{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1971)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Colette Cunningham | image = | caption = | height = {{Height|ft=5|in=4}}<ref name="media guide"/> | full_name = Colette Helen Cunningham<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/08/29/obituaries/b22db7a4-e4be-4f25-a7fb-aecb2b952dfc/ |title=Obituaries |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 29, 1998 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812103425/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/08/29/obituaries/b22db7a4-e4be-4f25-a7fb-aecb2b952dfc/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|7|1}}<ref name="media guide"/> | birth_place = Virginia, United States | position = Forward<ref name="media guide"/> | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = BRYC Shooting Stars | youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–1989 | youthclubs2 = Lake Braddock Bruins | collegeyears1 = 1989 | college1 = Marymount Saints | collegecaps1 = 18 | collegegoals1 = 39 | collegeyears2 = 1990–1992 | college2 = NC State Wolfpack | collegecaps2 = ? | collegegoals2 = 42 | years1 = 1994 | clubs1 = Washington Warthogs (indoor) | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1994–1995 | clubs2 = Lazio | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1995–1998 | clubs3 = Sporting Sorrento Crems | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1997–2001 | clubs4 = Maryland Pride | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = | clubs5 = Soccer Academy United | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 1992 | nationalteam1 = United States | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1994 | managerclubs1 = American Eagles (assistant) }} '''Colette Helen Cunningham''' (formerly '''Landon'''; born July 1, 1971) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward, making two appearances for the United States women's national team.
==Career== In high school, Cunningham was a four-year varsity player for the Lake Braddock Bruins soccer team, which won the state championship in her senior year. She also played basketball during her high school career.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Kathleen |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/12/03/girls-basketball/3cdd4e1a-745d-4c57-9f34-d09be3b6b28e/ |title=Girls Basketball |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 3, 1988 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812103337/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/12/03/girls-basketball/3cdd4e1a-745d-4c57-9f34-d09be3b6b28e/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> In college, she played for the Marymount Saints in her freshman year of 1989, scoring 39 goals and registering 20 assists in 18 appearances. She holds the NCAA Division III record for most points (goals and assists) in a season (98) and most points per game in a season (5.44).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_soccer_RB/2017/D3.pdf |title=Division III Women's Soccer Records |website=National Collegiate Athletic Association |year=2017 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812104906/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_soccer_RB/2017/D3.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> The following year she joined the NC State Wolfpack, where she played until 1992 and was a letter-winner. She scored 42 goals and registed 22 assists during her three seasons with the Wolfpack. She was selected in the ACC All-Tournament team in 1991, as well as the All-ACC First Team in 1991 and 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gopack.com/documents/2018/3/26/2017_Record_Book_March_22.pdf |title=NC State Women's Soccer Program Records |website=NC State Wolfpack |date=March 22, 2018 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812105111/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gopack.com/documents/2018/3/26/2017_Record_Book_March_22.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>
Cunningham made her international debut for the United States on August 14, 1992 in a friendly match against Norway, which finished as a 1–3 loss. She earned her second and final cap two days later against the same opponent, which finished as a 2–4 loss.<ref name="media guide">{{cite web |url=https://d1dhn91mufybwl.cloudfront.net/downloads/pdfs/fdxnf1dwi/fdxnf1dwi_print.pdf |title=2019 U.S. Women's National Team Media Guide |website=United States Soccer Federation |year=2019 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808074101/https://d1dhn91mufybwl.cloudfront.net/downloads/pdfs/fdxnf1dwi/fdxnf1dwi_print.pdf |archive-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref>
