Tiffeny Milbrett

Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett (born October 23, 1972) is an American former professional soccer forward who was a longtime member of the United States women's national team. In May 2018 the National Soccer Hall of Fame announced Milbrett will be enshrined in the Hall.^[3] A native of Oregon, she starred at the University of Portland where she scored a then school record 103 goals during her career.^[4] She won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 in Atlanta and a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She also played in three World Cups, winning in 1999. She is in the top five all-time in the United States national soccer team in three offensive categories.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Milbrett in 2003
Personal information
Full name	Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett[1]
Date of birth	(1972-10-23) October 23, 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1983–1986	Hillsboro Soccer Club
1987–1990	Hillsboro High School
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1994	Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1997	Shiroki F.C. Serena
2001–2003	New York Power	50	(31)
2005	Sunnanå SK	5	(5)
2006–2008	Vancouver Whitecaps	32	(25)
2006–2007	Linköpings FC
2009–2010	FC Gold Pride	40	(10)
2011	Bay Area Breeze
International career‡
1990	United States B[2]	?	(1)
1991–2005	United States	206	(100)
Medal record Women's football (soccer) Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team competition 2000 Sydney Team competition FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 USA Team competition 1995 Sweden Team competition 2003 USA Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:34, 10 April 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Early life

Milbrett was born in Portland, Oregon, on October 23, 1972.^[1] She started her soccer career playing for the Hillsboro Soccer Club in Hillsboro, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. Milbrett grew up in Hillsboro, attending W. Verne McKinney Elementary School in the northwest part of the city.^[5] She attended Hillsboro High School (Hilhi) in Hillsboro from 1987 to 1990, where she graduated holding Oregon's state record for goals in a season with 54; and in a career with 131. One of the fields at Hilhi is named after her. She was a three-time Oregonian 3A Player of the Year and a two-time Parade All-American. She also was a talented basketball player and Track and Field participant, and she was offered college scholarships at those two sports.^[6]

University of Portland

Milbrett attended the University of Portland where she lettered with the Clive Charles-coached Pilots in 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1994.^[7] She left the school with various awards and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) records. In 1990, she was named Soccer America's Freshman Soccer Player of The Year, and in 1991, she led her team with 21 goals and six assists. In 1992, her 30 goals and 12 assists placed her second among the nation's scorers, and in 1994, she helped her team reach the soccer Final Four, making the All-Tournament Team.

Milbrett also garnered West Coast Offensive Player of The Year awards in 1992 and 1994, and was a three-time NSCAA All-American as well as a three time finalist for the Hermann Trophy and Missouri Athletic Club Award. Milbrett was her university's all-time leader in goals with 103, and assists with 40.^[1] She placed second in NCAA career goals with 103, and tied for fourth in career points with 246. She was also named to Soccer America's College Team of The Decade for the 1990s.^[1]

Playing career

Club

Shiroki Serena

Professionally, Milbrett began her career in Japan, when she traveled to after graduating in 1995 and joined the Shiroki Serena of the L. League. She played on that team until 1997.

WUSA

In 2001, she became a founding member of the New York Power in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA). She was the league's MVP as well as Offensive Player of The Year. She scored the league's first hat trick ever, when the Power beat the Boston Breakers 3–1. She was named to the WUSA's second team in 2002, when she finished eighth in the league in points.

Sunnanå SK, Linköpings FC, Vancouver Whitecaps

In March 2005, Milbrett went to Sweden for two months to fine-tune her game, scoring five goals for Sunnanå SK during her brief stint. She also played for Linköpings FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan, having transferred there from the Vancouver Whitecaps Women of the United Soccer Leagues W-League.

FC Gold Pride

In March 2009, Milbrett was selected to play with FC Gold Pride of the new Women's Professional Soccer and began play in April 2009. In her first appearance with FC Gold Pride, she scored the game-winning goal. For the 2009 season she scored 4 goals in 19 games.^[1]

International

Milbrett in St. Louis against Germany, 1998

Milbrett was a member of the US-under 20 team from 1990 to 1993, and saw her first action with the United States women's national soccer team in 1991, against China. She scored her first goal with that selection in 1992, against Norway, and helped the team win the International Women's Tournament in France in 1993. She played a total of 21 games with the senior team during that period, and in 1995, she finally joined the senior team full-time. She was a member of the team that finished third at the World Cup that year in Sweden, and in 1996, she became a starter for the team that won the 1996 Olympic gold medal in Atlanta, scoring the game-winning goal in the gold medal game against China.^[8] In 1997, she set a women's national team record with five assists in a game against Australia, and in 1998, she was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the Goodwill Games.

In 1999, she was the goal leader on the US team that won the World Cup, and in 2000 she helped the team obtain Olympic Games silver in Sydney. She was named the CONCACAF Offensive Player of The Year that same year, as well as Chevrolet's female athlete of the year. She was also nominated along with Hamm and Sun Wen for the first ever FIFA World Player of the Year award, and participated in the 2001 Nike Women's Cup. She also won the Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year Award for the second time in a row in 2001.

