Tiffeny Milbrett
Tiffeny Milbrett
Tiffeny Carleen Milbrettis an American retired professional soccer forward who was a longtime member of the United States women's national soccer team. A native of Oregon, she starred at the University of Portland where she scored a then school record 103 goals during her career. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 in Atlanta and a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. A player who enjoys signing autographs for her fans, she is in the top five...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth23 October 1972
CityPortland, OR
CountryUnited States of America
ready and willing to give a new coach a try.
I was really disappointed in April when she never sat me down to talk to me to tell me she thought I was struggling,
I don't feel like I squint as much, I don't have that tension in my face, ... Any energy drain out there is an energy drain whether it's coming from your face or legs. ... It makes it so you can relax much better, you feel more confident. You don't realize until you go back to playing without them how much of a benefit they are.
What kept coming up is I have such a different philosophy about the game than what April has and what the national team has, ... It's not fun anymore.
It's pretty amazing we haven't had something like this before for people who play outdoor sports, ... It's a pretty rational and reasonable concept. Anything that can help the performance out there, people are always looking for that.
the best day of my life, hands down.
It might be more important to me now. I understand things more. I have a better perspective. My blood's purple -- I think everyone else would say that, too.
I'm not saying I didn't have ample time to recover, ample time to get to my best, I felt this year I did fine. When I stepped on the field for the national team, I was ready and able to make an impact, to score goals, to create chances.
I don't think the game should be perfect. It's 95 percent mistakes out there - you have to work with 10 players on your side and another 11 against you. It's a crazy, chaotic game.
But that in and of itself this past year was not a factor in what I did for the national team every time I stepped out there, or in training, or when I stepped out there in the WUSA.
Coaches give you too much information. I've been allowed to develop that intuitive ability in my career and lifetime.
My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things.
I want to be the goal scorer and the play maker out there. I have been doing that all my life.
I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style.