Miren Maite Zabala Rementeria (born April 7, 1979) is a

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and former

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. She played for Atlanta Beat,

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and

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(WUSA). Zabala played

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for the

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" Golden Bears" between 1997 and 2000. She was inducted to the university's Athletics Hall of Fame in November 2011. She was the Atlanta Beat's first round pick in the 2001 WUSA supplemental draft. In the inaugural 2001 season of the

(WUSA), Zabala was Atlanta's unused third-choice goalkeeper behind

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and Melanie Wilson. After being placed on waivers by the Atlanta Beat, Zabala was signed by the

. In

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she primarily served as the understudy to Melissa Moore, but did play in one league match. In WUSA's final 2003 season, Zabala played three times for the

, as backup to Kristin "Lucky" Luckenbill. Following the demise of WUSA, Zabala tried out for

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of the Spanish Primera División in March 2004. She agreed to remain for the final five games of Athletic's 2003–04 season (becoming one of a relatively small group of players to sign for the

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club who were not born locally), where she understudied Elixabete Capa as the ''Rojiblancas'' retained their league title. Zabala was an assistant soccer coach at her alma mater Cal Golden Bears from 2001 to 2006, then joined the

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in a similar role in 2007. She was appointed assistant soccer coach by

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in February 2015 and then by

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in January 2018.

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Living people 1979 births American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Women's United Soccer Association players Soccer players from Idaho Carolina Courage players Atlanta Beat (WUSA) players Philadelphia Charge players Women's association football goalkeepers California Golden Bears women's soccer players Sportspeople from Boise, Idaho American people of Basque descent Athletic Club (women) players {{US-women-footy-goalkeeper-stub