Nationals ... Won 2002 and 2003 U-19 Premier League champs ... 2002 All-League in Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) for Elk Grove Pride.
Personal: Full name is Stephanie Renee Cox ... Formerly Stephanie Lopez, she married former Portland baseball player Brian Cox in December of 2007 ... First player of Hispanic decent to make a major impact on the Women's National Team ... Lettered three times in basketball in high school ... Graduated from the University of Portland with a bachelor's degree in psychology ... Won a major NCAA academic and athletic award as a senior ... Lists some of her best soccer moments as winning the 2005 NCAA Championship, 4-0, as well as pulling on the National Team jersey for the first time ... In January of 2008, she was named the Bill Hayward Female Amateur Athlete of the Year for 2007 at the 56th annual Oregon Sports Awards ... Enjoys reading, spending time with her family when in Oak Grove, seeing her little brothers player sports, cooking dinner with her husband Brian and making a home with him in Gig Harbor, Wash. ... Also enjoys going to the movies with older brother Jeremiah and dad Rob.