Kristine carrying the ball forward, doing what she does best.
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One of the most decorated women footballers ever, Kristine Lilly’s trophy cabinet makes for quite astonishing viewing.
A relentless runner with the ball, Lilly was a left winger gifted with super speed, stamina and skill. Blessed with a mean left foot, she was never hesitant to test the goalkeeper from long range. And watching her in action was nothing short of a treat as she raided the left wing and race past defenders to swing in intimidating balls into the centre of the box.
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The former Boston Breakers star began her club career with Tyresö FC in Sweden. And they went on to play for the Washington Warthogs of the now-defunct Continental Indoor Soccer League and the Damallsvenskan club KIF Orebro DFF whilst later starring for the Breaker in Women's Professional Soccer.
Kristine made a world record 354 appearances for the USA, scoring 130 goals in the process. She has won two World Cups, two Olympic golds, and one Olympic silver. Her goal line clearance in the 1999 World Cup is something football fans will never forget.
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You can watch her goal line clearance at 0:53 seconds into the following video.
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Shambhu Ajith
Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.
For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.
Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.
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