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Outside the box: how U.S. midfielder Shannon Boxx, the oldest debutante in national team history, secured her post-WUSA career.(Women's United Soccer Association)(Interview)
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Soccer Digest
- Article date:
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December 1, 2003
- Author:
- Wyllie, John Philip
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LIKE MOST AMERICAN SOCCER enthusiasts, Shannon Boxx was thrilled when she learned that the Women's World Cup would be returning to the United States. Boxx, her family, and her fiance, Sean Tanaka, didn't waste any time securing a block of tickets for the games scheduled for the beautiful new Home Depot Center. She didn't have the slightest inkling that her career was about to take a major upturn.
Set to take on an assistant coaching position at Cal State-Dominguez Hills and to pursue a master's degree in clinical-psychology at Pepperdine following the WUSA season, Boxx hadn't even considered the possibility that she might be selected as a member of the United States World ...