Amanda DaCosta



Amanda DaCosta (born 7 October 1989) is an American professional soccer midfielder currently playing for Liverpool Ladies in England's FA WSL. DaCosta previously played for theWashington Freedom and MagicJack in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) as well as the Boston Breakers (WPSL Elite) in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite.

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[hide]  *1 Early life ==Early life[edit] == DaCosta is a native of Katonah, New York and attended Somers High School where she was five-year varsity soccer athlete. She earned all-section and all-league honors four times and was named league MVP twice.[1]
 * 1.1 Florida State University
 * 2 Playing career
 * 2.1 Club
 * 2.1.1 Washington Freedom / magicJack
 * 2.1.2 Sky Blue FC
 * 2.1.3 Boston Breakers
 * 2.1.4 Liverpool LFC
 * 2.2 International
 * 3 Coaching career
 * 4 Broadcasting career
 * 5 See also
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links

From 2000–2005, she played five years for both the ENY North ODP team as well as the Region 1 ODP team. ===Florida State University[edit] === DaCosta was a four-year starter for Florida State University. During her tenure with the Seminoles, she served as the team captain in 2010 and led the team to a 16–6–1 mark and a sixth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. She scored a total of 17 goals. She shared the FSU school record for career game-winning assists (10), ranked third in career assists (24) and is ranked fourth in career games started (94).[2]

DaCosta was a First-Team All-ACC selection and NSCAA All-Southeast Region team in 2010. She was named to the NSCAA All-Southeast Region Second Team in 2009 and NSCAA and Soccer Buzz First Team All-American in 2008.[1]

In 2010 DaCosta was named as a First Team All-ACC member, making her the first athlete in school history to garner all-ACC accolades all 4 years of her career.[3] ==Playing career[edit] == ===Club[edit] === ====Washington Freedom / magicJack[edit] ==== In 2011, DaCosta was drafted to the Washington Freedom in the Women's Professional Soccer league.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DaCosta_drafted_2-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  The team later became MagicJack after a change in ownership and move to Florida. ====Sky Blue FC<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In December 2011, she was signed to Sky Blue FC, however the WPS league folded before the 2012 season began.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4] ====Boston Breakers<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2012, DaCosta joined the Boston Breakers in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Boston_Breakers_bio_1-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1] ====Liverpool LFC<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] ==== <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In late 2012, DaCosta signed with Liverpool L.F.C. for the 2013 FA WSL season.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Liverpool_Make_a_Winning_Start_5-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  (Liverpool Ladies have not, as yet, made an official announcement of DaCosta's signing, however DaCosta announced the move on her Twitter page, and subsequently played in Liverpool's first preseason match against Manchester City Ladies). She scored her first goal for Liverpool Ladies against Arsenal Ladies at Emirates Stadium in the FA Women's Super League on 37 minutes on 7 May 2013. ===International<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2006, DaCosta was a member of the U-17 National Team. In March 2008, she competed with the U-20 team at the Cyprus Tournament. She played a key role in helping the U.S. advance to the championship final against the full Canadian National team.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">DaCosta was invited to participate in training camp with the U.S. U-23 Women's National Team in Cleveland, Ohio in 2009 ( 12–19 June) and twice in 2010 in Carson, California ( 13–20 January) and Sunrise, Florida. ( 7–14 March).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2012 she was an active member of the U.S U-23 squad, and ended her campaign netting the game winner for the U.S to beat Norway in the 3-Nations Tournament (Stjordalen, Norway).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] ==Coaching career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In August 2012, DaCosta announced that she would be coaching with Tallahassee United Futbol Club (TUFC) and Cornerstone Middle School as well as for Florida State University in an outreach skills program dubbed Project 4.0.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Equalizer-coaching_8-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8] ==Broadcasting career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2012, DaCosta did the color commentary for the Seminoles soccer team on ESPN3.