University of Massachusets Athletics
Briana Scurry Named To Olympic Team
July 07, 2004 | Women's Soccer
July 7, 2004
CHICAGO, Ill. - Former University of Massachusetts goalkeeper Briana Scurry (Dayton, Minnesota) has been selected to the 2004 U.S. Olympic team, announced U.S. National Team head coach April Heinrichs. This will Scurry's third appointment to a U.S. Olympic squad.
Scurry has already accumulated extensive National Team experience, as she was the USA's starter in the 1995, 1999 and 2003 Women's World Cups, as well as the 1996 Olympics. She is 108-10-10 in her career, including 69 shutouts, more shutouts than any other goalkeeper has caps in U.S. history. In 1996, she earned two shutouts and allowed just three goals over five games, playing every minute of the Atlanta Games. Scurry was the back-up goalkeeper on the 2000 Olympic Team and did not play in the tournament.She regained the starting spot for the 2003 Women's World Cup and is currently the USA's first-choice keeper.
Scurry minded the net for the Minutewomen from 1990-93, where she made 368 career saves and posted 37 career shutouts, both good for second on their respective all-time lists at UMass. She is also fifth all-time at UMass in career goals against average, with a mark of 0.56.
