Instead of having a bunch of different threads on Boxxy on her progress with the National Team, I thought I would start a thread to post her successes in. Just a few things to start with.... Shannon makes the WWC roster(announced on 8/26/03): No. Name Pos. Ht. Birthdate Hometown College/ Club Caps/Goals 7 Boxx, Shannon* M 5'8" 06/29/77 Redondo Beach, Calif. Notre Dame/New York 0/0 Four players were bolstered by strong WUSA seasons, including defender/midfielder Kylie Bivens of the Atlanta Beat and All-WUSA First Team midfielder Shannon Boxx of the New York Power, who becomes the first-ever uncapped player named to a U.S. Women’s World Cup Team. Shannon finally made her debut on 9/1/03 in a 5-0 win against Costa Rica and notched her first goal: 7 Boxx, Shannon* M 5'8" 06/29/77 Redondo Beach, Calif. Notre Dame/New York 1/1 News articles: US Defeats Costa Rica, 5-0, in First U.S. National Team Match at Home Depot Center - 9/1 http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=42402 Three Power Players on U.S. World Cup Squad - 8/26 http://www.nypower.com/380808.html Boxx Gets Her Big Break - 8/30 http://www.wusa.com/press_room/381474.html Pictures: Celebrating her first goal 9/1 http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030902/i/1062481561.3355566169.jpg Battling for the ball - 9/1 http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030902/capt.1062482176.costa_rica_us_mjt107.jpg In action vs Costa Rica - 9/1 http://picsrv.altdc3.va.twimm.net/f...=iip,1.0&wid=147&hei=200&rgn=0,0,0,0&cvt=jpeg Celebrating with Cindy Parlow - 9/1 http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030902/i/1062480424.3556892760.jpg Juggling with Tiff - 8/23 http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20030823/i/1061672669.3355598912.jpg
Two huge thumbs up for Boxxy. She is exactly where she deserves to be. Very nice to score a goal in her very first International game.
Shannons updated stats: 7 Boxx, Shannon* M 5'8" 06/29/77 Redondo Beach, Calif. Notre Dame/New York 2/2 Boxxie celebrates with Abby and Brandi http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/CAMS101090714_lower.jpg Note: Shannon Boxx became only the third player in team history to score goals in her first two international appearances(one of the others being Michelle Akers). Shannon was also mentioned in Brandi's second diary entry on the official FIFA website. http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/030903/1/5iv.html CONGRATS SHANNON!!!
A description of the goal and a quote, from ussoccer.com http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=42750
Boxx may start against Sweden!!!!! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/09/08/SPGF01KFB31.DTL
3 Goals in 3 Appearances. F'in awesome! News articles In-form Boxx looks to keep contributing http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/030923/1/954.html Reddick, Boxx critical in U.S. victory http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/030922/11/94g.html USA 3 Sweden 1 http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/030921/1/8nm.html Boxx joins worldwide galaxy of stars http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030922/sp_usatoday/11862928 They cant just box her in http://www.boston.com/sports/soccer/articles/2003/09/23/they_just_cant_box_her_in/ Pictures Boxx and Millie http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/photos/index.html?aid=11525&d=1 Boxx jumping after her goal http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/t/photos/gceleb/index.html?i=13&d=1 Celebrating with Lilly and Hamm http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/t/photos/gceleb/index.html?i=16&d=1 After her goal http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/t/photos/gceleb/index.html?i=17&d=1 Boxx's header going in the net http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030922/168/5cl32.html Boxx and Millie http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030921/170/5ced4.html Celebrating with Parlow http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030921/170/5ce3a.html
And courtesy of US Soccer The Soap Boxx: Part 1 http://www.ussoccer.com/wwcplus/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=43456&itype=5421&icategoryid=449