Lizzy Raben

U.S. National Teams: A member of the U.S. team that won the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championship in Guatemala and qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, she played in two games off the bench, including a late game appearance in the championship game to help the USA lock down the 1-0 victory over Canada … First call-up to the U-17s came in August of 2011.

College / High School: Has verbally committed to attend Duke University in the fall of 2013 … Attends Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colo. … The captain of the Bruins … As a freshman and sophomore, she was the team MVP and an All-Conference selection … Won the Colorado state title with the Bruins in the spring of 2012.

Club: From 2010 to present she has played with the Colorado Rush Nike … Prior to that she played with the Colorado Storm Royal  … Also played rec soccer with Forza and the Rocky Mountain Ponies … Won the Colorado state title in 2011 and helped the club to the Regional semifinals.

Personal: Full name is Elizabeth Pinkerton Raben … Goes by Lizzy or Liz … She’s named after her great-grandmother and grandmother … Dad is an oncologist … Mom was an editor for National Geographic … A member of her high school’s speech and debate team … An editor of Fine Print, her high school’s literary magazine … Worked with an organization at her high school called SPOT – Suicide Prevention Of Teens … Won an English award her sophomore and junior years … A High Honors Award winner for never having received a “B” … She was MVP of her freshman volleyball team … She enjoys reading, writing, surfing, movies, the Colorado mountains and the color blue … Enjoys travel and her family travels the world, twice taking six-month sabbaticals to Italy and England where her father had research grants … Went to school in Italy on a NATO base and in England at a public high school … Everyone in her family plays soccer – her sister Mia is a goalkeeper for the Colorado Storm, her brother Sam is a defender for the Colorado Storm, her mom plays in an Over-40 league and her dad in a men’s league … The three words that best describe her off the field are “ambitious, passionate and loyal” … The three words that best describe her on the field are “loud, composed and cerebral” … Her motto is “love as long as you live, laugh as much as you breathe” … Few people know that she can identify nearly all the original 151 Pokemon by name and evolution and also aspires to sing and dance like Beyonce … Favorite classes are math and English … Dream job would be a writer or actor on Saturday Night Live  … Favorite foods are pizza and chocolate … Favorite snacks are fruit snacks and mac and cheese ... Favorite soccer players are Marta, Paul Scholes and Carles Puyol … Calls her first national team call-up her greatest soccer moment so far … She has a white Labrador named Riley Raben … Enjoys the music of Blink-182, The Temper Trap, Matt and Kim, MGMT and Mumford and Sons … Favorite cereal is Cap’n Crunch … Favorite dessert is chocolate ice cream … Has numerous favorite smells: movie popcorn, rain, honey, tea, roses and cookies.