Ella Masar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ella Masar | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Urbana, Illinois, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Illinois Fighting Illini | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004 | Windy City Bluez | 1 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Chicago Gaels | 16 | (10) |
| 2007 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | (1) |
| 2008 | Washington Freedom | 7 | (3) |
| 2009-2010 | Chicago Red Stars | 38 | (8) |
| 2011 | magicJack | 16 | (4) |
| 2011- | Paris Saint-Germain | 5 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 |  United States U-21 |
12 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | United States U-23 |
8 | (3) |
| 2009– | United States |
1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:04, 12 November 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ella Masar (born 3 April 1986, in Urbana, Illinois) is an American soccer forward currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain of France's Division 1 Féminine and is a current member of the United States women's national soccer team.[1]
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[edit] Career
[edit] Youth and university
Masar played at Urbana High School, where she holds the school record for most goals in a season (40) and career (92).
She enrolled at the University of Illinois in 2004. While attending, she was a student-athlete and played for Illinois Fighting Illini's women's soccer team. She played for the university for four years. In 2006, she was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and NSCAA Second Team All-American. During Masar's senior year, she was named All-Big Ten First Team and Lowe's All-American First Team. Over the course of the 2007 season, Masar tallied 12 goals and 3 assists. For her career, Masar compiled a total of 20 assists - the second most in the program's history. She also added 27 goals, good for fourth most.
[edit] Professional career
[edit] W-League
Masar started play in the W-League in 2004 with Windy City Bluez. She appeared in just 1 game for them, but played the full 90 minutes.
2005 saw Masar switch to Chicago Gaels, for whom she appeared in 7 games for (650 minutes). She scored 9 goals and added an assist. She stayed with the team the following season and played in 9 more games (791 minutes). In 2006, she scored 1 goal and 1 assist.
Vancouver Whitecaps marked the next stop for Masar, who played for the Canadian team in 2007. She appeared alongside Cori Alexander, Tiffeny Milbrett, Jill Oakes, and McCall Zerboni. She played in 8 games (632 minutes) and scored 1 goal and assisted on 5 others.
Masar moved to Washington Freedom in 2008, where she appeared in 7 games (321 minutes) and scored 3 goals, while helping the Freedom to a first place finish in the Northeast Division.
[edit] Women's Professional Soccer
With the introduction of top-flight women's soccer back to the United States in the form of Women's Professional Soccer, Masar declared herself eligible for the WPS. She was drafted in the second round (9th overall) to Chicago Red Stars in the 2008 WPS General Draft on 6 October 2008. In the inaugural 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season, Masar appeared in 16 games (5 starts, 655 minutes) and recorded 2 assist. However, her season was hampered by a hip injury sustained on 7 June 2009 at FC Gold Pride which resulted in 4 torn muscles.
It was announced on 28 September 2009 that Masar's contract option had been picked up by Chicago, who will hold her playing rights for the 2010 Women's Professional Soccer season.
[edit] National team
Masar's international career began in 2007 with the U-21 Women's National Team. She appeared in 12 games, scoring 2 and adding an assist.
In 2008, the U-21 team switched to being a U-23 team. For the newly re-branded U-23 Women's National Team, Masar appeared in 8 games and scored 3 goals, her last appearance coming in 2009 before she became ineligible due to age.
Masar has since stepped up to the Senior National Team. Her debut with the team came on 29 October 2009 against Germany, where she was a 73rd minute substitute for Amy Rodriguez.[2] Masar and Kacey White were late additions to the squad due to the retirement of Angela Hucles and an injury to Megan Rapinoe.
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