Danielle Fotopoulos
(Courtesy of US Soccer) |
| Position: Forward |
| Era: 1996-2005 |
| DOB: 1976.03.24 |
| Height: 5'11" |
| Hometown: Altamonte Springs, Fla. |
| College: University of Florida |
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| Career Statistics |
| Year |
GP/GS |
Min |
G |
A |
Pts |
Y/R |
W-L-D |
| 1996 |
2/1 |
96 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
0/0 |
2-0-0 |
| 1997 |
6/0 |
92 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0/0 |
5-1-0 |
| 1998 |
1/0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0/0 |
1-0-0 |
| 1999 |
17/1 |
517 |
7 |
4 |
18 |
1/0 |
15-2-0 |
| 2002 |
4/3 |
183 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1/0 |
3-1-0 |
| 2005 |
5/1 |
187 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
0/0 |
4-0-1 |
| Total |
35/6 |
1089 |
16 |
9 |
41 |
2/0 |
30-4-1 |
National Team Highlights
After training with the National Team for one week in February 2007 while attempting to comeback from her third torn ACL, she retired on 2007.02.22 from international play.
Tore her ACL while training with the National Team in January 2006.
Did not appear with the National Team in 2000, 2001, 2003 - when she tore her ACL while playing with the WUSA's Carolina Courage, or in 2004.
A member of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup championship team, her only action of the tournament came against Brazil in the semifinals on 1999.07.04.
Participated in the 1999 residency program.
Tore her ACL and MCL while training with the National Team on 1997.04.21. She redshirted the 1997 college season at Florida, but returned to the National Team just six months later against Sweden on 1997.10.30.
Participated in the 1996 Olympic residency program.
Notched a hat trick against Ukraine on 1996.01.18 in just her second National Team appearance.
Participated in her first National Team training camp in December 1995.
National Team Milestones
Youth National Team Highlights
Trained with the U-20s in 1993.
Professional Highlights
A WUSA founding player, she played for the Carolina Courage.
Started all 12 games (7 goals, 6 assists) in the 2003 season before tearing her ACL and was the league's all-time leading scorer at the time of the injury. Named a reserve in the WUSA All-Star Game.
Named Second-Team All-WUSA in 2002 as she played in all 21 games and scored 11 goals and 10 assists for 32 points, second best in the league. She scored in both the semifinal and final, including a game-tying penalty kick with just seconds left in regulation in the semifinal, to help the Courage with the 2002 WUSA title.
Tallied 24 points on nine goals and five assists in 2001, fifth best in the league.
Collegiate Highlights
The all-time leading scorer in the history of Division I college soccer with 118 career goals for the University of Florida. She averaged 1.28 goals per game, the second-best output in NCAA history.
Also the NCAA Division I all-time leader in career points with 284 (118 goals, 48 assists).
Finished her collegiate career by leading the Gators to the 1998 NCAA title by scoring the game-winner on a free kick in a 1-0 victory over North Carolina and was named the Offensive MVP of the Final Four.
Named the 1998 SEC Player of the Year and a First-Team NSCAA All-American.
Redshirted in 1997 with a torn ACL.
An NSCAA All-American as a junior and sophomore.
Runner-up to Cindy Parlow in 1998 for both the Hermann Trophy and the M.A.C. Award. Was a Finalist for both awards in 1995 and 1996.
Played her freshman and sophomore seasons at SMU before transferring to Florida.
Last We Heard
Formerly Danielle Garrett, she was married on June 8, 1996 to George Fotopoulos and has two children, Alexia Shea born on Nov. 18, 2000 and Vasilos George born on July 27, 2004.
Coaches at HC United and serves as an assistant coach at Gaither High School in Tampa.
She holds a USSF "A" coaching license and served as a co-coach with her husband at LSU in 2004 and as an assistant coach at Florida in 2005.
