Hometown: Elk Grove, California
College: University of Portland

U.S. 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 … 2007: Earned a consistent starting slot on the WNT after Heather Mitts went down with a torn ACL … Developed into an impact player on the back line and has tallied four assists heading into the final pre-Women’s World Cup match … 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 … 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 a substitute in the third match of the tournament against Denmark … Youth National Teams: 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 I.D. camp in 2000 … First Appearance: March 13, 2005, vs. Denmark … First Goal: None.

College / High School: 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 a 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.

Club: 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.

Personal: Full name is Stephanie Renee Lopez … First player of Hispanic decent to make a major impact on the Women’s National Team … Engaged to be married to former Portland baseball player Brian Cox … Lettered three times in basketball in high school … Mother Cindy played soccer at a junior college in 2003 when she was 38 … Major is Psychology … Favorite soccer player is Michelle Akers, but aspires to model her game after Joy Fawcett … Lists some of her best soccer moments as winning the 2005 NCAA Championship, 4-0, and pulling on the National Team jersey for the first time … Enjoys reading, hanging out with friends, and swimming her little brothers, Justin and Daniel … Also enjoys going to the movies with older brother Jeremiah and dad Rob and planning for her wedding.