A versatile defender or midfielder, she played for the San Jose CyberRays and Washington Freedom of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) and won a single cap for the senior United States women's national soccer team.
Ahead of the 2003 season, Cook attended the CyberRays' training camp as a free agent after she was waived by Washington Freedom.
In mid-season Cook had been waived again, to accommodate Amanda Cromwell's elevation to the active roster, only to be re-signed by the CyberRays as a reserve player.
[3] After the 2003 season, the CyberRays' Tisha Venturini, Kelly Lindsey and Cook all announced their retirement from soccer.
Cook's only appearance on the senior United States women's national soccer team was on December 16, 1998, in a 2–1 win over Ukraine at University of California, Los Angeles.
[5][6] The cap proved to be Cook's first and last,[7] she could not break into the squad which reclaimed the FIFA Women's World Cup on home soil in 1999.