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{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1978)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lorrie Fair
| image = Lorrie Fair (2023).jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Lorrie Fair in 2013.
| fullname = Lorraine Fair Allen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|8|5}}
| birth_place = [[Los Altos, California]], U.S.
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}}
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| collegeyears1 = 1996–1999
| college1 = [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer|North Carolina Tar Heels]]
| years1 = 2001–2003
| clubs1 = [[Philadelphia Charge]]
| years2 = 2005
| clubs2 = [[Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)|Olympique Lyonnais Féminin]]
| years3 = 2008
| clubs3 = [[Chelsea L.F.C.|Chelsea]]
| caps1 = 53
| goals1 = 1
| caps2 = 11
| goals2 = 0
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2005
| nationalteam1 = [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
| nationalcaps1 = 120
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| medaltemplates-expand = <!--anything here forces expansion-->
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[association football|football (soccer)]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Football at the Summer Olympics#Women's results|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIFA Women's World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999 USA]] | [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads#United States|Team competition]]}}
| pcupdate = 
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| managerclubs1 = North Carolina (Volunteer Assistant Coach)
| manageryears1 = 2006
| birth_name = Lorraine Ming Fair
}}

'''Lorraine Fair Allen''' (born '''Lorraine Ming Fair'''; August 5, 1978) is a retired [[United States|American]] [[professional sports|professional]] [[Association football|soccer]] [[midfielder]] who was a member of the World Cup Champion [[United States women's national soccer team|United States women's national soccer]] team in 1999. Over the span of ten years, she was a part of one World Cup Team and three Olympic teams, and retired from international play in 2005.

Her twin sister, [[Ronnie Fair]], (now Ronnie Fair Sullins) was also a member of the national team.  When Ronnie was called in to participate in a game against England on May 9, 1997 at [[San Jose, California]], it became the first time a pair of sisters played together on the USWNT.

In 2023, Fair was named to the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=LaMonica |date=2023-09-13 |title=San Jose Sports Hall of Fame inductees announced for 2023 |url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-jose-sports-hall-of-fame-inductees-announced-for-2023 |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=KTVU FOX 2 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early career ==
Lorrie and Ronnie both participated on Los Altos High School's female soccer team in [[Los Altos, California]], where they grew up. They were born at Stanford Hospital, but moved to New York for three years before returning to the Bay Area in 1982. While Ronnie chose [[Stanford]] to go to college, Lorrie decided on the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] instead, but not before being a two time NSCAA all-American and [[Parade (magazine)|Parade magazine]] all-American. At UNC, she was picked as one of ''Soccer America'''s freshmen of the year, and she helped lead UNC to the [[NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship|NCAA championship]] in 1996, 1997, and 1999.<ref name=wusa>{{Citation |title=2. Lorrie Fair |url=http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/lorrie_fair/|access-date=March 25, 2012 |publisher= WUSA.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040507095352/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/lorrie_fair/|archive-date=May 7, 2004}}</ref> She also won the [[Honda Sports Award]] as the nation's top soccer player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theacc.com/news/2012/12/11/51d0c34da0ee267cf05f7bdf_131481012018192851.aspx|title=North Carolina's Dunn Wins Honda Award For Soccer|website=theacc.com|date=December 11, 2012 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/soccer|title=Soccer|website=CWSA|language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref>

== National team career ==

She joined the [[United States women's national under-20 soccer team]] in 1994, playing in the Nordic Cup (amongst other events). In 1995, she was a member of the West Team at the US Olympic Festival, and she was invited to train with the National team. While a senior in high school, at the age of 17, she was named an alternate for the 1996 [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta Olympic Games]] team (which won gold at the tournament). Fair rejected the chance to travel as an alternate because she was upset at being cut from national [[Coach (sports)|coach]] [[Tony DiCicco]]'s main 16 player squad.<ref>{{Citation |last=Caparaz |first=Dean |title=U.S. Women: Wilson survives final cut |url=http://www.socceramerica.com/article/16036/us-women-wilson-survives-final-cut.html|access-date=January 4, 2014 |publisher= [[Soccer America]]|date=July 3, 1996}}</ref>

