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{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Julie Foudy
| image = Julie Foudy portrait shot 2014.jpg
| caption = Foudy in 2014
| fullname = Julie Maurine Foudy<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=1075 |title=Julie Foudy |publisher=[[United States Soccer Federation]] |access-date=August 4, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040830095534/http://www.ussoccer.com/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=1075 |archive-date=August 30, 2004}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|01|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[San Diego, California]], United States
| height = 5ft 6in
| years1 = 1993
| clubs1 = [[California Storm|Sacramento Storm]]
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| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1994
| clubs2 = [[Tyresö FF (Ladies)|Tyresö FF]]
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| years3 = 1995–1998
| clubs3 = [[California Storm|Sacramento Storm]]
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| years4 = 2001–2003
| clubs4 = [[San Diego Spirit]]
| caps4 = 59
| goals4 = 8
| currentclub =
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| position = [[Midfielder]]
| collegeyears1 = 1989–1992
| college1 =[[Stanford Cardinal women's soccer|Stanford Cardinal]]
| collegecaps1 = 78
| collegegoals1 = 52 
| nationalyears1 = 1988–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1 = 274
| nationalgoals1 = 45
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[association football|football (soccer)]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics#Women|Olympic Games]]}}
  {{MedalGold | [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
  {{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
  {{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]}}
  {{MedalGold | [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991 China]] | [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team competition]]}}
  {{MedalGold | [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999 USA]] | [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#.C2.A0United States|Team competition]]}}
  {{MedalBronze | [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup|1995 Sweden]] | [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#United States|Team competition]]}}
  {{MedalBronze | [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 USA]] | [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#United States|Team competition]]}} 
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'''Julie Maurine Foudy''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|aʊ|d|i}} {{respell|FOW|dee}}; born January 23, 1971) is an American retired [[Association football|soccer]] [[midfielder]], two-time [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She played for the [[United States women's national soccer team]] from 1988 to 2004. Foudy finished her international career with 274 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] and served as the team's captain from 2000 to 2004 as well as the co-captain from 1991 to 2000.<ref name="d970">{{cite web | last=Norwood | first=Robyn | title=Foudy Shows Women's Soccer is Alive, Kicking : Future: Former Mission Viejo star hopes her game grows thanks to the popularity of the recent World Cup tournament. | website=Los Angeles Times | date=1994-08-28 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-28-sp-32320-story.html | access-date=2024-11-13}}</ref> In 1997, she was the first American and first woman to receive the [[FIFA Fair Play Award]].

From 2000 to 2002, Foudy served as president of the [[Women's Sports Foundation]]. In 2006, she co-founded the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy, an organization focused on developing leadership skills in teenage girls. In 2007, she was inducted into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] with her teammate, [[Mia Hamm]]. She is currently an analyst, reporter and the primary [[color commentator]] for women's soccer telecasts on [[ESPN (United States)|ESPN]].

Foudy is the author of ''Choose to Matter: Being Courageously and Fabulously YOU''<ref name="espn_013117">{{cite web|last1=Foudy|first1=Julie|title=With a new book, Julie Foudy wants to help you cultivate your inner leader|url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/story/_/id/17785971/with-new-book-choose-matter-julie-foudy-wants-help-cultivate-your-inner-leader|publisher=ESPN|access-date=30 April 2017|date=January 31, 2017}}</ref> and appeared in the [[HBO]] documentary ''[[Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team]]''.<ref name=HBO>{{cite web|title=Dare to Dream: The Story of the US. Women's Soccer Team|url=http://www.hbo.com/sports/dare-to-dream-us-womens-soccer-team/interview/julie-foudy.html|publisher=HBO|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-date=November 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111091858/http://www.hbo.com/sports/dare-to-dream-us-womens-soccer-team/interview/julie-foudy.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was the executive producer of the documentary short, ''[[An Equal Playing Field]]'', starring [[Christen Press]] and producer of the ESPN [[Nine for IX]] episode entitled ''The 99ers'', featuring some of her teammates from the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup-winning U.S. national team.

