Mary-Frances Monroe (born February 7, 1980) is an American former
soccer
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midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
who played for
Boston Breakers
The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...
of
Women's Professional Soccer
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and was a member of the
United States women's national soccer team
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.
Following her professional career, Monroe went on to serve as head coach of the
University of Albany
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women's soccer team and then, in May 2013, took on head coaching duties for the
Miami Hurricanes
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Women's Soccer team at the
University of Miami
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. Following the 2017 season she was relieved of her duties as head coach.
References
External links
Boston Breakers player profileBoston Aztec player profileNew England Mutiny player profileWUSA player profileat SoccerTimes.com
1980 births
Living people
United States women's international soccer players
Women's association football midfielders
UConn Huskies women's soccer players
UCLA Bruins women's soccer players
Parade High School All-Americans (girls' soccer)
People from West Islip, New York
Soccer players from Suffolk County, New York
Women's United Soccer Association players
Philadelphia Charge players
Boston Breakers (WUSA) players
New England Mutiny players
Boston Breakers players
American women's soccer players
American women's soccer coaches
Miami Hurricanes women's soccer coaches
Albany Great Danes women's soccer coaches
Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
KIF Örebro DFF players
Damallsvenskan players
American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Boston Aztec (WPSL) players
Women's Premier Soccer League players
Women's Professional Soccer players
Long Island Rough Riders (USL W League) players
USL W-League (1995–2015) players
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