On June 26, 2002, in a game against the Carolina Courage, Whalen tore her ACL and MCL after a collision with German international Birgit Prinz.
Birgit Nilsson | Birgit Hein | German cruiser Prinz Eugen | Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt | Birgit Prinz | Birgit Großhennig | Birgit Bidder | Birgit Vanderbeke | Birgit Schuurman | Birgit Minichmayr | Birgit Cullberg | SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm | SS ''Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm'' | ''Prinz Eugen'' | Prinz | Musketeer Regiment Prinz Carl | Birgit Strøm | Birgit Schrowange | Birgit Ridderstedt | Birgit Õigemeel | Birgit Klomp | Birgit Hogefeld |
Grings has scored 64 international goals and is ranked third behind Birgit Prinz (128) and Heidi Mohr (83) for Germany's all-time top goalscorers.
It featured successful American players Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, and many other national team stars including Germany's Birgit Prinz.