soccer profile: Danielle Slaton

2000 U.S. Olympic Team

DEFENDER
Danielle Slaton
Height: 5-6 (1.68 m).
Weight: 135 (60 kg).
Born: June 10, 1980.
Hometown: San Jose, California.
College: Santa Clara University.

U.S. National Team Statistics 2000 Opponent Date Score GP GS MIN G A Pts Y R Czech Rep Jan 7 8-1 1 1 59 0 0 0 0 0 Australia Cup Sweden Jan 10 0-0 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 Australia Cup Australia Jan 13 3-1 1 1 90 1 0 2 0 0 Australia Cup Norway Feb 9 1-2 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal Mar 12 7-0 1 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 Algarve Cup Denmark Mar 14 2-1 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 Algarve Cup Sweden Mar 16 1-0 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 Algarve Cup Norway Mar 18 1-0 1 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 Algarve Cup Iceland Apr 5 8-0 1 1 90 0 2 2 0 0 Iceland Apr 8 0-0 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 China May 31 0-1 1 0 45 0 0 0 1 0 Pacific Cup Canada Jun 3 9-1 1 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific Cup New Zealand Jun 5 5-0 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific Cup Japan Jun 8 4-1 1 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific Cup Canada Jul 1 4-1 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 Gold Cup Norway Jul 16 1-0 1 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 DFB Tournament Germany Jul 22 1-0 1 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 DFB Tournament Norway Jul 27 1-1 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 Norway Jul 30 1-2 1 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 Russia Aug 13 7-1 1 0 45 0 1 1 0 0 Brazil Sep 1 4-0 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 Total 21 10 1,263 1 3 5 1 0

National Team

Year Record GP/GS G A Pts

1999 1-0-0 1/1 0 0 0

2000 15-3-3 21/10 1 3 5

Total 16-3-3 22/11 1 3 5

Olympics

Year Record GP/GS G A Pts

2000 0-0-0 0/0 0 0 0

Total 0-0-0 0/0 0 0 0

Olympic Silver Medalist - 2000

College

Year Club GP G A Pts

1998 Santa Clara Univ. 23 1 9 11

1999 Santa Clara Univ. 21 4 14 22

Total 44 5 23 33

Quick Take: The only member of the Olympic Team still with college eligibility remaining, Slaton will return to her college team after the Olympics to finish her junior season with the University of Santa Clara Broncos. The left-footed Slaton is one of the USA's best attacking defenders and can consistently work herself free on the flanks. A thundering athlete, she is a scrappy tackler and hard runner who is extremely tough to beat. The youngest member of the Olympic Team, she will prove valuable on the left side of the defense.

U.S. National Team: A member of the Under-21 National Team pool in 1999, she started on the Nordic Cup championship team in Iceland ... Captained the Under-16 team in 1996-1997 ... First Appearance: Feb 24, 1999 vs. Finland ... First Goal: Jan 13, 2000 vs. Australia.

College: As a sophomore, she scored four goals with 14 assists from the fullback position, helping Santa Clara to an undefeated regular season and a berth in the Final Four ... Named First-Team NSCAA All-American ... As a freshman in 1998, she was selected as WCC Freshman of the Year and a Third-Team NSCAA All-American High School: Played club soccer for the Central Valley Mercury, one of the finest youth teams in history, and helped lead the team to three consecutive national championships (1996-1998) ... Graduated from high school with a 4.0 grade point average ... Prepped at Presentation High School in San Jose, Calif ... led the Panthers to three Central Coast Sectioin Championship games ... Named first team All-Santa Teresa Athletic League all foru years ... Named first team All-CCS all four years ... Honored as the San Jose Mercury News Freshman and Sophomore of the Year following the 1995 and 1996 seasons ... Three-year member of Presentation's Student Body Government ... was on the school's honor roll all four years ... Awarded a scholarship from the 100 Black Men of Silicon Valley ... Graduated with a 4.0 grade point average ... Played club soccer for the Central Valley Mercury coached by Vicky Wagner and Phillippe Blin, former Santa Clara assistant and current head coach at San Jose State ... Helped lead team to the three consecutive national championships in 1996, 1997 and 1998.