Marisa Abegg

Marisa Abegg (born March 14, 1987) is an American retired soccer defender.

Marisa Abegg
Personal information
Full name Marisa Abegg
Date of birth (1987-03-14) March 14, 1987
Place of birth Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Stanford Cardinal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 FC Gold Pride 6 (0)
2010 Washington Freedom
2011–2012 D.C. United Women 9 (0)
2013 Gulf Coast Texans
2013 Washington Spirit 5 (0)
National team
2005–2006 United States U-20
2007–2008 United States U-23 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early career

She attended Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego, Oregon.[1]

College

Abegg played for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team from 2005 to 2008, starting in all ninety-one matches that Stanford played during her college career and scoring three goals.[1]

Professional career

Abegg was drafted by FC Gold Pride at the 2009 WPS Draft. Despite being promoted from the developmental roster to the full squad, Abegg was deemed surplus to requirements at season's close by Albertin Montoya.[2] She appeared for FC Gold Pride in 6 games.

In 2010, Abegg was picked up by Washington Freedom as a developmental player.[3] In 2011 and 2012 she played for D.C. United Women of the W-League, and in early 2013 for the Gulf Coast Texans of the Women's Premier Soccer League.[4][5] Abegg captained D.C. United Women in both 2011 and 2012.[6]

On July 31, 2013, Abegg signed with the Washington Spirit as a free agent. She made a debut with the team later that night in a 3–0 loss to the Western New Flash.[7]

She retired from the Washington Spirit on February 14, 2014. In total for the Washington Spirit she started four games out of five appearances, recording 409 minutes of total play.[8]

Retirement

On February 14, 2014 Marisa stated her retirement from professional soccer. She has planned to put her education first and help people in need through healthcare.[8]

Career statistics

Club career
Team Season League Domestic
League		 Domestic
Playoffs		 Total
Apps Starts Minutes Goals Assists Apps Starts Minutes Goals Assists Apps Starts Minutes Goals Assists
FC Gold Pride 2009 WPS 6 3 335 0 0 – – – – – 6 3 335 0 0
Total6333500–––––6333500
Career Total – 6 3 335 0 0 – – – – – 6 3 335 0 0

International career
Nation Year International Appearances
Apps Starts Minutes Goals Assists
United States U-23 2009 1 0 0 0
Career Total 7 0 0 0

References
  1. "Player Bio: Marisa Abegg". gostanford.com.
  2. "Pride Makes More Offseason Moves". FC Gold Pride. September 22, 2009. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
  3. "Freedom Announces Opening Day 22-Player Roster for 2010 WPS Season". FC Gold Pride. April 1, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  4. "SPIRIT ADD MARISA ABEGG". National Women's Soccer League. July 31, 2013. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  5. "#15 Abegg, Marisa". D.C. United Women. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  6. "Two-year captain Abegg likely has played last game with D.C. United Women – Washington Spirit". washingtonspirit.com.
  7. "Spirit blanked 3–0 at Western New York – Washington Spirit". washingtonspirit.com. August 2013.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 8, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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