On Sunday, the National Soccer Hall of Fame announced that former USMNT goalkeeper Tim Howard, executive Francisco Marcos, three-time Paralympian Josh McKinney, and former USWNT midfielder Tisha Venturini-Hoch have been elected to its 2024 class.
The sole woman named to this year’s class, Venturini-Hoch was a member of the 1999 World Cup winning U.S. Women’s National Team. Throughout her national team career, which spanned from 1992 to 2000, she earned 134 caps and scored 44 goals. Along with the World Cup win in ’99, Venturini-Hoch also won a Gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games, and featured in the 1995 World Cup, where the U.S. placed third.
On the club side, Venturini-Hoch played three seasons in the WUSA with the Bay Area Cyber Rays, winning the inaugural Founders Cup Championship title in 2001.