She stepped away from the national team in December 2003 due to philosophical differences with manager April Heinrichs. Milbrett preferred a more creative style of play to which she was more accustomed from her time at the University of Portland, while Heinrichs favored a more tactical brand of soccer which valued speed, athleticism and versatility. She argued, "My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things. You can't ask every player to do the same thing. That's why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can't ask them to be of the same mold."^[9]

After Heinrichs resigned in February 2005 and was replaced by Greg Ryan, Milbrett returned to the national team, and finally earned her elusive 200th cap on June 30 in a friendly against rivals Canada in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her 100th goal came in Team USA's next match, a friendly against Ukraine in her hometown of Portland at Merlo Field.^[10]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 August 1992	New Brian, United States	Norway	1–?	2–4	Friendly
2.	12 June 1993	Columbus, United States	Canada	?–0	7–0
3.	16 March 1994	Silves, Portugal	Portugal	4–0	5–0	1994 Algarve Cup
4.	19 August 1994	Montreal, Canada	Jamaica	?–0	10–0	1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship
5.	16 March 1995	Portimão, Portugal	Portugal	?–0	3–0	1995 Algarve Cup
6.	12 April 1995	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France	Canada	?–0	5–0	Friendly
7.	14 May 1995	Portland, United States	Brazil	1–?	4–1
8.	19 May 1995	Dallas, United States	Canada	9–?	9–1
9.	22 May 1995	Edmonton, Canada	Canada	1–1	2–1
10.	6 June 1995	Gävle, Sweden	China	2–0	3–3	1995 FIFA Women's World Cup
11.	8 June 1995		Denmark	2–0	2–0
12.	13 June 1995		Japan	3–0	4–0
13.	14 January 1996	Campinas, Brazil	Russia	8–?	8–1	Friendly
14.	16 January 1996		Brazil	3–?	3–2
15.	18 January 1996		Ukraine	6–0	6–0
16.	20 January 1996		Brazil	1–?	1–1 (3–2 p)
17.	2 February 1996	Tampa, United States	Norway	3–2	3–2
18.	17 February 1996	Houston, United States	Sweden	2–0	3–0
19.	14 March 1996	Decatur, United States	Germany	4–0	6–0
20.				6–0
21.	16 March 1996	Davidson, United States	Germany	1–0	2–0
22.	28 April 1996	Indianapolis, United States	France	4–0	8–2
23.	12 May 1996	Worcester, United States	Canada	2–0	6–0	1996 Women's U.S. Cup
24.	21 July 1996	Orlando, United States	Denmark	3–0	3–0	1996 Summer Olympics
25.	1 August 1996	Athens, United States	China	2–1	2–1
26.	5 March 1997	Canberra, Australia	Australia	3–0	3–0	Friendly
27.	2 May 1997	Milwaukee, United States	South Korea	4–0	7–0
28.				6–0
29.	11 May 1997	Portland, United States	England	3–0	6–0
30.	31 May 1997	New Brian, United States	Canada	1–0	4–0	1997 Women's U.S. Cup
31.	5 June 1997	Ambler, United States	Australia	1–0	9–1
32.	12 October 1997	Salzgitter, Germany	Germany	2–0	3–0	Friendly
33.	30 October 1997	Chattanooga, United States	Sweden	2–?	3–1
34.	18 January 1998	Guangzhou, China	Sweden	2–0	3–0	1998 Four Nations Tournament
35.	24 April 1998	Fullerton, United States	Argentina	1–1	8–1	Friendly
36.				2–1
37.				4–1
38.	26 April 1998	San Jose, United States	Argentina	2–0	7–0
39.				4–0
40.	8 May 1998	Indianapolis, United States	Iceland	1–0	6–0
41.	30 May 1998	Washington D.C., United States	New Zealand	5–0	5–0
42.	25 July 1998	Uniondale, United States	Denmark	1–0	5–0	1998 Goodwill Games
43.	2 August 1998	Orlando, United States	Canada	3–0	4–0	Friendly
44.	12 September 1998	Foxborough, United States	Mexico	3–0	9–0	1998 Women's U.S. Cup
45.	18 September 1998	Rochester, United States	Russia	1–0	4–0
46.				2–0
47.	20 December 1998	Fresno, United States	Ukraine	1–0	5–0	Friendly
48.	14 March 1999	Silves, Portugal	Sweden	1–0	1–1	1999 Algarve Cup
49.	16 March 1999	Quarteira, Portugal	Finland	1–0	4–0
50.				3–0
51.	20 March 1999	Loulé, Portugal	China	1–1	1–2
52.	29 April 1999	Charlotte, United States	Japan	4–0	9–0	Friendly
53.				6–0
54.				8–0
55.				9–0
56.	13 May 1999	Milwaukee, United States	Netherlands	1–0	5–0
57.	22 May 1999	Orlando, United States	Brazil	3–0	3–0
58.	3 June 1999	Beaverton, United States	Australia	4–0	4–0
59.	6 June 1999	Portland, United States	Canada	2–1	4–2
60.	24 June 1999	Chicago, United States	Nigeria	3–1	7–1	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
61.				7–1
62.	1 July 1999	Landover, United States	Germany	1–1	3–2
63.	4 September 1999	Foxborough, United States	Republic of Ireland	1–0	5–0	Friendly
64.				3–0
65.	26 September 1999	Denver, United States	Brazil	1–0	6–0
66.				4–0
67.	3 October 1999	Columbus, United States	South Korea	3–0	5–0	1999 Women's U.S. Cup
68.	7 October 1999	Kansas City, United States	Finland	1–0	6–0
69.	5 May 2000	Portland, United States	Mexico	4–0	8–0	2000 Women's U.S. Cup
70.	7 May 2000		Canada	3–0	4–0
71.	2 June 2000	Sydney, Australia	Canada	1–0	9–1	Friendly
72.				4–0
73.				7–0
74.	23 June 2000	Hershey, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	11–0	2000 CONCACAF Women's Championship
75.	1 July 2000	Louisville, United States	Canada	3–0	4–1
76.	3 July 2000	Foxborough, United States	Brazil	1–0	1–0
77.	16 July 2000	Osnabrück, Germany	Norway	1–0	1–0	Friendly
78.	13 August 2000	Annapolis, United States	Russia	1–0	7–1
79.				3–0
80.	14 September 2000	Melbourne, Australia	Norway	1–0	2–0	2000 Summer Olympics
81.	28 September 2000	Sydney, Australia	Norway	1–0	2–3 (a.e.t.)
82.				2–2
83.	11 November 2000	Columbus, United States	Canada	1–2	1–3	Friendly
84.	30 June 2001	Toronto, Canada	Canada	2–1	2–2
85.	3 July 2001	Blaine, United States	Canada	1–0	1–0
86.	9 September 2001	Chicago, United States	Germany	2–1	4–1	2001 Women's U.S. Cup
87.	27 January 2002	Guangzhou, China	China	2–0	2–0	2002 Four Nations Tournament
88.	21 July 2002	Blaine, United States	Norway	2–0	4–0	Friendly
89.	29 October 2002	Fullerton, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	3–0	2002 CONCACAF Women's Championship
90.	2 November 2002	Seattle, United States	Panama	1–0	9–0
91.				2–0
92.				3–0
93.				6–0
94.				7–0
95.	9 November 2002	Pasadena, United States	Canada	1–0	2–1 (a.e.t.)
96.	23 January 2003	Yiwu, China	China	2–1	3–1	2003 Four Nations Tournament
97.	17 May 2003	Birmingham, United States	England	6–0	6–0	Friendly
98.	13 July 2003	New Orleans, United States	Brazil	1–0	1–0
99.	11 October 2003	Carson, United States	Canada	3–1	3–1	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
100.	10 July 2005	Portland, United States	Ukraine	5–0	7–0	Friendly

