Lori Chalupny
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| Lori Chalupny | ||
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| Full name | Lori Christine Chalupny | |
| Date of birth | January 29, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | St. Louis, Missouri,  United States |
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| Height | 5'4" | |
| Playing position | Midfielder/Defender | |
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| Current club | River Cities Futbol Club | |
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| 2001- | United States | 50 (6) |
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Lori Christine Chalupny (born January 29, 1984, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American soccer midfielder/defender and member of the United States women's national soccer team.
Chalupny grew up in St. Louis and played soccer at Nerinx Hall High School then later at the collegiate level for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, winning an NCAA title with them in 2003. A member of the U.S. national under-16, U-19, and U-21 teams, Chalupny earned her first cap for the senior team on March 7, 2001 against Italy. She scored her first national-team goal on May 9, 2004 against Mexico. Although she played left back at the 2005 Algarve Cup, she has more recently been used as an outside midfielder.
In January 2006, Chalupny suffered a concussion after two blows to the head in a game against France. She was ordered by her doctors to take several months off, and did not return to national team play until July of 2006.
As of September 30, 2007, Chalupny has 50 caps for the U.S. national team and has scored six goals. She started at midfield in all of the U.S. games at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, and scored two goals, one of which was the only goal of the game in the U.S. 1-0 win over Nigeria on September 18, 2007. The goal, coming just 57 seconds into the game, was the second-fastest in Women's World Cup history.[1]
Chalupny is a two-time winner of the women's Keough Award for outstanding soccer player from the St. Louis area, and won US Soccer's Youth Player of the Year Award in 2005.
In April 2006, Chalupny joined River Cities Futbol Club of the Women's Premier Soccer League.
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