In 1994 Cunningham played for the indoor soccer for the Washington Warthogs of the CISL.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fitzhenry |first=Mark |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/06/10/warthogs-sign-local-female-player/1ea3c078-22f3-4877-b1d8-15c85f49b21a/ |title=Warthogs sign local female player |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 10, 1994 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812103311/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/06/10/warthogs-sign-local-female-player/1ea3c078-22f3-4877-b1d8-15c85f49b21a/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> She recorded two assists in twelve regular season appearances and one postseason game,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.justsportsstats.com/soccerstatsindex.php?player_id=cunnicol001 |title=Colette Cunningham |website=JustSportsStats.com |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190812105520/https://www.justsportsstats.com/soccerstatsindex.php?player_id=cunnicol001 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 }}</ref> becoming the first woman to register a point in U.S. men's professional soccer.<ref>{{cite news |last=Glick |first=Shav |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-30-sp-21478-story.html |title=She's Allowed to 'Hog the Ball With the Guys |website=Los Angeles Times |date=July 30, 1994 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812105656/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-30-sp-21478-story.html |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> She played for the Maryland Pride in the USL W-League from 1997 to 1999, winning the 1996 championship. Following the season, she moved to Italy to play in Rome for Lazio of Serie A. In 1995, she moved to Sporting Sorrento Crems in Sorrento (near Naples), where she played until 1998. She also played for the Maryland Pride in 1997 upon return to the U.S. for the off-season. In 1998, she returned to the United States to care for her ill father and continued playing for the Maryland Pride.<ref>{{cite news |last=Caparaz |first=Dean |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/14207/w-league-laying-the-groundwork.html |title=W-League: Laying the groundwork |website=Soccer America |date=May 17, 2000 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812105758/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/14207/w-league-laying-the-groundwork.html |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> She also played for the Soccer Academy United team which won three USASA National Women's Amateur titles.<ref name="MP">{{cite news |last=Mattei |first=Al |location=Beltsville, Maryland |url=http://www.topofthecircle.com/OMmdpride.html |title=Maryland Pride based its fortunes on four mothers |website=TopOfTheCircle.com |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812110211/http://www.topofthecircle.com/OMmdpride.html |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>
Cunningham also was an assistant coach for the American Eagles in 1994.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fitzhenry |first=Mark |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/05/17/woman-seeks-place-among-the-hogs/28958d71-1cfb-40cc-a24a-3130370a858b/ |title=Woman seeks place among the 'Hogs |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 17, 1994 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812101441/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/05/17/woman-seeks-place-among-the-hogs/28958d71-1cfb-40cc-a24a-3130370a858b/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> She was inducted into the Virginia–D.C. Soccer Hall of Fame in 2019.<ref name="HOF">{{cite web |url=http://www.vadcsoccerhof.org/hall-of-fame-inductees/hall-of-fame-bios/colette-cunningham |title=Colette Cunningham |website=Virginia–D.C. Soccer Hall of Fame |year=2019 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812110529/http://www.vadcsoccerhof.org/hall-of-fame-inductees/hall-of-fame-bios/colette-cunningham |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life== Cunningham gave birth to her son Kevin in 1996.<ref name="MP"/> In 1999, she began a career in law enforcement,<ref>{{cite news |last=Collazo |first=Veronike |url=https://www.loudountribune.com/shattering-stereotypes-loudouns-women-in-law-enforcement/ |title=Shattering Stereotypes: Loudoun's Women in Law Enforcement |website=The Loudoun Tribune |date=August 30, 2016 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812110728/https://www.loudountribune.com/shattering-stereotypes-loudouns-women-in-law-enforcement/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref> and currently works as a patrol lieutenant for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in Loudoun County, Virginia.<ref name="HOF"/> She was born with the surname Cunningham, and later took the married name Landon, which she no longer uses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.racepacket.com/result04/sep04/arl9115k.htm |title=3rd Annual Arlington Police, Fire and Sheriff 9-11 Memorial 5k Run |website=RacePacket |date=September 4, 2004 |access-date=September 5, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905002542/http://www.racepacket.com/result04/sep04/arl9115k.htm |archive-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !colspan=3|United States<ref name="media guide"/> |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1992||2||0 |- !Total!!2!!0 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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