Catarina Macario

Catarina Macario (born October 4, 1999) is a Brazilian-born college soccer player who plays for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team in Stanford, California. In 2017, Macario was named "Freshman of the Year" by the TopDrawerSoccer.com and ESPNW Player of the Year. In 2018, she won the Hermann Trophy, ESPNW Player of the Year, and the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award.

Catarina Macario
Personal information
Full name Catarina Macario
Date of birth (1999-10-04) October 4, 1999
Place of birth Sao Luis, Brazil
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.7 m)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Stanford Cardinal
Number 20
Youth career
Years Team
2012–2017 San Diego Surf
2014–2017 Torrey Pines Falcons
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Stanford Cardinal 68 (63)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 United States U14
2013 United States U15
2018– United States U23 0 (0)

Early life

Macario was born in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. At a young age, her family moved to Brasília. In 2011, at the age of 12 and without speaking any English, Macario relocated with her father and brother to San Diego, California, in order to pursue her dream of playing soccer. Her mother, a doctor, remained in Brazil in order to financially support the family.[1][2][3]

Stanford University

On February 1, 2017, Macario committed to play collegiately for Stanford University. In her freshman year in 2017, she played 25 matches, scoring 17 goals and clinching 16 assists. As a result of her performance this year she won several awards, including being named "ESPNW Player of the Year",[1] "TopDrawerSoccer.com Freshman of the Year",[4] "Pac-12 Forward of the Year", and "Pac-12 Freshman of the Year".[5]

In her sophomore year in 2018, Macario scored 14 goals with 8 assists in 19 matches played. On December 11, 2018, she received the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award.[6] On January 4, 2019, Macario won the Hermann Trophy.[7][8] Additionally, she was named "ESPNW Player of the Year" and "Pac-12 Forward of the Year" for the second year in a row.[9][10]

In her junior year, Macario was the winner of the Honda Sports Award, given to the nation's top female collegiate soccer player.[11][12]

International career

Macario is eligible to play internationally for Brazil and has yet to receive American citizenship. Despite that fact, she was called to represent the United States at several youth levels. Macario stated that she intends to represent the United States at the senior level, turning down several approaches from the Brazilian Football Confederation.[1][3]

Personal life

Despite declaring herself Marta's fan, Macario stated that her favorite soccer player is the American former forward Mia Hamm.[3]

Honors
  • ESPNW Player of the Year: 2017, 2018[1][9]
  • Hermann Trophy: 2018,[7] 2019
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 first team: 2018[13]
  • TopDrawerSoccer.com Freshman of the Year: 2017[4]
  • TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Year: 2018,[6] 2019[14]
  • United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-America: 2017, 2018[15][16]
  • Pac-12 Forward of the Year: 2017, 2018[5][10]
  • Pac-12 Freshman of the Year: 2017[5]
  • Honda Sports Award: 2020[12]

Statistics

College
As of January 6, 2019[17]
School Season NCAA Regular Season NCAA Tournament Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stanford Cardinal 2017 Div. I 181163002417
2018 141252001914
NCAA Total 3223115004431

References
  1. Hays, Graham (November 28, 2017). "She's not Marta (yet), but Catarina Macario is espnW's soccer player of the year". ESPNW. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. Hays, Graham. "From Brazil to Stanford, from sacrifice to stardom for Catarina Macario". ESPNW. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. de Assis, Joanna. "Comparada a Marta, Catarina Macario brilha no futebol feminino, mas sonha defender os EUA". Esporte espectacular (in Portuguese). Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  4. "2017 Women's Division I Postseason Awards". Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
  5. "Pac-12 announces women's soccer All-Conference honors – 2017". Pac-12.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  6. Danna, Kevin. "Roundup: Stanford's Catarina Macario named TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Year". PAC-12. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  7. "Andrew Gutman, Catarina Macario named Hermann Trophy winners". ESPNW. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  8. Culver, Jordan. "Hermann Trophy winners are Indiana's Andrew Gutman, Stanford's Catarina Macario". Pro Soccer USA. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  9. "Surf Alum Catarina Macario is 2018 ESPNW Player of the Year". Surf Soccer. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  10. "Pac-12 announces women's soccer All-Conference honors – 2018". Pac-12.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  11. Athletics, Palo Alto Sports Online/Stanford. "Stanford's Macario a Honda Sports Award winner in soccer". www.paloaltoonline.com. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  12. "Catarina Macario of Stanford Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Soccer". CWSA. January 6, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  13. "Google Cloud Academic All-District® Women's Soccer Team Released" (PDF). academicallamerica.com. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  14. "2019 Women's Division I Postseason Awards". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  15. "NCAA Division I Women's All-America Teams announced – 2018". United Soccer Coaches. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  16. "NCAA Division I Women's All-America Teams announced – 2017". United Soccer Coaches. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  17. "Catarina Macario Season Statistics". gostanford.com. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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