She is a part of the ownership group of [[Angel City FC]] of the [[National Women's Soccer League]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julie Foudy |url=https://www.angelcity.com/club/ownership/julie-foudy |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Angel City FC}}</ref>

==Early life==
Foudy was born on January 23, 1971, in [[San Diego, California]] but raised in [[Mission Viejo]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-14 |title=Soccer newsletter: Landon Donovan, Alex Morgan are part of Southern California's all-time team |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/newsletter/2022-06-14/landon-donovan-cobi-jones-soccer |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> She graduated from [[Mission Viejo High School]] in 1989, where she was a two-time First-Team All-American. Foudy was named the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' High School Player of the 1980s and the Player of the Year in southern California for three straight years (1987–1989).<ref name="WUSA">{{cite web|url=http://www.wusa.com/team/?id=36&zone=players&player_id=1151 |title=Julie Foudy profile |publisher=[[Women's United Soccer Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928084142/http://www.wusa.com/team/?id=36&zone=players&player_id=1151 |archive-date=September 28, 2007 |quote=Attended Mission Viejo High School where she was a two-time First-Team All-American... |url-status=unfit }}</ref>

===Stanford Cardinal, 1989–1992===
Foudy attended [[Stanford University]], where she was honored as the [[Stanford Cardinal women's soccer]] Player of the Year for three straight years (1989–91).<ref name="WUSA" /><ref name="20soccerlegends">{{cite book|last1=Velázquez de León|first1=Mauricio|title=20 Soccer Legends|date=2010|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-1615329465|pages=20–21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cYuQAMQ0kegC&q=julie+foudy&pg=PA20|access-date=4 May 2017}}</ref> She was a four-time NSCAA All-American at Stanford and finished her collegiate career with 52&nbsp;goals, 32&nbsp;assists and 136&nbsp;points in 78 appearances. She was named the 1991 [[Soccer America Player of the Year Award|Soccer America Player of the Year]] and the 1989 Soccer America Freshman of the Year and was a two-time finalist for the [[Hermann Trophy]] in 1991 and 1992. She helped lead the Cardinal to NCAA tournament playoff berths all four years. She was the recipient of the Stanford Outstanding Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Athlete Award and was named to Soccer America's College Team of the Decade for the 1990s.<ref name="St_bio">{{cite web |title=Midfielder Julie Foudy |url=http://soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/foudy.htm |publisher=SoccerTimes.com |access-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210220411/http://soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/foudy.htm |archive-date=February 10, 2005}}</ref>

==Playing career==
===Club===

====Sacramento Storm ====
Foudy played for the [[Sacramento Storm]], which won the 1993, 1995 and 1997 California State Amateur championship.

====Tyresö FF====
In 1994, Foudy played for [[Tyresö FF (Ladies)|Tyresö FF]] in the [[Damallsvenskan]] in [[Sweden]], joining her national team teammates [[Michelle Akers]], [[Mary Harvey]], and [[Kristine Lilly]].

====San Diego Spirit, 2001–2003====
Foudy held the [[Captain (association football)|captain]]'s position for her [[Women's United Soccer Association]] (WUSA) team, the [[San Diego Spirit]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-30 |title=Julie Foudy Speaks to over 500 Attendees at the HCES Lecture Event |url=https://www.hces.org/news-detail?pk=996174 |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Holy Comforter Episcopal School |language=en}}</ref> She made 59 regular season appearances, scoring eight goals and providing 13 [[Assist (association football)|assists]].<ref>{{cite web |title=11 - Julie Foudy |url=http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/julie_foudy/ |publisher=[[Women's United Soccer Association]] |access-date=May 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040607043405/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/julie_foudy/ |archive-date=June 7, 2004}}</ref> When the WUSA suspended operations in September 2003, Foudy was the official player's representative to the ongoing efforts to resurrect the league.

===International===
Foudy began traveling with the [[United States women's national soccer team]] as a 16-year-old. She attended the [[1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament]] as a non-playing [[Substitute (association football)|substitute]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Michael |title=Hand-me-downs, Snickers and warm Pepsi: the early years of US women's soccer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/06/usa-china-1988-world-cup |access-date=May 10, 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=June 6, 2015}}</ref> then made her first appearance against [[France women's national football team|France]] at the [[Mundialito (women)|Mundialito]] on July 29, 1988.<ref name="St_bio" />

