Amy Elizabeth Barczuk (born October 28, 1990) is a retired American professional
soccer
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player. She was a defender for the
Western New York Flash and
Boston Breakers in the
National Women's Soccer League
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.
Early life
Barczuk grew up in
Centennial, Colorado and attended
Arapahoe High School where she lettered three years in soccer and led her team to state semi-finals in her sophomore and senior years. As a sophomore, Barczuk was named second-team All-League. As a senior, she earned first-team All-League, 5A All-State and All-Colorado honors.
As a youth, Barczuk played club soccer for the Riverside Renegades, helping lead them to three State Cup Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2008. She was named State Cup MVP in 2009. In 2007, she was a member of the Colorado Olympic Development team and was selected for the 2007 Region IV pool. In 2008, Barczuk was awarded the Sportswomen of Colorado "All-Around" Award.
University of Colorado
Barczuk attended the
University of Colorado
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where she played for the
Buffaloes from 2009 to 2012. As a freshman, she was the only freshman to start all 19 of the team's matches. She logged the second most minutes played with 1,607, and scored one goal. Barczuk's was named to the 2009 All-Big 12 Conference second team and the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team. As a sophomore in 2010, Barczuk played in all 20 of Colorado's matches logging 18 starts and playing 1,822 minutes. She finished the season with five points on two goals and an assist and tied for first on the teamwith the most shots attempted at 41. Barczuk's 41 shots ranked 10th on Colorado's offensive class list for sophomores. During her junior season, Barczuk started all 19 games, totaling 1,553 minutes and served one assist. She had a career-high three goals and seven points during the season. Barczuk earned CU Athlete of the Week honors. In her final season at Colorado, she was elected captain and broke numerous records. She became one of only eight players in the school's soccer program history to have started at least 76 of 78 games played. Her 76 starts and 78 games played rank ninth and 12th on CU's all-time list. She also ranked sixth with 6,849 minutes played. Barczuk scored four goals and contributed one assist, ranking second on the team in goals, points and shots on goal (17 off 32 shots).
Club career
Western New York Flash
In 2013, Barczuk was drafted to the
Western New York Flash in the
National Women's Soccer League
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. She was selected during the second round (fourteenth overall) of the
2013 NWSL College Draft
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. She made her debut with the squad during the team's inaugural match against
Sky Blue FC.
Boston Breakers
November 3, 2014 the Western New York Flash traded Barczuk to the Boston Breakers for a second round pick—18th overall—in the 2015 NWSL College Draft; a pick that became Tatiana Coleman. On February 1, 2016, it was announced that Barczuk would be retiring from professional soccer.
International career
Barczuk was a member of the
United States under-23 women's national soccer team player pool.
References
External links
Colorado player profileUS Soccer player profile*
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1990 births
Living people
National Women's Soccer League players
Western New York Flash players
Soccer players from Colorado
Colorado Buffaloes women's soccer players
American women's soccer players
People from Centennial, Colorado
Women's association football defenders
Boston Breakers players
Western New York Flash draft picks
Russian Women's Football Championship players
FC Zorky Krasnogorsk (women) players