Kate Markgraf
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| Full name | Kathryn Michele Sobrero | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | August 23, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Chicago Red Stars | |||||||||||||||||
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| Boston Breakers | ||||||||||||||||||
| KIF Örebro DFF | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago Red Stars | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1998- | United States | 168 | ||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | ||||||||||||||||||
Kate Markgraf (née Kathryn Michele Sobrero, born August 23, 1976), is an American soccer defender and member of the U.S. women's national team.
Markgraf, who stands at five feet, nine inches (1.75 m), is a native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she attended Detroit Country Day School. At Detroit Country, she helped guide the soccer team to the state title in 1991, scoring 16 goals and having 26 assists. She was also a volleyball player there, making the All-League team three times in volleyball while she attended that school. In soccer, she made the NSCAA All-American team one time and was chosen for the All-State team three times.
Markgraf attended Notre Dame and graduated with a degree in science and business. She was a three time NSCAA All-American while there, was a three time all Big East selection, the 1997 Big East defensive player of the year, and the defensive MVP of the NCAA's Final Four in 1995, the year in which her team won the NCAA women's soccer championship.
In 1998, she played with u.s. when they faced the national selection of Argentina. Markgraf (then Sobrero) was the youngest member of the team that won the Women's World Cup in 1999, and also participated in the 2000 Olympic Games of Sydney, and the 2004 Games in Athens. The team took home the silver in 2000 and the gold in 2004.
She was a member of the Boston Breakers in the WUSA league, and she was named defender of the year for that team in 2001. She also enjoys signing autographs for her fans. In 2003, she married soccer player Chris Markgraf.
Markgraf played professionally for KIF Örebro in the Swedish league alongside longtime USA teammate Kristine Lilly. She was slated to play with the Chicago Red Stars in WUSA's successor, Women's Professional Soccer, in its inaugural 2009 season; she lives with her husband and their son in the Chicago area.[1] However, the Red Stars announced in January 2009 that she would not play that season because she is expecting her family's second child.[2]
[edit] Family
Oct. 31, 2003: Kate Sobrero marries Chris Markgraf, a former Providence College soccer player. July 18, 2006: Kate Markgraf gives birth to son Keegan Jamison Markgraf. In July 2009 she gave birth to boy/girl twins, Carson and Xavier.
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Dure, Beau (2008-09-16). "Wambach goes full circle as women's league stocks rosters". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2008-09-16-wps-players_N.htm.
- ^ Chicago Red Stars (2009-01-10). "Red Stars Defender Kate Markgraf to miss 2009 WPS Season". Press release. http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid7476.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
