Amy Tran

• Home: Grantville, PA
• Birthdate: 10/2/1980

Number: 25

Position: Goalkeeper

Height: 5-4

Born: 2 October 1980

Caps: 99

Years on National Team:
1999 USA Under-20 Squad
2000 USA Under-21 Squad
2001 USA National Squad/Under 21 Squad
2002 USA Under-23 Squad/US National Squad
(India Series)
2003 USA National Squad
2004 USA National Squad
2005 USA National Squad
2006-07 USA National Squad
2007-08 USA National Squad

Birthplace: Harrisburg, Pa.

Hometown: Grantville, Pa.

Residence: -

High School: Northern Lebanon
(Fredericksburg, Pa.) '98

College:

• University of North Carolina '02
• Communication studies/speach & hearing sciences

Employer: ADS, Inc. Virginia Beach, Va.

Playing Career:

• Early Career
  Began playing because field hockey was the only fall sport offered at Northern Lebanon High School...Participated in USA Field Hockey's Futures Program...Earned All-region honors at Northern Lebanon
  
  
• Collegiate Career
  1998 - Redshirt season...1999 - Earned the starting spot as the Tar Heels' keeper starting 20 games and appearing in 21 with a 1.03 goals against average... 2000 - Named to the NFHCA All-America first team...Named to the All-ACC team...Helped lead North Carolina to a runner-up finish at the NCAA national championship tournament...Recorded seven shutouts with a 1.13 goals against average... 2001 - Named to the NFHCA All-America second team...Recorded 6 shutouts with a 1.56 goals against average...2002 - Recorded a 1.76 goals against average with 1 shutout
  

• International Career
  1999 - Selected to the U.S. Under-20 Team...U20 Argentina tour....U20 Canada tour...Made two starts for the USA at the US Junior Four Nation Tournament at Kean Univ. including a 2-1 win over Chile in the consolation game...2000 - Named to the U.S. Under-21 team...Started every game and earned a silver medal with the USA at the Junior Pan American Championships...2001 - Selected to U.S. National Team...Started every game for the USA at the 4th women's Junior World Cup in Buenos Aires (14th place)...Made her national team debut against Mexico at the Pan American Cup where she shared the 5-0 shutout...Competed at the Korea Telecom Cup where she made her first senior national team start against Japan in the 5th/6th place, penalty stroke game (USA lost in strokes, 3-0)...2002 - Named to the U.S. Under-23 Team...Called up to the U.S. National Team for the three-game World Cup Qualifying series vs India...2003 - Named to U.S. National Team...Champions Challenge (Catania, Italy)...Pan American Games (Santo Domingo, DOM) silver medalist...2004 - U.S. National Team...Olympic Qualifying Tournament Team...Pan American Cup Team...Starting goalkeeper in all five USA Pan American Cup games going 4-1 with two shutout victories...2004 - U.S. National Team...New Zealand Tour...Australia Test Series (Virginia Beach)...Rabobank Champions Challenge (Virginia Beach, 5th)...Named Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the Rabobank Champions Challenge...Collected a tournament-high 15 saves in a 3-1 loss to Japan at the Champions Challenge...Canada Series (Virginia Beach)....Argentina 3 Nation Tournament (2nd)...Nominated for FIH Female Player of the Year...2006 - USA National Team...Argentina Four Nation Tournament (4th place/Rosario, ARG)...World Cup Qualifying Tournament (4th, Rome)...Named Goalkeeper of the Tournament by participating teams at World Cup Qualifier...Named Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the AstroTurf March on Madrid Tournament featuring No. 1 Netherlands, No. 2 Argentina and No. 4 Australia...Earned a 2-1 victory over Argentina for the USA's first victory over its south American rivals since 1991...World Cup team (Madrid, 6th place)...Named World Cup Goalkeeper of the Tournament...Collected three shutouts in World Cup play vs. Japan (0-0), Korea (1-0) and Germany (1-0) to help the USA to a 6th place World Cup finish...Named 2006 WorldHockey All-Star...2007 - Netherlands Tour team...Chile 4-Nation Team Champions, Santiago (1. USA, 2. ARG, 3. CHI, 4. CAN)...Chile 4 Nation "Goalkeeper of the Tournament" ...AtaHolding Champions Challenge team (Baku, AZE, 4th)...Pan American Games Team (2nd, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)...Pan American Elite Team...USA/Japan Series (College Park, Md., 1-3-1)...2008 - Argentina 4 Nation Tournament (Mendoza, ARG. 1. ARG, 2. GER, 3. USA, 4. RSA)...USA at Japan Series
  

Personal:

Favorites: Food: Chocolate, Movie: Amelie, Actor: Johnny Depp, Jackie Chan, Musical Group: Pearl Jam, Outkast

Other: Sister Katy was a goalkeeper at Univ. of North Carolina and played on U.S. Junior Teams 2001-02
 

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