Keri Sanchez

{{Short description|American soccer player and coach (born 1972)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Keri Sanchez | image = | fullname = Keri Lynn Sanchez<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wusa.com/players/ray237309.html |title=Keri Raygor |publisher=Women's United Soccer Association |access-date=July 7, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010805180625/http://www.wusa.com/players/ray237309.html |archive-date=August 5, 2001}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|12|25|mf=y}} | birth_place = Englewood, Colorado, U.S. | height = 5 ft 4 in | position = Defender | currentclub = Colorado College Tigers (head coach) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | collegeyears1 = 1991–1994 | college1 = North Carolina Tar Heels | collegecaps1 = | collegegoals1 = | years1 = 1995–2000 | clubs1 = Silicon Valley Red Devils | caps1 =  | goals1 = | years2 = 1999 | clubs2 = Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies | caps2 =  | goals2 = | years3 = 2001–2002 | clubs3 = Boston Breakers | caps3 =  | goals3 = | years4 = 2003 | clubs4 = San Jose CyberRays | caps4 =  | goals4 = | years5 = 2004–2008 | clubs5 = California Storm | caps5 =  | goals5 = | years6 = 2009 | clubs6 = Los Angeles Sol | caps6 = 5  | goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 1990–1992 | nationalteam1 = United States U-20 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = 1991–2001 | nationalteam2 = United States | nationalcaps2 = 13 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1996–2003 | managerclubs1 = Oregon Ducks (asst.) | manageryears2 = 2004–2017 | managerclubs2 = Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas | manageryears3 = 2017–2021 | managerclubs3 = Texas Longhorns (asst.) | manageryears4 = 2021 | managerclubs4 = Illinois Wesleyan Titans | manageryears5 = 2022– | managerclubs5 = Colorado College Tigers }}

'''Keri Lynn Sanchez''' (formerly '''Raygor'''; born December 25, 1972) is an American women's soccer coach who serves as head coach of the Colorado College Tigers women's soccer team. She is also a former player who last played as a defender for Los Angeles Sol of Women's Professional Soccer and the United States women's national soccer team.

==Early life and education== Sanchez was a dual sport athlete at Santa Teresa High School in San Jose, California, where she also excelled in track and field. At the CIF California State Meet, between 1988 and 1990, she achieved three second-place and three third-place finishes spread between hurdles, long jump, and triple jump.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |title=California State Meet Results – 1915 to present |first=Hank |last=Lawson |accessdate=December 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092406/http://www.prepcaltrack.com/ATHLETICS/TRACK/stateres.htm |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Playing career== Sanchez played for the Silicon Valley Red Devils of the USL W-League and Women's Premier Soccer League from 1995 to 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/LOOKING-AT-HIGHER-GOALS-3113513.php |title=Looking at Higher Goals |first=Dwight |last=Chapin |work=San Francisco Examiner |date=June 21, 1997 |access-date=June 24, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/495033845/WPSL-MediaGuide-2005 |title=2005 Women's Premier Soccer League Championship Tournament Media Guide |year=2005 |publisher=Women's Premier Soccer League}}</ref>

===College career=== Sanchez played for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team from 1991 to 1994, winning four consecutive NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament championships and scoring the championship-winning goals in 1992 and 1994.<ref name="panta-2021"/>

===International career=== Sanchez made 13 appearances for the United States women's national soccer team, including the 1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship.<ref name="panta-2021"/>

==Coaching career== While still playing soccer, Sanchez also began coaching the sport as an assistant for the Oregon Ducks women's soccer team in 1996. In 2004, the NCAA Division III Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas hired Sanchez as its head coach, where she served for 13 years and amassed a {{win-loss record|w=148|l=92|d=30}} record and five NCAA tournament appearances, reaching the Sweet 16 in the 2008 tournament.<ref name="panta-2021">{{cite news |url=https://pantagraph.com/sports/college/illinois-wesleyan/illinois-wesleyan-to-name-former-u-s-national-team-member-keri-sanchez-as-womens-soccer/article_8651b225-d128-5514-89c0-38e10aaabaac.html |title=Illinois Wesleyan to name former U.S. National Team member Keri Sanchez as women's soccer coach |date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=June 24, 2023 |first=Jim |last=Benson}}</ref>

She served as an assistant coach to Angela Kelly at the Texas Longhorns women's soccer team from 2017 to 2020.<ref name="panta-2021"/>

In May 2021, the Division III Illinois Wesleyan Titans women's soccer team hired Sanchez as its head coach.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-05-27/former-us-national-player-to-lead-iwu-womens-soccer |title=Former US National Player To Lead IWU Women's Soccer |date=May 27, 2021 |access-date=June 24, 2023 |work=WGLT |first=Eric |last=Stock}}</ref> In her only season with the team, the Titans finished with a {{win-loss record|w=9|l=8|d=1}} record.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iwusports.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/coaches/keri-sanchez/1633 |title=Keri Sanchez |publisher=Illinois Wesleyan Titans |access-date=June 24, 2023}}</ref>

The Colorado College Tigers NCAA Division I women's soccer program hired Sanchez as its head coach in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cctigers.com/news/2021/12/27/womens-soccer-four-time-ncaa-champion-and-us-national-team-player-keri-sanchez-named-womens-soccer-coach.aspx|title=Four-Time NCAA Champion and U.S. National Team Player Keri Sanchez Named Women's Soccer Coach|date=December 27, 2021 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916001732/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/la/players/bios/Sanchez-Keri Los Angeles Sol player profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20040827184852/http://www.wusa.com/team/?id=37&zone=players&player_id=1213 San Jose CyberRays player profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20010624110841/http://soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/raygor.htm SoccerTimes profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Keri}} Category:1972 births Category:Los Angeles Sol players Category:American women's soccer players Category:American people of Mexican descent Category:Sportspeople of Mexican descent Category:North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players Category:Living people Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) players  Category:San Jose CyberRays players Category:Soccer players from San Jose, California Category:Track and field athletes from San Jose, California Category:Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players Category:Nadeshiko League players Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Japan Category:American expatriate women's soccer players Category:Boston Breakers (WUSA) players Category:Women's United Soccer Association players Category:Women's Professional Soccer players Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Japan Category:Women's association football defenders Category:Santa Teresa High School alumni Category:California Storm players Category:Women's Premier Soccer League players Category:United States women's international soccer players Category:Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags and Athenas Category:Illinois Wesleyan Titans coaches Category:Colorado College Tigers women's soccer coaches Category:United States women's youth international soccer players

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