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U.S. womens national team midfielder Heather OReilly has announced her retirement from international soccer after a 15-year run with the team.OReilly will play her final international match on Sept. 15 against Thailand in Columbus, Ohio.A New Jersey native who played at North Carolina, OReilly made her debut with the U.S. team at age 17. Now 31, she has 230 international appearances, ranking her seventh in national team history. She has 46 career goals with the team, 12th on the national team career list, and 54 assists, good for sixth.She has won three Olympic gold medals with the team, as well as a World Cup title last summer in Canada.I have spent nearly half my life in a U.S. Soccer uniform, so making the decision to retire from international play was incredibly hard and emotional, OReilly said in a statement Thursday. But quite simply, after 230 caps, thousands of practices, many trips around the world, and having played in three World Cups, and three Olympics, it just feels like the right time.Ive had an incredibly complete career playing for my country and it has been an absolute honor to represent the USWNT for the last 15 years. Im leaving this team with a lot of happiness in my heart and pride for what weve accomplished. I truly love this game and it will be in my life forever.OReilly played her first match at the senior level in 2002 during the Algarve Cup against Sweden. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, OReilly scored the winning goal in overtime for a 2-1 U.S. semifinal victory over Germany. She was the youngest player on the team.OReilly subbed in for Mia Hamm in her final match in 2004 and wore Hamms No. 9 jersey for the rest of her career.At the 2008 Beijing Games, she scored 40 seconds into a group-stage match against New Zealand. She scored again in the 4-1 semifinal victory over Japan.Probably her most memorable goal came at the 2011 World Cup in Germany against Colombia. Struck at distance, it was a finalist for goal of the year.Heather has been a vitally important part of our program for many years and has continued to set a standard for professionalism and work ethic, U.S. coach Jill Ellis said. Shes been right in the thick of things for most of our big moments over the past 15 years and has always been the ultimate team player and a world-class person. She should be incredibly proud of the indelible impact shes made on this team and on womens soccer.OReilly was an alternate on the U.S. team that played at the Rio de Janeiro Games last month. The Americans were ousted in the quarterfinals by Sweden for the teams earliest Olympic exit.OReilly said she will continue to play for FC Kansas City of the National Womens Soccer League. Jets Jerseys China . Didier Drogba gave away the penalty that put Senegal one goal away from a major upset, but the veteran striker will get another chance -- probably his last -- at the World Cup after Salomon Kalous injury-time strike sealed the Ivorians place in Brazil next year. Custom Keith Tkachuk Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.customnhljetsjersey.com/ . They had already blown a double-digit lead, fans were hitting the exits, and a long seven-game road trip waited at the end. Custom Jets T-shirts . Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, announced Wednesday that the team would assign Swedish forward Elias Lindholm to his nations team for the upcoming tournament. Cheap Custom Jets Jersey . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. MINNEAPOLIS -- Prosecutors say theyre reviewing a report prepared by University of Minnesota investigators on allegations of sexual assault by several members of the Gopher football team.In a statement Tuesday, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said his office will review the report and has no further comment for now. His spokesman, Chuck Laszewski (lah-SHEF-skee), declined to comment on whether the review means they might reopen the investigation.Minneapolis police spokeswoman Sgt. Catherine Michal told thee St.dddddddddddd. Paul Pioneer Press the case is closed and there are no plans to reopen it.The prosecutors office said in October it had insufficient evidence to charge anyone after a police investigation of the September incident. The university conducted its own investigation, which led to last weeks suspensions of 10 players and a brief boycott of football activities by the team. ' ' '