Cindy Parlow Cone
Cynthia "Cindy" Marie Parlow Cone, née Cynthia Parlow, (born May 8, 1978) is the former head coach for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League, and a retired American professional soccer player and two-time Olympic Gold medalist.
Early life
A native of Memphis, Tennessee, where she attended Germantown High School, Cindy is the daughter of Larry and Josephine Parlow.
University of North Carolina
Parlow Cone played college soccer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a four-time All-American and member of three teams that won the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. She won the Hermann Trophy as outstanding female collegiate soccer player twice, in 1997 and 1998, and the ACC Female Athlete of the Year in 1999. She was the second two-time winner of the award following fellow Tar Heel Mia Hamm.
She ended her career at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with 68 goals and 53 assists.
Playing career
Club
Parlow was a founding member of the Women's United Soccer Association, and played for the Atlanta Beat, helping her team reach the playoffs in each of the league's three seasons of operation (2001–2003).