Foudy played in four [[FIFA Women's World Cup]] tournaments, winning two FIFA Women's World Cups—in [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup|1991]] and [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999]]. She played in three [[Summer Olympic Games]], winning an Olympic gold medal in 1996, Silver in 2000, and Gold again in 2004. Following the 2004 Olympic Games, Foudy joined fellow soccer icons [[Mia Hamm]], [[Joy Fawcett]] and [[Brandi Chastain]] in a 10-game "farewell tour" that marked the end of what the media labeled the "golden era" of US women's soccer.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=1940064 Retiring trio major players in golden era of U.S. women's soccer] ESPN, December 6, 2004</ref><ref name=APSept2004>{{cite news |title=Hamm, U.S. women's stars set for farewell tour |date=September 13, 2004 |agency=Associated Press  |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/national/2004-09-13-us-women-tour_x.htm}}</ref> The ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' said the team, "... changed the face of women's soccer".<ref name=Leon>{{cite news|first=Jeremy|last=Rasmussen|title=Role model; Olympian|date=March 19, 2006|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|department=Take Two}}</ref>

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
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| 1. || 18 April 1991 || [[Port-au-Prince]], [[Haiti]] || {{fbw|MEX}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 5–0 || [[1991 CONCACAF Women's Championship]]
|-
| 2. || 24 November 1991 || [[Foshan]], [[China]] || {{fbw|TPE}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center| 7–0 || [[1991 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
|-
| 3. || 21 August 1994 || [[Montreal]], [[Canada]] || {{fbw|CAN}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 6–0 || [[1994 CONCACAF Women's Championship]]
|-
| 4. || 10 June 1995 || [[Helsingborg]], [[Sweden]] || {{fbw|AUS}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 4–1 || [[1995 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
|-
| 5. || 19 June 1999 || [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], United States || {{fbw|DEN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center| 3–0 || [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
|-
| 6. || 17 September 2000 || [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] || {{fbw|CHN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 1–1 || [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|2000 Summer Olympics]]
|-
| 7. || 25 September 2003 || [[Philadelphia]], United States || {{fbw|NGA}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 5–0 || [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup]]
|-
|}

==Sports broadcasting career==
Foudy has served as an in-studio analyst for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[ESPN]] and [[ESPN2]]'s coverage of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 2008]], and has provided on-air commentary and analysis during [[United States women's national soccer team|United States Women's National Team]] matches since then. She has also coanchored [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[ESPN]] telecasts of the [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]] and the 2007 season of [[Major League Soccer]], including the [[MLS Cup]]. She appeared as a pundit for the ESPN coverage of the [[UEFA Euro 2008]] championship finals, together with [[Andy Gray (footballer born 1955)|Andy Gray]] and [[Tommy Smyth]]. For the 2010 FIFA World Cup, she served as a reporter and analyst, doing features, interviews and analysis in South Africa for [[ESPN]]. Foudy is also a reporter for ESPN's investigative program, ''[[Outside the Lines]]''. She served as a sportsdesk reporter for [[NBC Sports]] coverage of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/mediumwell/blog/2008/07/your_nbc_olympics_lineup.html Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup – A blog on sports media, news and networks – baltimoresun.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803182204/http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/mediumwell/blog/2008/07/your_nbc_olympics_lineup.html |date=August 3, 2008 }}</ref> She also fills in for [[Dana Jacobson]] on ''[[ESPN First Take]]''. Since late-2010, Foudy has been paired with [[Glenn Davis (sportscaster)|Glenn Davis]] or [[Ian Darke]] on ESPN's primary broadcast team for women's soccer telecasts, as was the case for the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup]].<ref>[http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/media-kits/2011-womens-world-cup/2011-womens-world-cup-commentators/ 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Commentators – ESPN MediaZone.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614031557/http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/media-kits/2011-womens-world-cup/2011-womens-world-cup-commentators/ |date=June 14, 2012 }}</ref>

On August 20, 2013, [[ESPN Films]] teamed up with Foudy to premiere their new [[Nine for IX]] film on the 1999 Women's World Cup Team, ''The 99ers''. The film, directed by Erin Leyden, and produced by Foudy, tells the incredible story of the 1999 United States women's national soccer team, using Foudy's personal behind the scenes footage. Reuniting key players from the 1999 squad and talking with current U.S. players as well, the film examines how women's soccer – and women's sports as a whole – has changed since that epic day at the Rose Bowl.<ref>[http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2013/08/espn-films-to-premier-the-99ers-on-aug-20-as-part-of-nine-for-ix-series.aspx US Soccer News & Features – ESPN Films to Premier ‘The 99ers’ on Aug. 20 as Part of "Nine for IX" Series] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310230444/http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2013/08/espn-films-to-premier-the-99ers-on-aug-20-as-part-of-nine-for-ix-series.aspx |date=March 10, 2014 }}.</ref>

Foudy worked as [[ESPN]]'s reporter from the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] and the [[2019 FIFA Women's World Cup]].

