Maria Yatrakis

Maria Yatrakis
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-06-10) 10 June 1980
Place of birth Brooklyn, New York
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Years Team
1999–2002 Connecticut Huskies
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004 Greece 29 (?) (0)

Maria Yatrakis, also spelled Maria Giatrakis (born 10 June 1980), is a Greek-American soccer goalkeeper. She played for the Greece women's national football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She played collegiate soccer for the University of Connecticut Huskies.[1]

Yatrakis was born in Brooklyn Heights to Greek immigrant parents. She played soccer for the Connecticut Huskies women's soccer team. After college, she tried out for the Women's United Soccer Association but was cut; afterward she worked as an assistant soccer coach for the Columbia University Lions. With the Athens Olympics approaching, she applied for Greek citizenship in 2002, and joined the Greek national team in 2002. She was one of several Greek-Americans on the team.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Women's Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Squad List: Greece (GRE)". FIFA. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Vecsey, George (12 August 2004). "Sports of The Times; A Common Bond From Brooklyn Heights to Greece". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2017.


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