Player Bio

At 21 years old, she was the youngest member and only player with college eligibility on the USA’s 2007 Women’s World Cup Team … 2008: Played in 24 games for the USA, starting nine … A member of the 2008 Olympic Team, she earned her roster spot after being brought back into the team due to an injury to Cat Whitehill … Ended up playing a key role in the Olympics, coming off the bench in four matches and starting one … Had the crucial assist to Carli Lloyd in the USA’s 1-0 victory over Japan in group play … Had four assists during the year attacking from outside back … 2007: Earned a consistent starting slot on the WNT and her role became even more important after Heather Mitts went down in May with a torn ACL  … Started 18 of the 21 games she played, developing into an impact player on the back line … Started all six games at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup, her first world championship at the senior level, and played all but 45 minutes of the tournament … Had four assists during the year, but her corner kicks at the Women’s World Cup helped created two goals … 2006: Earned her second and third caps at the 2006 Algarve Cup, where she also made her first career start, going 90 minutes in a 4-1 victory over France … Made the roster for the 2006 Four Nations Tournament in China, but did not play … Played in eight total games, starting one … 2005: Earned her first call-up to the full Women’s National Team and first cap at the 2005 Algarve Cup in Portugal … Came on as a substitute in the third match of the tournament against Denmark … Youth National Teams: The captain of the U.S. squad at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship in Russia … Had 34 international caps for the U.S. U-19s/U-20s … Played in four of six games at the 2006 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Championship in Russia, helping the USA to a fourth place finish … She made both of her penalty kicks in shootouts in the semifinal and third-place match … Played in 22 matches for the U-20s in 2006, including 10 international games … Did not participate in qualifying for the 2006 U-20 Women’s World Championship as she was in China with the full team … She saw first action with the U.S. U-21s in 2005 and played every minute of all four games at the 2005 Nordic Cup, helping the USA to the title … Starter at left back for the U.S. U-19s at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship in Thailand, she played every minute of all six matches … Had both assists in the USA’s 2-0 quarterfinal win over Australia … Has been involved in the U.S. National Team Youth programs since 2000 … Started all 24 games she played in 2004 with the U-19s, including 17 full internationals … Had seven assists on the year including five in full internationals … Started all five matches at the 2004 CONCACAF Qualifying tournament, playing all but seven minutes of the competition … In 2003, she played seven international matches, starting all seven …Played in camps with the U-16 GNT and U-17 WNT in 2002 and was part of the U-14 GNT Identification Camp in 2000 … First Appearance: March 13, 2005, vs. Denmark … First Goal: None.
 

Allocated to the Los Angeles Sol for the inaugural WPS season in 2009 … Played club for Elk Grove United and Elk Grove Thunder… In 2003, she helped her team win the U-19 State and Regional championships and was runner-up at Nationals … Won 2002 and 2003 U-19 Premier League champs … 2002 All-league in Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) for Elk Grove Pride.

As a senior, she missed the first 10 games of the season while training for and playing in the 2007 Women’s World Cup, but returned to Portland to start the remaining eight games … She scored two goals (doubling her career total of one) and got two assists while helping UP to an undefeated run in conference play, the WWC title and an NCAA playoff berth … Won the prestigious Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award …  As a junior, she played in 14 games, starting 13, and scored her first college goal … Missed several college games due to National Team commitments … Helped Portland to a 17-4-3 record and to the third round of the NCAA Tournament … Red-shirted what would have been her sophomore season to play at the 2004 FIFA U-19 World Championship in Thailand … Returned to Portland in 2005, helping the Pilots to an undefeated record of 23-0-2 and the NCAA Championship … Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team … Started all 25 games in which she played and had five assists … Named an NSCAA First-Team All-American as well as First-Team All-WCC … Also named the WCC Defender of the Year … Started 23 matches as a freshman in the center of the defense for the Pilots, tying for the most on the team … Notched only point of her freshman year in her first game as a Pilot, assisting on the winning goal in 1-0 win against Colorado on Aug. 29, 2003 … Named All-WWC First-Team, All-Region and to the Soccer America All-Freshman Team … Attended Elk Grove High School and graduated with a 4.17 GPA … Won two league championships (2001-02) … Delta League MVP junior and senior seasons … All-Section First-Team as a junior … An NSCAA All-American and Parade All-American as a senior … Also named a McDonald’s All-American … All-City MVP as a senior.

Full name is Stephanie Renee Cox … Formerly Stephanie Lopez, she married former Portland baseball player Brian Cox in December of 2007 … First player of Hispanic decent to make a major impact on the Women’s National Team … Lettered three times in basketball in high school … Graduated from the University of Portland with a B.A. in Psychology with a 3.7 GPA … Her parents started taking in foster babies when she was 10 and have continued to do so ever since, caring for over 100 babies before they can be placed in more permanent homes … Lists some of her best soccer moments as winning the 2005 NCAA Championship, 4-0, as well as pulling on the national team jersey for the first time, and being a member of the amazing 2009 Olympic gold medal team … In January of 2008, she was named the Bill Hayward Female Amateur Athlete of the Year for 2007 at the 56th annual Oregon Sports Awards  … Loves to make chocolate chip pancakes … Enjoys reading, watching movies, and beating husband Brian at soccer racquetball (he has gotten better!) … Loves family visits where they play favorite games like Cranium, Wii, and Swedish game Kuub.