Shannon MacMillan (born October 7, 1974 in Syosset, New York) is a former American professional soccer player. She was a member of the U.S. Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 1999 Women's World Cup. She was US Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year for 2002. In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for the UCLA women's soccer team.
MacMillan attended San Pasqual High School in Escondido, Califor...
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Shannon MacMillan (born October 7, 1974 in Syosset, New York) is a former American professional soccer player. She was a member of the U.S. Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 1999 Women's World Cup. She was US Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year for 2002. In 2007, MacMillan became an assistant coach for the UCLA women's soccer team.
MacMillan attended San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California, and then played for the University of Portland, where she won the Hermann Trophy for the best female collegiate soccer player of the 1995 season. While still in college, she joined the US National Team in 1994 as a midfielder. By 2000, she moved to forward.
In the Olympic semifinal against Norway in 1996, she scored the game-winning goal in overtime. In the Olympic final against China, she collected a Mia Hamm shot that rebounded off the post and put it in for the first goal of the match.
She was a "super-sub" on the US WNT's 1999 Women's...
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