Christie Pearce's USA shirt, 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

After representing the USA in the 1999, the 2003 tournament was another one of Christie Pearce’s five World Cup tournament appearances.

By 2003, Pearce was a more established member of the national team set up and she started two of the US' group games, as well as featuring in the narrow quarter-final win over Norway. but was dropped to the bench ahead of the semi-final in favour of Kyle Bivens.

The US team were comprehensively defeated 3-0 by eventual champions Germany, but Pearce did return to the starting lineup for their 3-1 victory over Canada in the third-place playoff, securing a bronze medal.

Having been part of the 1999 WWC-winning team, Pearce would go on to lift the trophy once more at the age of 39, skippering the US to victory against Japan in 2015.