Hometown: Vancouver, Washington
College: University of Washington

U.S. National Team: A converted forward, she earned her first caps with the USA in 2005, playing in three matches at defender and starting one … Has a breakout tournament at the 2006 Four Nations Tournament, starting all three games in the center of the defense and playing every minute of the competition as the USA won the title … Started two matches at the 2006 Algarve Cup … Played in seven matches in 2007 heading into the final pre-Women’s World Cup match, starting three, one at the Four Nations Tournament in China and two at the Algarve Cup in Portugal … Played with the U.S. Under-21 National Team in 2004. First Appearance: July 10, 2005, vs. Ukraine … First goal: None.

College / High School: The 2003 and 2004 Pac-10 Player of the Year, the first player in history to win back-to-back conference player of the year awards ... Completed her career as Washington's all-time leader in goals (43) and points (99) … Led the Pac-10 Conference in goals as a junior (13) and as a senior (16) …Washington’s school record holder in career game-winning goals (18) and shots (231) ... Netted two hat tricks during her career and registered 13 multiple-goal games … As a senior in 2004, she was honored as a NSCAA Second-Team All-American in 2004 after leading the Huskies to the best season in the program's history … Washington posted a 17-5-1 record and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championships ... Named Pac-10 Player of the Year for the second consecutive season … Selected to the NSCAA Second-team All-Scholar team … Tied UW record for most goals in a season (16) … As a junior, she played all 21 games, starting 19 ... Was named the Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year with UCLA defender Nandi Pryce ... A first-team All-Pac-10 selection... Her 13 goals as a junior nearly equaled the goal output from her first two years combined when she netted seven goals each season ... Was named to as an honorable mention to the All-Pac-10 Academic Team … As a sophomore, she played all 20 games, starting 17 of them ... Led the team with three game-winning goals … Opened the season with her second career hat trick, against Arkansas women's team … As a freshman, she played in all 20 games, starting 10 of them ... Led the team with seven goals and ranked second on the squad with 14 total points despite returning from a year-long absence from soccer participation due to the birth of her daughter ... Registered a hat trick in a 4-0 win over Idaho … A four-time Greater Saint Helen's League first-team honoree at Hudson Bay High School ... Named the GSH league MVP in 1998 and 1999 ... Served as team captain her final two years ... Hudson's Bay won three Greater Saint Helen's League championships and reached the 1998 state quarterfinals ... Also lettered in basketball and track ... Placed eighth in the 100 meters at the 1999 Washington state championships ... Honored as the Randy Myers Foundation Female Track Athlete of the Year in 1999.

Club: Played with the Seattle Sounders women’s team in 2003 and 2004, helping them reach the 2003 W-League semifinals ... In 2003, she scored three goals in three regular-season appearances and netted five goals in three playoff games, including a pair in Seattle's Western Conference final win at Vancouver … Helped the Lake Oswego Soccer Club win the 1998 and 1999 state championships and advanced to the regional quarterfinals in 1999 ... Also played for the Columbia Premier Soccer Club, which was coached by her dad … Also played one season for the Highland Eagles when she was a freshman in high school.

Personal: Full Name is Christina Jo Frimpong Ellertson … Father Joe was born in Ghana and mother Eka was born in Nigeria ... Twin sister, Crystal, played soccer at the University of Florida ... Has a daughter, MacKenzie, who was born on March 8, 2001 ... Originally signed to play at Santa Clara in 2000, but never took classes there and sat out the 2000 fall competitive season ... Served as senior class secretary of the student government at Hudson's Bay High School ... Threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Seattle Mariners game during the spring of 2004 ... Majored in economics … Loves to cook and in fact, took cooking lessons after she finished college … Enjoys spending time with her family and taking MacKenzie to do fun things, such as going to the park, zoo and soccer practices.