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:

YearTournamentSitePosition
2007XV Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil2nd
2006World CupMadrid, Spain6th
2006World Cup QualifierRome, Italy4th
2005Rabobank Champions ChallengeVirginia Beach, Va.5th
2004Pan American CupBridgetown, Barbados2nd
2004Olympic Qualifying TournamentAuckland, New Zealand6th
2003Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, DOM2nd
20032nd Champions ChallengeCatania, Italy5th
200210th World CupPerth, Australia9th
2002USA vs India WC Qualifiying SeriesCannock, England1st
2002Japan 6 Nations International
(KOR, AUS, RUS, JPN, GER, USA)
Gifu, Japan6th
20021st Champions ChallengeJohannesburg, South Africa5th
20013rd Korea Telecom CupSeongnam, Korea6th
2001Americas CupKingston, JamaicaSilver
2000Junior Pan Am ChampionshipsBridgetown, Barbados2nd