Foudy is the host of the podcast ''Laughter Permitted'', which interviews "trailblazers in sports about the joy/chaos of life and sports."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy Show - PodCenter - ESPN Radio|url=https://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/26092845|access-date=2021-07-08|website=ESPN Radio}}</ref>

In 2023, Foudy joined [[WBD Sports]] to work as the lead match analyst for [[USWNT]] and [[USMNT]] matches. She continues to work for ESPN as well.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Announces Talented & Accomplished Roster of Commentators Ahead of its U.S. Soccer Coverage Starting This January on HBO Max & TNT |url=https://wbd.com/warner-bros-discovery-sports-announces-talented-amp-accomplished-roster-of-commentators-ahead-of-its-u-s-soccer-coverage-starting-this-january-on-hbo-max-amp-tnt/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111015103/https://wbd.com/warner-bros-discovery-sports-announces-talented-amp-accomplished-roster-of-commentators-ahead-of-its-u-s-soccer-coverage-starting-this-january-on-hbo-max-amp-tnt/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Warner Bros. Discovery |language=en }}</ref>

==Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy ==
The Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy (JFSLA) is an organization focused on sports and leadership for girls founded in 2006 by Foudy and her husband Ian Sawyers.<ref name="inmenlo">{{Cite web |last=Hubbard Gukler |first=Linda |date=July 24, 2012 |title=Soccer star Julie Foudy brings her leadership academy to Atherton for the first time |url=http://inmenlo.com/2012/07/24/soccer-star-julie-foudy-brings-her-leadership-academy-to-atherton-for-the-first-time/ |access-date=30 April 2017 |publisher=In Menlo}}</ref> The academy hosts one-week combined sports camp (soccer or lacrosse) and leadership academy for girls age 12–18. The staff includes Olympic gold medalists, World Cup champions and other leaders.<ref name="jflsa_what">{{cite web|title=What is the Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Accemy?|url=http://www.juliefoudyleadership.com/camp-information/what-is-the-jfsla/|publisher=Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-date=May 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520195451/http://www.juliefoudyleadership.com/camp-information/what-is-the-jfsla/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The camps are focused on leadership building "on and off the field".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vieria|first1=Romulo|title=Where are they now: 1999 Women's World Cup soccer team|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/1999-women-world-cup-soccer-team-article-1.2458994|work=New York Daily News|access-date=30 April 2017|date=16 December 2015}}</ref> According to Foudy, “...having a productive successful team is not about one person or about one part of that team. It's a successful team which means everyone contributes. When I look back over my U.S. team career our most successful teams which won World Cups and Olympic medals had one common denominator, we all contributed to positive team chemistry.”<ref>{{Cite book|title=Choose to Matter|last=Foudy|first=Julie|publisher=EspnW|year=2017|location=Los Angeles|pages=85}}</ref> While conducting a youth soccer clinic in Tampa in 2006, she said that the success of the U.S. women's soccer team in the FIFA World Cup tournaments and Summer Olympics had transformed the way soccer federations internationally think about women's soccer.<ref name=Leon />

==Honors and awards==
Foudy was selected for induction into the [[National Soccer Hall of Fame]] for the class of 2007 alongside former teammate [[Mia Hamm]]. Foudy and Hamm's induction was the first all-female class of the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dobbin |first=Ben |date=2007-08-27 |title=Hamm, Foudy enshrined into Hall of Fame |url=https://www.ocala.com/story/news/2007/08/27/hamm-foudy-enshrined-into-hall-of-fame/31216298007/#:~:text=Hamm%20spoke%20Sunday%20before%20a,medals%20from%201991%20to%202004. |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=Ocala StarBanner|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

In 1997, she received the [[FIFA Fair Play Award]] for her work against child labor, the first American and first woman to win the award.<ref name="St_bio" /> For her accomplishments in soccer in the United States, Foudy was awarded the Golden Blazer in 2015 by [[Men in Blazers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Blazer 2015|url=http://meninblazers.com/tagged/Julie-Foudy|website=Men in Blazers|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207084846/http://meninblazers.com/tagged/Julie-Foudy|archive-date=February 7, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The [[American Library Association]] selected Foudy as Honorary Chair of [[National Library Week]] 2017.<ref>{{cite web | title=Soccer great Julie Foudy to serve as National Library Week Honorary Chair | website=ALA | date=2017-01-20 | url=https://www.ala.org/news/2011/11/soccer-great-julie-foudy-serve-national-library-week-honorary-chair | access-date=2025-05-29}}</ref>