Coaching career

She coached at Northwest Soccer Camp as well as at day camps, personal training and Elite Team Training Sessions, and women's clinics.^[11] Milbrett is a member of the People to People Ambassador Programs. She coached the MVLA Tornado girls' team. She also coaches for the ECNL girls team.

See also

• Women's association football portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal
• Biography portal

• List of association women football players with 100 or more international goals
• List of footballers with 100 or more caps
• List of Olympic medalists in football
• List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of American and Canadian soccer champions
• All-time FC Gold Pride roster
• List of people from Hillsboro, Oregon
• List of Vancouver Whitecaps Women players

References

1. "Tiffeny Milbrett". Women's Professional Soccer. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
2. Garin, Erik (July 20, 2003). "North America Cup (Women) 1990". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on August 28, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
3. "FIVE MEMBERS OF 2018 CLASS OF THE NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCED". US Soccer. May 31, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
4. Alexander, Valerie (7 July 2014). "World Cup Soccer Stats Erase The Sport's Most Dominant Players: Women". Jezebel.com.
5. Kirchmeier, Mark (August 4, 2016). "Milbrett, still in the game, encourages creativity -- and is watching Rio". Portland Tribune. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
6. "Tiffeny Milbrett biography". Northwest Soccer Camp. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
7. University of Portland Women's Soccer 2022 Information Guide (scroll down to page 14). Retrieved June 28, 2023.
8. Wahl, Grant (September 25, 2000). "Mighty Mite". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
9. French, Scott. "U.S. Women: Tiffeny Milbrett 'can't pretend anymore,' steps away from national team," Soccer America, Saturday, February 14, 2004. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
10. Anne M. Peterson, The Associated Press. Milbrett scores 100th as U.S. women rout Ukraine. USA TODAY, July 10, 2005. Retrieved on April 3, 2008.
11. "NSC Staff - NW Soccer Camp". NW Soccer Camp. Retrieved 2018-06-02.

Match reports

External links

• Tiffeny Milbrett – FIFA competition record (archived)
• FC Gold Pride player profile
• Tiffeny Milbrett on LinkedIn