Hometown: Point Pleasant, New Jersey
School: Monmouth University

U.S. National Team: A high scoring forward in college, she converted to defender for the USA and made her debut in 1997 ... Is the only player from a small soccer school to ever make an impact on the national team ... Formerly Christie Pearce, she switched the back of her jersey to her married name for the first time in 2004 … 2007: Has started and played ever minute in all 11 games she has played in 2007 heading into the final pre-Women’s World Cup match … The most capped defender and second most capped player on the Women’s world Cup team … 2006: Made return to the National Team and played against Norway at the Four Nations Tournament in China just 112 days after having a baby … Played in 20 games, starting 17 … 2005: Took the year off to have her first child, Rylie Rampone, who was born September 29, 2005 … 2004: Had a stellar year for the USA, starting 26 of the 28 matches she played, including every minute of the five matches in which she appeared at the 2004 Olympics ... Became the fifth most capped defender in U.S. history during the year … 2003: Continued her steady play after making a complete comeback from ACL surgery, starting 15 of the 17 games in which she played … Started all four Women’s World Cup matches in which she played, playing every minute of those games … Became the 15th U.S. player to earn 100 caps when she played against Brazil on July 13 in New Orleans …She captained the USA for the first time in that match … 2002: Called into two training camps, but did not play for the USA while recovering from ACL surgery … 2001: Played in four matches for the USA during a limited schedule, starting two … Missed the 2001 Nike U.S. Women’s Cup after tearing her right ACL while playing for the New York Power … 2000: Was one of the USA’s most consistent players, earning the starting spot at right back … In a breakout year, she started 30 of the 33 matches in which she played, including all five games at the Olympics and played 2,540 minutes … Scored two of her four career goals, both against Iceland on April 5, in Davidson, N.C. … 1999: A member of the 1999 Women's World Cup championship team, she played in one match against North Korea ... The versatile defender played in 18 matches for the USA in 1999, starting eight ... 1998: Solidified her position as a solid starter in the defense, starting 14 of her 19 matches ... Started both matches as the USA took the gold medal at the 1998 Goodwill Games ... 1997: Started 16 of 18 games for the USA in 1997, her first year with the national team, finishing third on the team in minutes played ... First trained with the USA at training camp in San Diego in January of 1997 ... Traveled with the USA to Australia in February of 1997, making her debut against the Matildas on Feb. 28 in Melbourne ... Played the second half in Melbourne, then all 180 minutes of matches in Bathurst and Canberra, and her international career was off and running ... Played right midfield in all three games at Nike U.S. Cup ’97, scoring the 100th U.S. Women’s Cup goal against Australia in Ambler, Pa. ... First Appearance: Feb. 28, 1997, vs. Australia ... First Goal: May 2, 1997, vs. South Korea.

College / High School: Was a two sport star at Monmouth University in New Jersey … Is the school's all time leading scorer in soccer … Was the starting point guard on the basketball team, but opted to miss numerous games during her senior season while training and traveling with the national team ... Started all 80 games in her soccer career, scoring 79 career goals with 54 assists for 212 career points ... Was a First Team All Mid Atlantic Region selection and 1995 & 1996 Northeast Conference Player of the Year in soccer ... Led Monmouth to a 51 11 mark over her last three seasons, including a 17 5 record as a senior ... Ranked third nationally in scoring as a senior with 75 points, fourth in goals with 29, seventh in assists with 17 and second in game winning goals with nine ... Monmouth's record holder for goals, assists and points in a season, she posted 10 multiple-goal games as a senior ... Finished eighth in the nation in 1995 with 19 goals and 15 assists for 53 points ... Co captained the basketball team as a senior and was considered the quickest player on the team, a tenacious one on one defender and an excellent passer ... Played both the point guard and shooting guard positions for Monmouth ... Had a career high 22 points vs. Rider during the 1995 96 season, picked up a career high 13 assists vs. Marist that same season, and had a career best 10 steals vs. Farleigh Dickinson the year before ... Holds the school record for steals in a season (79) as well as in a game and a career ... Also played in two lacrosse games for Monmouth as a senior ... Heralded as the finest athlete Ocean County has ever produced, earning all league honors in basketball, soccer and field hockey ... As a senior at Point Pleasant Boro High School, she became the first person to lead the Shore Conference in scoring in soccer, basketball and field hockey ... Scored 2,190 career points in high school basketball ... Was named New Jersey Female Athlete of the Year by the New Jersey Nets as a senior.

Professional / Club: Was a founding player in the WUSA for the New York Power … 2003: Started and played every minute of 18 matches, recording one assist … 2002: Recovered from ACL surgery at the end of the 2001 season to play 1,699 minutes over 19 matches, all of which she started … 2001: Helped lead the New York Power to the WUSA playoffs before tearing her ACL just two minutes into the third to last match of the regular season … Started 18 matches for the Power and played every minute until her injury … Etc.: Played several matches for the New Jersey Stallions of the W League during the summer of 1998 … Played youth club with the Twin County Saints.

Personal: Full name is Christie Patricia Rampone (formerly Pearce) … Married Chris Rampone on November 9, 2001, in Jersey City, New Jersey … Graduated from Monmouth with a degree in Special Education and has her teaching credential ... Received a Honorary Doctorate from Monmouth in Public Services in May of 2005 … Also volunteered as a soccer coach and basketball coach at the middle school where she was student teaching ... Worked in classroom situations with communication handicapped children ... A lifetime New Jersey resident, she moved to California to finish her international career … Has a black Labrador named Tiger who serves as her alarm clock and running buddy and a yellow lab named Murphy, who likes to escape from the back yard .