Marisa Abegg is an American

United States

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 soccer defender

Defender (association football)

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 for D.C. United Women

D.C. United Women

D.C. United Women is an American soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in the W-League, the second tier of professional women's soccer in the United States. The team is an affiliate of Major League Soccer club, D.C...

 of the W-League

W-League

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.

College career

Abegg played for the Stanford University

Stanford Cardinal

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 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.

Professional career

Abegg was drafted by FC Gold Pride

FC Gold Pride

FC Gold Pride was an American professional soccer club based in Santa Clara, California which participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The club replaced the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association as the top-level women's soccer team in the San Francisco Bay Area...

 at the 2009 WPS Draft

2009 WPS Draft

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. Despite being promoted from the developmental roster to the full squad, Abegg was deemed surplus to requirements at season's close by Albertin Montoya

Albertin Montoya

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. She appeared for FC Gold Pride

FC Gold Pride

FC Gold Pride was an American professional soccer club based in Santa Clara, California which participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The club replaced the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association as the top-level women's soccer team in the San Francisco Bay Area...

 in 6 games.

In 2010, Abegg was picked up by Washington Freedom

Washington Freedom

The Washington Freedom was an American professional soccer club based in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Germantown, Maryland that participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The Freedom was originally founded in 2001 as a member of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association. Since 2004, the...

 as a developmental player.

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 FC Gold Pride FC Gold Pride was an American professional soccer club based in Santa Clara, California which participated in Women's Professional Soccer. The club replaced the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women's United Soccer Association as the top-level women's soccer team in the San Francisco Bay Area...	2009 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season The 2009 Women's Professional Soccer season served as the inaugural season for WPS, the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States...	WPS Women's Professional Soccer Women's Professional Soccer is the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season, with continued plans for future expansion...	6	3	335	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	335	0	0
		Total	6	3	335	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	335	0	0
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

External links

• Stanford player profile