Editing Kate Markgraf (section)

==Playing career==

===Club, 2001–2010===
Markgraf was a member of the [[Boston Breakers (WUSA)|Boston Breakers]] in the [[Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA]] league for three seasons, and she was named defender of the year for the Breakers in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.milwaukeewave.com/news/headlines/index.html?article_id=69 |title=WORLD CUP VET MARKGRAF LEADS GIRLS-ONLY CAMPS – milwaukeewave.com  |access-date=May 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326173917/http://www.milwaukeewave.com/news/headlines/index.html?article_id=69 |archive-date=March 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2005, she played professionally for [[KIF Örebro DFF|KIF Örebro]] in the [[Damallsvenskan|Swedish league]] alongside longtime USA teammate [[Kristine Lilly]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.womenssoccerclub.com/uploaded/Kate%20Markgraf-%20A%20True%20Soccer%20Mom%20Living%20the%20Dream.pdf |title=True Soccer Mom is Living the Dream |access-date=May 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718075421/http://www.womenssoccerclub.com/uploaded/Kate%20Markgraf-%20A%20True%20Soccer%20Mom%20Living%20the%20Dream.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was scheduled to play with the [[Chicago Red Stars]] in the WUSA's successor, [[Women's Professional Soccer]], in its inaugural 2009 season.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110728083224/http://soccer.teamusa.org/news/2010/05/07/markgraf-still-playing-with-passion/35861 Markgraf  Still Playing With Passion | News | US Soccer]</ref> However, the Red Stars announced in January 2009 that she would not play that season because she was expecting her second child.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid7476.aspx |title=Red Stars Defender Kate Markgraf to miss 2009 WPS Season |publisher=Chicago Red Stars |date=January 10, 2009 |access-date=January 11, 2009 |archive-date=January 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119034206/http://womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid7476.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ten months after giving birth to twins, she returned to the Red Stars in 2010, played nearly every minute of the season, and made the All-Star team.<ref name="retirement">{{cite web|title = Kate Markgraf Retires from Professional Soccer|url = http://www.ussoccer.com/news/womens-national-team/2010/10/kate-markgraf-retires-from-professional-soccer.aspx|publisher = US Soccer|access-date = December 24, 2012|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130127135401/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2010/10/Kate-Markgraf-Retires-from-Professional-Soccer.aspx|archive-date = January 27, 2013|df = mdy-all}}</ref> 2010 was her final professional season.

===International, 1998–2010===
In 1998, she made her international debut for the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States]] against [[Argentina women's national football team|Argentina]], with Sobrero on the back of her jersey.<ref name="ussoccerbio"/> She switched to Markgraf on the back of her jersey in 2004.<ref name="ussoccerbio"/> She was the least experienced starter in the winning 1999 World Cup team and one of the youngest members of the team. The [[Los Angeles Times|LA Times]] selected her to the All-World top 11 for her play at centerback that tournament. She started in the [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympic Games]] in [[Sydney]], the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] Games in [[Athens]], and was Co-Captain for the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Games in Beijing]]. She won the silver medal in 2000, the gold in 2004, and the gold in 2008.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080515231447/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_22588.htm Kate Markgraf's U.S. Olympic Team bio]. Archived from [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_22588.htm the original] on 2008-05-15.</ref> She played 12 matches in 3 [[FIFA Women's World Cup]],<ref name=wwc_rec>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=315/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228061155/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=315/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 28, 2008 |title=Kate MARKGRAF |publisher=FIFA}}</ref> winning the title of World Champion in the [[1999 FIFA Women's World Cup|1999 World Cup hosted by the US]]. She was also a member of the teams that finished third in the [[2003 FIFA Women's World Cup|2003 World Cup hosted by the US]] and the [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup|2007 World Cup hosted by China]].

In July 2010, after nearly a two-year break from international competition, she made her 200th career international appearance, in a [[Friendly match#Association football|friendly match]] against [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]. She became the 10th woman in FIFA history to earn her 200th [[Cap (sport)|cap]], a mark no male player has reached. She subsequently announced her retirement from the sport at the end of the WPS season, ending her professional career after playing 201 times for her country.

====International goals====
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|2008-09-20<ref name=goal01>{{Cite web
 |url         = http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2008/09/U-S-Women-Set-Record-Wins-In-A-Calendar-Year-At-29-With-2-0-Victory-Over-Ireland-At-Toyota-Park.aspx
 |title       = U.S. Women Set Record Wins in a Calendar Year at 29 With 2–0 Victory Over Ireland at Toyota Park
 |publisher   = U.s.soccer
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425030423/http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2008/09/U-S-Women-Set-Record-Wins-In-A-Calendar-Year-At-29-With-2-0-Victory-Over-Ireland-At-Toyota-Park.aspx
 |archive-date = April 25, 2012
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|2–0
|2–0
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