Club Scurry was a founding player for the
Atlanta Beat in the
Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the world's first women's league where the players were paid as professionals. She was the starting goalkeeper for the three seasons (2001–2003) of the league. She helped the Beat to two WUSA Championship Games and was named the league's Goalkeeper of the Year in 2003. On March 13, 2009, Scurry was named to the preseason roster of the
Washington Freedom, in the inaugural season of
Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). She suffered a season-ending concussion early in the 2010 season, and announced her retirement later that year on September 8. Scurry's first appearance for the
United States women's national soccer team was March 16, 1994, versus Portugal. Her first shutout was recorded the same day. In her first year with the US, she earned seven shutouts in 12 starts. She was a member of the
Gold Medal-winning US Women's National Team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta where she started and played in every minute of the team's five matches conceding only three goals. Scurry played every minute of the
1999 Women's World Cup allowing only three goals and recording four shutouts. She saved one penalty during the shootout in the
final against China and the United States won. Following the World Cup, Scurry announced her intention to play in the
WNBA. She started for the US in the
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and
2004 Summer Olympic Games. She also played two matches for the US in the
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and was the alternate goalkeeper on the
2008 Olympic Team. On June 23, 2008, United States Women's Olympic soccer coach
Pia Sundhage announced that Scurry would not be on the Olympic team. Her last match for the United States was on November 5, 2008, against the Korea Republic. in 2013. Scurry has since rebuilt her life and become an advocate for increased concussion awareness and research, testifying before Congress twice. ==Sports administration==