Foudy is the author of Choose to Matter: Being Courageously and Fabulously YOU[3] and appeared in the HBO documentary Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team.

[7][8] She was a four-time NSCAA All-American at Stanford and finished her collegiate career with 52 goals, 32 assists and 136 points in 78 appearances.

She was the recipient of the Stanford Outstanding Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Athlete Award and was named to Soccer America's College Team of the Decade for the 1990s.

In 1994, Foudy played for Tyresö FF in the Damallsvenskan in Sweden, joining her national team teammates Michelle Akers, Mary Harvey, and Kristine Lilly.

Foudy held the captain's position for her Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) team, the San Diego Spirit.

[11] When the WUSA suspended operations in September 2003, Foudy was the official player's representative to the ongoing efforts to resurrect the league.

She attended the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament as a non-playing substitute,[12] then made her first appearance against France at the Mundialito on July 29, 1988.

[15] Foudy has served as an in-studio analyst for ABC, ESPN and ESPN2's coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008, and has provided on-air commentary and analysis during United States Women's National Team matches since then.

She appeared as a pundit for the ESPN coverage of the UEFA Euro 2008 championship finals, together with Andy Gray and Tommy Smyth.

For the 2010 FIFA World Cup, she served as a reporter and analyst, doing features, interviews and analysis in South Africa for ESPN.

[15] Foudy was selected for induction into the National Soccer Hall of Fame for the class of 2007 alongside former teammate Mia Hamm.

In 1998, she received the FIFA Fair Play Award in recognition of her advocacy against child labor in sports equipment manufacturing.

The year before she had made a trip to Pakistan to inspect working conditions at a factory where soccer balls were manufactured for her then-sponsor, Reebok.

[28] In 2002, Foudy, a former president of the Women's Sports Foundation, was named by United States Secretary of Education Rod Paige to the Commission on Opportunity in Athletics, a panel charged with reviewing the effects and implementation of the landmark 1972 Title IX legislation.