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Iowa State
Sep 25 (Thu)
7 p.m.
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Nikki Marshall  At Colorado 2006-09  Defender, (retired) |
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| AT COLORADO: Holds 20 program records ... The all-time leading scorer with 42 goals ... Leads the program with 93 points, 18 game-winning goals and 261 shots attempted ... Set class records as a freshman and sophomore with 17 and nine goals, respectively ... Scored the fastest regulation and overtime goals in CU history, taking less than 30 seconds to score against St. Mary’s College in 2009 (8-1) and against Oklahoma in 2007 (2-1, OT) ... Ranks in the top 10 in 32 other career, season and single game categories ... Big 12 All-Newcomer Team and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year ... Soccer Buzz and Soccer America Freshman All-American and 2006 Soccer Buzz fourth-team All-American ... Four-time first-team All-Big 12.  U.S. NATIONAL TEAM: Member of the U.S. Women’s National Team U-23 player pool from 2009-11, receiving three camp call-ups ... Received first call-up to the USWNT in May 2014.  INTERNATIONAL: Helped the U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team to the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American games ... Helped lead the team to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup championship in 2008, where she was named the Sierra Mist Woman of the Match in the 2-1 championship win over North Korea ... Helped the team qualify for the 2008 U-20 World Cup ... Recorded a goal and an assist in the 2008 Four Nations Tournament final, where the U.S. beat host team Chile 5-1 ... Played three matches as the U-23 USWNT earned the title at the 2011 Four Nations Tournament.  PROFESSIONAL: Picked seventh overall in the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer Draft by the Washington Freedom ... Appeared in 25 games as a rookie ... Appeared in eight matches with magicJack after the Freedom moved to Florida in 2011 ... Traded to the Boston Breakers in July 2011, playing in seven matches ... Helped the Western New York Flash to the 2012 WPSL Elite championship ... MVP of 2012 championship match against the Chicago Red Stars ... Signed with Portland on January 31, 2013 ... Started all 22 regular season matches for Portland in the inaugural NWSL season ... Recorded one assist during the 2013 regular season ... Assisted the game-tying goal in the 2013 NWSL semifinals ... Helped the Thorns to the 2013 NWSL Championship ... Started 46 consecutive regular season matches dating back to 2013, making her the only player on Thorns FC to have started every game in the NWSL in the first two seasons … Suffered a torn ACL late in the 2014 season before opting to retire.  ABOUT THORNS FC: Oregon women’s soccer franchise dates back to 2000 ... One of two NWSL teams with Major League Soccer affiliation (Portland Timbers) ... Marshall and Thorns teammate Alex Morgan (a 2012 Olympic gold medalist) won the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup championship in 2008 ... Finished third during the 2013 regular season and defeated the Western New York Flash 2-0 in the inaugural championship game ... Defeated the Houston Dash 1-0 on August 3 in front of an NWSL record crowd of 19,123 fans at Portland’s Providence Park … Finished the 2014 season 10-8-6, third in the 10-team league, with a league-high average attendance of 13,362 fans per match, nearly 9,000 more per match than the second-most in the league. Â
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