From there she moved on to St. Cletus, Coke, Norco, Jamestown Stars and ended up with then national powerhouse JB Marine.
In 1995, she won a silver medal with JB Marine in the U23 National Amateur Cup which was played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dillinger also earned All-Conference honors in softball and led her team to a basketball district championship her senior year.
[2] On October 31, Dillinger scored twice and Sheryl Mansberger added another goal as the women's soccer team beat UW-Green Bay, 3–1, to cap a nine-game winning streak and finish Indiana's first varsity season with a 12–6–0 record.
Dillinger played a leading role in helping the Blaze win the Central Conference and advance to the W-2 Final Four in 2000 where they finished third overall.
[citation needed] In the summer of 1998, Dillinger headed to Europe to play professionally for Denmark's Fredericksburg Boldklub.
[citation needed] In February 2000, the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) was founded by John S. Hendricks.
[citation needed] Dillinger was not selected in the initial draft; however, she did receive invitations to try out for the Atlanta Beat and Carolina Courage in February 2001.
She attended the Beat's invitation-only tryout which took place on the campus of Emory University February 15–18 and consisted of 19 invitees from around the country.
On February 19, the Atlanta Beat finalized their pre-season roster of 28 which included the addition of Dillinger along with Suzanne Eastman, Charry Korgel and Sarah Reading.
March 1 marked the beginning of a month-long pre-season in which the 28-player roster trained at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Georgia Tech's campus.
She was one of three Indiana Hoosiers to play during the inaugural WUSA season along with Tracy Grose, Carolina Courage and Kelly Wilson, Bay Area CyberRays.
[citation needed] Dillinger was head coach of the Washington University in St. Louis women's soccer team from 2002 until 2007.
[citation needed] In her first year as a head coach, Dillinger guided the Bears to a 10–5–3 record (10–2–3 vs Division III opponents), including a 3–2–2 mark in the UAA.
[citation needed] In 2003, Dillinger led WU to a 14–3–3 mark, and won the second UAA championship in school history.
[citation needed] In 2004, Dillinger and the Bears posted a 17–3–1 mark and advanced to the Sectional Finals for the third time in school history before falling 0–3 to No.
[15] On January 24, 2008, senior associate athletics director Calli Sanders announced Dillinger as the women's soccer new head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones.
[citation needed] In 2008, Dillinger's first season as head coach of the Cyclones, the team had a final overall record of 5–12–2 (0–8–2 Big 12) including wins against two in-state rivals Drake and Northern Iowa.
For the second consecutive year, the soccer program was recognized for their work in the community by winning the Cyclone Challenge Cup.
[citation needed] Dillinger was named the head women's soccer coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on December 19, 2013.
[citation needed] In 2015, the Tritons posted the most wins since 2007 finishing with an overall record of 12-5-4 (8-3-4 GLVC) and returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 32 years.
[20] Fall 2015 also saw the induction of former UMSL All-Americans Jan Gettermeyer Sansone and Joan Gettemeyer into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame.
[citation needed] The Tritons finished the regular season in 4th securing a home field first round conference tournament game where they defeated fifth seed Drury University 2-1.
[citation needed] They then received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, travelling to Grand Valley State University where they lost 0-1 to rival Quincy despite outshooting the Hawks 21-9.
[22] In 2016, the Tritons again secured an at-large bid to participate in the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament, after finishing third in the Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season (13-5-1 GLVC 11-3-1).
[24] Freshman goalkeeper Emily Rish was named the GLVC Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week after posting a pair of shutouts, holding No.
[30] Dillinger serves as the Director of Triton Soccer Camps which specializes in high school aged identification and youth development.
[citation needed] While in Missouri and Indiana, Dillinger coached USYSA teams from Scott Gallagher MR (U8, U9, U10), Lou Fusz (U17), Missouri Rush (U10, U11), Bayern Munchkin (U7), JB Marine (U17, U18), Junior Hoosiers FC (U14, U16, U19), Bloomington Cutters (U12) and Center Grove SC (U12, U14, U17).