==Personal and political activism==
[[File:Boxer Meets with Julie Foudy February 07, 2001.jpg|thumb|Foudy with Senator [[Barbara Boxer]] in 2001]]
[[File:Julie Foudy Brandi Chastain stadium construction site.jpg|thumb|Brandi Chastain and Julie Foudy in Brazil in 2014]]
Foudy has been active in a number of political causes relating to women's rights and workers' rights. In 1998, she received the [[FIFA Fair Play Award]] in recognition of her advocacy against child labor in sports equipment manufacturing. The year before she had made a trip to Pakistan to inspect working conditions at a factory where soccer balls were manufactured for her then-sponsor, [[Reebok]].<ref name=LATApril1998>{{cite news |title=Global warming |first=Linda |last=Whitmore |date=April 18, 1998 |work=Los Angeles Times  |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-18-sp-40626-story.html}}</ref>

In 2002, Foudy, a former president of the [[Women's Sports Foundation]], was named by [[United States Secretary of Education]] [[Rod Paige]] to the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, a panel charged with reviewing the effects and implementation of the landmark 1972 [[Title IX]] legislation. Foudy and fellow commission member [[Donna de Varona]] refused to sign the report authored by the commission, saying that the report downplayed the persistence of gender-based discrimination in school athletics and that some of its recommendations would allow schools to get away with discrimination. They released a minority report recommending that current anti-discrimination policies remain in place. Paige ultimately decided to only pursue the recommendations that earned unanimous support from the commission.<ref name=NYTFeb2003>{{cite news |title=Title IX dissenters to issue report criticizing proposed changes to women's athletics |first=Diana Jean|last=Schemo |date=February 25, 2003 |work=New York Times  |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/25/sports/women-s-sports-title-ix-dissenters-issue-report-criticizing-proposed-changes.html}}</ref>

Foudy and [[Ian Sawyers]] have been married since 1995. Foudy gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Isabel Ann, on January 1, 2007.  Their second child, a son named Declan, was born in December 2008.

In 2014, [[Brandi Chastain]] and Foudy worked together to host clinics for young women in Brazil to encourage young women to play soccer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exchanges.state.gov/us/program/sports-envoy-program|title=Find Programs|website=exchanges.state.gov|language=en|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref>

Foudy appeared in the [[HBO]] documentary ''[[Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team]]''.<ref name=HBO /> She also appears in the [[HBO Max]] documentary film ''[[LFG (film)|LFG]]''.

==See also==
{{Portal|Women's association football|Sports|Olympics|Association football|Biography}}
* [[List of Olympic medalists in football]]
* [[List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
* [[List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
* [[List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners]]
* [[List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps|List of footballers with 100 or more caps]]
* [[List of MLS Cup broadcasters]]
* [[List of people from San Diego]]
* [[List of Stanford University people]]
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* Grainey, Timothy (2012), ''Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer'', University of Nebraska Press, {{ISBN|0803240368}}
* Kassouf, Jeff (2011), ''Girls Play to Win Soccer'', Norwood House Press, {{ISBN|1599534649}}
* Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), ''The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story'', Scarecrow Press, {{ISBN|0810874164}}
* Longman, Jere (2009), ''The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How it Changed the World'', HarperCollins, {{ISBN|0061877689}}
* Savage, Jeff (1999), ''Julie Foudy: Soccer Superstar'', Lerner Publishing Group, {{ISBN|0822598264}}

==External links==
* {{FIFA_player|176598}}
* [http://www.juliefoudysoccercamps.com Julie Foudy Soccer Camps Official site]
* [http://www.juliefoudyleadership.com  Julie Foudy Sports Leadership Academy Official site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060113140928/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_1209.htm U.S. Olympic Team bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928084142/http://www.wusa.com/team/?id=36&zone=players&player_id=1151 San Diego Spirit player profile]
* [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/2003-02-24-titleix-foudy-letter_x.htm Text of Julie Foudy's letter to Title IX Commission]
* [http://www.espnmediazone.com/us/2009/10/foudy_julie/ ESPN Bio]
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