Women's Professional Soccer :: Analisa Marquez

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Analisa Marquez

Forward - Defender

Team: Boston Breakers

Height: 5' 6"
Birth Date: 9/21/1988
Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
Previous Team: University of Arizona
How Acquired:
Invited from Open Tryouts

College:

Played for the University of Arizona from 2006-2009
Scored five goals and one assist in her career
Named team Co-MVP and Co-Defensive MVP (2009)
Captain her senior year
Named an All-Pac-10 Academic Honorable Mention (2008)
Started all 19 games in both her junior and senior years
Led her team in shots on goal (15) her sophomore year
Her sophomore year she finished third on the team in goals (3), points (7), and shots (19)
Netted her first career goal as the game-winner against Oregon State her freshman year

High School / Youth Club:

Four-year letter winner at Salpointe Catholic High School
Team captain her senior year
Captain for the Tucson Soccer Academy 89 Team
A regional finalist and finished second in the state with Tucson Soccer Academy 89

Personal:

Daughter of Carlos and Carol Marquez
Has one brother, Mario and one sister, Celina

When did you start playing soccer?
4 years old.
When did you realize your dream to play soccer professionally?
When I started high school soccer and realized how many girls looked up to me and so I wanted to be a role model for them.
What is your favorite thing about playing soccer?
Definitely the competition and the friendships that last forever.
What was your most memorable game experience?
When I was a freshmen in high school, I scored the game winning goal in a region final game.
Most embarrassing soccer moment
When I scored on my own team in a huge soccer tournament in club.
What famous person most inspires you?
Michael Phelps.
What's your most interesting and fun soccer trip and why?
Definitely my try-out at Boston where I got stuck for five extra days because of weather.
What's your perfect day off?
A day where I can beach all day in sweats and watch Grey's Anatomy.
Name a sports team other than the Boston Breakers that you can't live without
Any women's national soccer team because they are all inspiring and motivating.
If you could eat one food item or meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Pizookie (half-baked cookie and icecream).
What are three things you can never be without while travelling?
My pillow, iPod, and computer.
If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you want to go and why?
Australia because it seems like such a cool country.
What was your first job?
Coaching soccer to U-9 girls at a local club.
What's your biggest quirk?
I eat really unhealthy foods.
What's your biggest pet peeve?
When someone tells you they know something but then they won't say what it is.
If you had a dinner party, who are the four people you would invite (can be living or dead) and why?
My grandfather because I've never met him, my best friend because she comes with me everywhere, my brother for entertainment, and my old swimming coach because he is funny.
Describe your impression of Boston in three words
Crazy, beautiful, confusing.
What's your favorite thing to do in Boston?
Figure out the subways and buses.

FINISH THE SENTENCE

Aside from soccer I'm really good at...
Swimming.
Not many people know that I can...
Waterski.
If I were stranded on a deserted island with one of my current Breakers teammates, I would want to be with...
Sam because she is the first person I met.

I want my experience in the WPS to be...

QUICK HITS – List your top three favorites

TV Shows:

Grey's Anatomy
Project Runway
Topshelf

Place to Shop:

Urban Outfitters
Lucky
Bed Bath and Beyond

Restaurants:

Outback
Sauce
Sausage Deli

Year	Club	GP	GS	MIN	SHTS	SOG	FC	FS	C
2011	Atlanta Beat	17	16	1363	2	1	15	5	2
2010	Boston Breakers	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Career		18	16	1367	2	1	15	5	2

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UA's Marquez invited to WPS Preseason Camp
Analisa Marquez advanced through the Breakers open tryouts and was invited to participate in their preseason camp.