Fair had made her senior international debut against [[Norway women's national football team|Norway]] in February 1996. In March 1998 she scored her first international goal against [[New Zealand women's national football team|New Zealand]] at [[Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium|RFK Stadium]].<ref name=ST>{{Citation |title=Lorrie Fair |url=http://www.soccertimes.com/usteams/roster/women/fair.htm|access-date=January 25, 2011 |publisher= Soccertimes.com}}</ref>

After sitting out the 1996 Olympic games, she earned a more permanent spot on the team and in 1999, she was the youngest member of the team that won [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|that year's FIFA Women's World Cup]]. She played every minute of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, taking home a silver medal after an overtime loss to Norway in the championship game. In her last world event, she was an alternate on the gold medal-winning Olympic team in 2004 and then retired in 2005 with 120 international appearances.

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 14 March 2000 || [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]], [[Portugal]] || {{fbw|DEN}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center| 2–1 || [[2000 Algarve Cup]]
|-
| 2. || 5 May 2000 || [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], United States || {{fbw|MEX}} || align=center|'''7'''–0 || align=center| 8–0 || [[2000 Women's U.S. Cup]]
|-
| 3. || rowspan=2| 23 June 2000 || rowspan=2| [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]], United States || rowspan=2| {{fbw|TRI}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 11–0 || rowspan=2| [[2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup]]
|-
| 4. || align=center|'''3'''–0
|-
|}

== Club career ==

Fair played for the Philadelphia Charge in the WUSA (2001–2003),<ref name=wusa /> Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, France (2005),<ref>{{Citation |title=Lorraine Ming 'Lorrie' Fair|url=http://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/joueur.php?joueur=739&saison=3|access-date=March 25, 2012 |publisher= Footofeminin.fr}}</ref> and Chelsea FC in the UK (2008–2009).

Lorrie, Ronnie and their older brother, Greg all got their start and played for many years in [[AYSO]] [http://ayso43.org/ Region 43].

She most recently played for [[Chelsea L.F.C.|Chelsea]] in the [[FA Women's Premier League National Division|FA Women's Premier League]].<ref name=BBC>{{Citation |title=Fair Coup as Chelsea sign US Star |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/women/7222387.stm |access-date=January 2, 2008 | date=February 1, 2008 |publisher= [[BBC News Online]]}}</ref> On February 1, 2008, it was announced that Fair had signed for [[Chelsea L.F.C.|Chelsea Ladies]] as a player, for whom she had been working solely as an ambassador up to that point. Fair vowed to continue her work with the club at grass roots level. The move was significant as she became the first [[United States|American]] international to sign for a club in the [[FA Women's Premier League National Division|Women's Premier League]].<ref name=BBC/> Fair suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury in May 2008, which ruled her out of the following season.<ref name=Chelski>{{Citation|title=LORRIE'S LATEST ON CHELSEA TV|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/1334763|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140606190455/http://www.chelseafc.com/news-article/article/1334763|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 6, 2014|access-date=April 28, 2014|date=June 26, 2008|publisher=Chelsea FC}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

Her work in the sport for development field has been ongoing since the age of 16.  She is an athlete ambassador for Right To Play and Show Racism the Red Card. She also serves in the Sport Envoy Program run by the US State Department in conjunction with the US Soccer Federation, going on envoys abroad to promote healthy lifestyles, and sport for diplomacy.

Since 2015, Fair has been married to Jason Allen.

Since 2008, Fair has worked with several projects, such as [[Charlize Theron]]'s Africa Outreach Project and her own Kickabout Africa 2010 project, to promote development efforts in Africa.<ref>Wahl, Grant, "Seeing Stars", ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', July 4, 2011, p. 101.</ref>

Fair, along with her twin sister Ronnie, is part of the ownership group of [[Angel City FC]] of the [[National Women's Soccer League]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lorrie Fair Allen |url=https://www.angelcity.com/club/ownership/lorrie-fair-allen |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Angel City FC}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{United States squad 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{United States women's football squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
{{Los Angeles NWSL team}}
{{Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year navbox}}
{{Jerry Yeagley Award}}
{{Honda Sports Award}}
{{Soccer America Women's Player of the Year navbox}}
{{MLS on ESPN}}

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