Ann Orrison

Ann Orrison

Personal information
Full name	Ann Kimberly Orrison-Germain
Birth name	Ann Kimberly Orrison[1]
Date of birth	(1961-06-29) June 29, 1961 (age 63)[1]
Place of birth	Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Arlington United
International career
1985–1986	United States	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ann Kimberly Orrison-Germain (née Orrison; born June 29, 1961) is an American former soccer player who was a member of the United States women's national soccer team from 1985 to 1986.[2][3]

She played field hockey and lacrosse at the University of Virginia.

Personal life

Orrison was born in Arlington County, Virginia on June 29, 1961,[1] to Karen (née Olson) and Charles Orrison, and grew up in McLean.[2] She married Everett Grant Germain III on June 21, 1986, in Fairfax, Virginia.[4] She is the sister-in-law of fellow U.S. international Suzy Cobb Germain, who later married Everett's brother Gregory in 1989.[5] Both players had previously featured together in a match against Canada at the 1986 North America Cup, which the Americans won 3–0 (this was Cobb Germain's only international appearance, and Orrison's final match).[6]

See also

• 1985 United States women's national soccer team

References

1. Virginia, Births, 1864–2016. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Health.
2. "U.S. WNT Flashback – 20th Anniversary of First-Ever Match: Ann Orrison". USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
3. "U.S. Soccer: The 17 women who blazed an amazing trail". Soccer America. November 1, 2000. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
4. Virginia, Marriages, 1936–2014. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Health. 1986.
5. Virginia, Marriages, 1936–2014. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Department of Health. 1989.
6. "Women's All-Time International Results and Lineups". 1997 U.S. Soccer Media Guide. Chicago: United States Soccer Federation. 1998. p. 140.

Further reading

• Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368
• Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 0810874164
• Nash, Tim (2016), It's Not the Glory: The Remarkable First Thirty Years of US Women's Soccer, Lulu Press, ISBN 1483451526