U.S. Olympic Athletes
Carrie Lingo
Number: 17
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5-9
Caps: 143
Years on National Team:
1998 USA Under-19 Squad
2000 USA Under-21 Squad
2001 USA National Squad
2002 USA Under-23 Team
2002 USA National Squad
2003 USA National Squad
2004 USA National Squad
2005 USA National Squad
2006-07 USA National Squad
2007-08 USA National Squad
Birthplace: Wilmington, Del.
Hometown: Rehoboth Beach, Del.
High School:
Cape Henlopen (Lewes, Del.) '97
College:
- University of North Carolina '02
- Major: Communication/psychology
Playing Career:
- Early Career
Began playing at age 12...Participated in U.S. Field Hockey's Futures Program...Competed in AAU Junior Olympic Games...All-state and all-conference at Cape Henlopen...Also played basketball and softball...Named Cape Henlopen Female Athlete of the Year as a senior. - Collegiate Career
1998 - Missed freshman year while rehabilitating a knee injury...1999 - All-Atlantic Coast conference...NFHCA All-South Region second team...Scored five goals...2000 - NFHCA All-South Region second team...NCAA Runner-up, Univ. of North Carolina...NCAA All-Tournament team...2001 - NFHCA All-America first team...NFHCA all-South Region first team...All-Atlantic Coast Conference...All-ACC Tournament...Team captain...Scored nine goals.
Named to the ACC 50th Anniversary team in 2002.
- International Career
1998 - U.S. Under-19 Team..Member of U.S. field Hockey Team of the Year - U19 Team......2000 - U.S. Under-21 Team...competed with U.S. National Team on developmental tour of Canada...Silver medalist with U21 team at Junior Pan American Championships (Barbados)...2001 - U.S. National Team...Earned first career senior team cap vs. Mexico (3/8/01) at First Pan American Cup...Silver medalist with USA at Pan American Cup...Scored first two career goals vs. Venezuela (10-0) at Pan American Cup......Korea Telecom Cup...USA/South Africa series...2002 - U.S. National Team...1st Champions Challenge team...USA/India World Cup Qualifying Series...U.S. World Cup team (Perth, Australia)...2003 - U.S. National Team...US/Japan Tour...US/Spain Tour...Champions Challenge (Catania, Italy)...Pan American Games (Santo Domingo, DOM) silver medalist...International Atlantic Cup...2004 - U.S. National Team...Olympic Qualifier Team...Pan American Cup Team...2005 - U.S. National Team...New Zealand Tour...USA/Australia series (Virginia Beach)...Rabobank Champions Challenge (5th, Virginia Beach)...2006 - USA National Squad...World Cup Qualifying Tournament (4th, Rome)...AstroTurf March on Madrid, Virginia Beach (1. NED, 2 ARG, 3. AUS, 4. USA)...World Cup team (Madrid, 6th place)...Scored World Cup goal in 3-1 win over South Africa..2007 - Netherlands Tour team...Chile 4-Nation Team Champions, Santiago (1. USA, 2. ARG, 3. CHI, 4. CAN)...Pan American Games Team (2nd, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)...Ranked among tournament's leading goal scorers at Pan Am Games with 5 goals including a hat trick against Netherlands Antilles in a 4-1 USA win...Pan American Elite Team...USA/Japan Series (College Park, Md., 1-3-1)...2008 - USA at Japan Series
Personal:
- Ambition after field hockey: a family
- Most influential people in your sporting career: Mom & Dad (Jenkie & Bill), for their unconditional support
- Favorites: Food: chocolate ice cream
- Other: Dad Bill was a lacrosse player at the Univ. of Delaware
Major International Competitions:
| Year | Tournament | Site | Position |
| 2007 | XV Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2nd |
| 2006 | World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 6th |
| 2006 | World Cup Qualifier | Rome, Italy | 4th |
| 2005 | Rabobank Champions Challenge | Virginia Beach, Va. | 5th |
| 2004 | Pan American Cup | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd |
| 2004 | Olympic Qualifying Tournament | Auckland, New Zealand | 6th |
| 2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, DOM | 2nd |
| 2003 | 2nd Champions Challenge | Catania, Italy | 5th |
| 2002 | 10th World Cup | Perth, Australia | 9th |
| 2002 | USA vs India WC Qualifiying Series | Cannock, England | 1st |
| 2002 | Japan 6 Nations International (KOR, AUS, RUS, JPN, GER, USA) | Gifu, Japan | 6th |
| 2002 | 1st Champions Challenge | Johannesburg, South Africa | 5th |
| 2001 | 3rd Korea Telecom Cup | Seongnam, Korea | 6th |
| 2001 | Americas Cup | Kingston, Jamaica | Silver |
| 2000 | Junior Pan Am Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd |
