CAL SOUTH SUPERSTAR ALUMNI – Shannon Boxx played the defensive midfielder position on the United States Women's National Soccer Team. She last played club soccer for the Chicago Red Stars in the American National Women's Soccer League. ⁠ ⁠ Boxx won gold medals with the US at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, and 2012 London Olympics. ⁠ She has also finished third place or better with the US at the 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women's World Cups. ⁠ She was a finalist for the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year award, and won an NCAA Women's Soccer Championship with Notre Dame in 1995. ⁠ ⁠ Shannon Boxx announced her retirement from international and club soccer after winning the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. She played her final game on October 21, 2015 when the USWNT tied with Brazil as part of their victory tour. ⁠ ⁠ Boxx was diagnosed with lupus in 2007 when she was 30 years old, and went public with her diagnosis shortly before the 2012 London Olympics, where she went ...