FORWARD Christie Welsh Height: 5-10 (1.79 m). Weight: 150 (67 kg). Born: February 27, 1981 in Rockville Center, New York. Hometown: Massapeaqua Park, New York. College: Penn State University.

U.S. National Team Statistics 2001 Opponent Date Score GP GS MIN G A Pts Y R Italy Mar 7 0-1 1 1 71 0 0 0 0 0 Canada Mar 11 0-3 1 1 55 0 0 0 0 0 Algarve Cup Portugal Mar 14 2-0 1 0 45 1 0 2 0 0 Algarve Cup Sweden Mar 15 0-2 1 1 65 0 0 0 0 0 Algarve Cup Norway Mar 17 3-4 1 1 62 0 1 1 0 0 Algarve Cup Total 5 4 284 1 1 3 0 0

National Team
Year	Record	GP/GS	G	A	Pts
2000	11-2-2	15/4	11	3	25
2001	1-4-0	5/4	1	1	3
Total	12-6-2	20/8	12	4	28
Club
Year	Club	GP	G	A	Pts
2000	Long Island Lady Riders (W-League)	2	1	1	3
Total		2	1	1	3
College
Year	Club	GP	G	A	Pts
1999	Penn State Univ.	26	27	13	67
Total		26	27	13	67

U.S. National Team: Traveled with the USA to the Australia Cup 2000, making her debut and scoring her first career goal in helping to win the tournament title ... Traveled with the U-18s to Germany and Denmark in March 1999, the first-ever matches abroad for that age group ... Scored the winning goal in a 2-0 victory over Germany and assisted on the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Denmark ... Helped the U-18s win the USYSA International Tournament in Orlando, Fla., in 1999 ... First Appearance: Jan 7, 2000 vs. Czech Republic ... First Goal: Jan 7, 2000 vs. Czech Republic.

College: 1999 Had a spectacular freshman season, finishing tied as the nation's leading scorer with 27 goals and 13 assists in helping lead the Nitanny Lions to their first-ever Final Four appearance ... First-team NSCAA Division I All-American ... Soccer Buzz magazine's National Freshman of the Year ... Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Big Ten Player of the Year as well as a first-team all-Big Ten selection ... Named Big Ten Player-of-the-Week twice ... one of 10 finalists- and the only freshman - for Soccer Buzz's National Player-of-the-Year ... Only Lion named to NCAA College Cup all-tourney team ... Nationally, ranked No. 1 in goals scored (27), No. 7 in points (2.58), and No. 7 in goals (1.04) per game ... Knocked in the game-winning tally in 2-0 sweep of Hartford in the NCAA fourth round, sending PSU to its first-ever NCAA Women's College Cup ... Set the school records for goals (four) and points (eight) in 4-2 win over James Madison ... Had three hat tricks as a freshman ... Assisted on three goals in the 5-0 sweep at Ohio State to set the school record for assists in a game (three).