Lorrie Fair
Lorraine Ming Fair (born
August 5,
1978), better known as
Lorrie Fair, is a half-Chinese
Asian American who is a member of the
United States national
soccer team, along with other players such as
Brandi Chastain and
Mia Hamm.
Her twin sister, Veronica (Ronnie) Ching Fair, was also a member of the national team, and when Ronnie was called in to participate in a game against
England on
May 9,
1997 at
San Jose, California, it became the first time a pair of sisters played together in national team game for any country.
Lorrie and Ronnie both participated on Los Altos High School's female soccer team in
Los Altos, California, where they grew up. They were born at Stanford Hospital, but moved to New York for three years before returning to the Bay Area in 1982. While Ronnie chose
Stanford to go to college, Lorrie decided on the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill instead, but not before being a two time NSCAA all-American and
Parade magazine all-American. At UNC, she was picked as one of
Soccer America's freshmen of the year, and she helped lead UNC to the
1996 NCAA championship.
She joined the Under 20 national team in
1994, playing, among other events, in the Nordic Cup. In
1995, she was a member of the West Team at the US Olympic Festival, and she started practicing for the National team. She impressed so much during practice that she was named an alternate for the
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games team that won the Gold. Soon after, she was able to make her debut in the team as an official player.
In
1999, Fair helped take the team to that year's
FIFA Women's World Cup.
She is no longer a member of the national soccer team.
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