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Tiffeny Carleen Milbrett (born October 23, 1972)
is a women's Football (soccer) |soccer player who
was born in Portland, Oregon. She is a member of
the United States United States women's national
soccer team|women's national soccer team,
alongside Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, and Kristine
Lilly, among others. 

She attended Hillsboro High School in Hillsboro,
Oregon from 1987 to 1990, where she graduated
holding Oregon's state record for goals in a
season with 54; and in a career with 131.  She was
a three-time The Oregonian|Oregonian 4A Player of
The Year and a two-time Parade Magazine|Parade
All-American. She also was a talented basketball
player and Track and Field participant, and she
was offered college scholarships at those two
sports too. 

She attended University of Portland from 1990 to
1995 and left that educational institution with
various awards and NCAA records. In 1990, she was
named Soccer America's Freshman Soccer Player of
The Year, and in 1991, she led her team with 21
goals and six assists. In 1992, her 30 goals and
12 assists placed her second among the nation's
scorers, and in 1994, she helped her team reach
the Final Four|soccer Final Four, making the
All-Tournament Team. She also garnered West Coast
Offensive Player of The Year awards in '92 and
'94, and was a three time NSCAA All-American as
well as a three time finalist for the Hermann
Trophy And Missouri Athletic Club Award. Milbrett
was her university's all-time leader in goals with
103, and assists with 40. She placed second in
NCAA career goals with 103, and tied for fourth in
career points with 246. She was also named to
Soccer America's College Team of The Decade for
the 1990s.

She was a member of the US-under 20 team from 1990
to 1993, and saw her first action in 1991, against
China. She scored her first goal with that
selection in 1992, against Norway, and helped the
team win the International Women's Tournament in
France in '93. She played a total of 21 games with
the senior team during that period, and in 1995,
she finally joined the senior team full time. She
was a member of the team that finished third at
the FIFA Women's World Cup 1995|World Cup that
year in Sweden, and in 1996, she became a starter
for the team that won the 1996 Olympic
Games|Olympic gold medal in Atlanta, scoring the
game winning goal in the gold medal game against
China women's national football team|China. In
1997, she set a women's national team record with
five assists in a game againt Australia women's
national football team|Australia, and in 1998, she
was a member of the team that won the gold medal
at the Goodwill Games. In 1999, she was the goal
leader on the USA team that won the FIFA Women's
World Cup 1999|World Cup, and in 2000 she helped
the team obtain Olympic Games silver in Sydney,
Australia|Sydney. She was named the CONCACAF
Offensive Player of The Year that same year, as
well as Chevrolet's female athlete of the year.
She was also nominated along with Hamm and Sun Wen
(football)|Sun Wen for the first ever FIFA World
Player of the Year award, and participated in the
2001 Nike, Inc.|Nike Women's Cup. She also won the
Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year Award for the
second time in a row in 2001.

Professionally, Milbrett began her career in
Japan, when she travelled there after graduating
in 1995 and joined the Shiroki Serena of the L.
League|women's J. League there. She played in that
team until 1997.

In 2001, she became a founding member of the New
York Power in the Women's United Soccer
Association|WUSA. She was the league's MVP as well
as Offensive Player of The Year, as she led her
team in various offensive categories. She scored
the league's first hat trick ever, when the Power
beat the Boston Breakers 3-1. She was named to the
WUSA's second team in 2002, when she finished
eighth in the league in points, and she scored her
second career hat trick, versus San Jose
CyberRays|San Jose.

A player who enjoys signing autographs for her
fans, she is in the top five all-time in the
United States national soccer team in three
offensive categories. In 2003, she stood literally
at the doorstep of two major soccer milestones,
with 199 cap (football)|international appearances
and 99 international goals. However, she
reportedly had a falling-out with then-coach April
Heinrichs, and her international career appeared
to be over.

In March 2005, Milbrett went to Sweden for two
months to fine tune her game, scoring five goals
for Sunnanå SK during her brief stint.

After Heinrichs resigned in February 2005 and was
replaced by Greg Ryan, Milbrett returned to the
national team, and finally earned her elusive
200th cap on June 30 in a friendly against rivals
Canada women's national soccer team|Canada in
Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her 100th goal came in
Team USA's next match, a friendly against Ukraine
in her hometown of Portland.