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United States Christie Pearce Rampone is an Olympic gold medalist and World Cup champion who transitioned from a celebrated soccer career to a role as an author, speaker, and advocate for youth sports.
Pearce counted Adidas among the major sponsorship deals she secured as a wave of women athletes scored major endorsements.
Pearce counted Jif among the major sponsorship deals she secured as a wave of women athletes scored major endorsements.
Pearce counted Smucker's among the major sponsorship deals she secured as a wave of women athletes scored major endorsements.
Pearce counted Chevy among the major sponsorship deals she secured as a wave of women athletes scored major endorsements.
Pearce counted 'Sports' among the major sponsorship deals she secured as a wave of women athletes scored major endorsements. (Note: This might be a general category rather than a specific brand, but it's listed as such in the source.)
In 2012, Jersey Mike's Subs appointed Christie Pearce as its first spokesperson in its 56-year history. She and her ex-husband later became franchisees, opening two locations in Toms River, New Jersey in early 2017.
Christie Patricia Pearce Rampone, born on June 24, 1975, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, grew up in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, where she excelled as a multi-sport athlete. In high school, she was a four-sport star in soccer, basketball, track, and field hockey, scoring 2,190 points in basketball and becoming the first female athlete in New Jersey history to lead her conference in scoring in three different sports. She attended Monmouth University on a basketball scholarship, where she continued her success in soccer, setting school records with 79 goals and 54 assists for 212 points during her collegiate career from 1993-1996. While at Monmouth, she pursued a degree in Special Education in 1996.
Pearce Rampone joined the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) in 1997, making her debut on February 28 against Australia. During her 19-year international career, she became one of the most decorated players in U.S. soccer history. She played in five FIFA Women’s World Cups (1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015) and four Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012). She is a two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion (1999, 2015) and a three-time Olympic gold medalist (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London), also earning a silver medal in Sydney 2000. She captained the USWNT from 2008-2015, earning the nickname “Captain America.” With 311 caps, she is the third-most capped player, male or female, in U.S. and world history, and holds the record as the oldest player to compete in a Women’s World Cup final at 40 years, 11 days old in 2015. She was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2021.
At the club level, Pearce Rampone played in the W-League (1997-1998) before joining the Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) with the New York Power (2001-2003). After the WUSA suspended operations, she played in Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) for Sky Blue FC (2009-2010), where she served as a player-coach in 2009 and led the team to a championship while three months pregnant. She later played for magicJack (2011) and returned to Sky Blue FC in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) from 2013-2017. Beyond her playing career, she has been a TV analyst and co-authored a book, “Be All In, Raising Kids for Success in Sports and Life,” with Dr. Kristine Keane, leveraging her experience as a professional athlete and a mother of two daughters, Rylie and Reece.
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