Rebecca Ann Moros (born May 6, 1985) is an American

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coach and former player who is currently the head coach for

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women's soccer team. A defender during her playing career, Moros played for the

Utah Royals The Utah Royals (formerly Utah Royals FC) are an American professional soccer team based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Established on November 16, 2017, as an expansion team, ...

Houston Dash The Houston Dash are an American professional soccer team based in Houston, Texas, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The Dash began play in the 2014 season. The team plays its home games at Shell Energy Stadium. His ...

and

Portland Thorns FC Portland Thorns FC is an American professional Association football, soccer team based in Portland, Oregon, that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team NWSL ...

in the NWSL,

INAC Kobe Leonessa INAC Kobe(INAC神戸レオネッサ, Ainakku-Kōbe Reonessa) is a professional Japanese women's soccer, football club from Kobe, founded in 2001. INAC stands for International Athletic Club, while Leonessa means Lioness in Italian language, Ita ...

in Japan's

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and for

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and

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in the

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Early life

Born in

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to Dr. Daniel Moros and Dr. Ann Schongalla, Moros attended

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but only played her junior year for the school. Instead, she opted to play year-round soccer with club team, NYC FC, a team that won the Florida state championship two times. Moros led NYC FC to three Region I Championships and received All-League and All-Section honors in Summer of 2002 during her senior year. Moros played on the New York Olympic Development Program (ODP) state team from 1998 to 2003 where she was a five-time member of the Region I Olympic Development Program (ODP) team. With the team, she was a U-19, U-17, U-16 Region I three-time champion and three-time bronze medalists at the nationals. During the summer of 2003, she played on the U-19 adidas Cup All-America squad.

Duke University

Moros attended

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

. As a freshman in 2003, Moros played in 21 matches, earning a starting spot for the final 11. She scored three goals and provided two assists. She netted her first career goal in a 4–0 win over Richmond and assisted the game-winning goal against Virginia in the ACC Tournament. During her sophomore year, Moros started all 23 games and led the team with 11 assists, tied for second-most in Duke single-season history. She set a Duke single-game record four assists versus Virginia Tech. Moros garnered Soccer Buzz second team and NSCAA third team All-Southeast Region honors and was selected as second team All-ACC. She received All-America honors from the Jewish Sports Review and was a member of Duke/adidas Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team. As a junior, Moros played in all 21 matches for the Blue Devils, starting 20. She scored four goals and provided four assists. She earned Soccer Buzz All-America honorable mention honors and Soccer Buzz All-Southeast Region first team honors and was selected to the NSCAA All-Southeast Region second team and All-ACC first team. Moros was named Soccer America Team of the Week, Soccer Buzz Team of the Week, and ACC Player of the Week. She was selected to Duke/adidas Classic All-Tournament Team and netted two game-winning goals versus San Diego and top-ranked North Carolina. During her senior year, Moros started in all 21 matches scoring four goals and assisting on three others for 11 points (ranking fourth on the team in points). She earned NSCAA/adidas Third Team All-America honors and was named to Soccer Buzz Second Team All-Region and All-ACC first team. She also received All-Tournament Team honors at both the UAB Nike Classic and Duke Classic.

Club career

Washington Freedom

After playing two seasons with the Washington Freedom W-League team, Moros was selected in the sixth round (36th overall) of the

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by the

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for the inaugural season of the WPS. She made 20 appearances, with 14 starts for a total of 1,221 minutes and scored two goals. Moros returned to the Freedom for the

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. She started all 24 of her appearances for a total of 2,201 minutes and scored one goal.

magicJack

The Washington Freedom came under new ownership in 2011, getting moved to Florida and re-branded as

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. Moros remained with the team for the start of the

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, making five appearances with three starts. She was then traded to the

Western New York Flash

During the remainder of the

, Moros made ten appearances for the

with nine starts for a total of 864 minutes. She scored one goal and helped the Flash win the

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Sky Blue FC

In 2012, Moros signed with

Sky Blue FC Gotham Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 un ...

; however, the league suspended operations before the season began.

INAC Kobe Leonessa

After the folding of the WPS, Moros joined

in Japan.

Portland Thorns FC, 2014

In 2014

acquired

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and the rights to Moros from the

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in exchange for

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. Both players proved mainstays for the team from early on, with Moros playing a total of 1171 minutes over 18 games with 13 starts in the regular season.

FC Kansas City, 2015

In January 2015, Portland traded Moros to

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for an additional international roster spot. She started all 20 regular-season games for FCKC in the 2015 season.

Houston Dash, 2016

In November 2015, FC Kansas City traded Moros to the

for defender Brittany Taylor. In March 2016

acquired Moros from

for a second-round pick in the 2017 NWSL College Draft pick.

FC Kansas City, 2017

In March 2017, Moros was traded back to FC Kansas City from the

in exchange for their highest third round draft choice in the 2018 NWSL College Draft.

Utah Royals FC, 2018–2019

After

ceased operations after the 2017 season, Moros was officially added to the roster of the

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for the 2018 season. Moros was named to the NWSL Team of the Month for June. Following two seasons with the Utah Royals, Moros was waived by the club on February 3, 2020. She made 30 appearances over her two years with Utah.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Official website

NWSL player profile

Duke player profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moros, Becca 1985 births Living people American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Japan American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Arizona Wildcats women's soccer coaches Duke Blue Devils women's soccer players Expatriate women's footballers in Japan FC Kansas City players Houston Dash players INAC Kobe Leonessa players MagicJack (WPS) players Mamaroneck High School alumni Nadeshiko League players National Women's Soccer League players Portland Thorns FC players Sportspeople from Manhattan Soccer players from New York City Utah Royals players Washington Freedom (soccer) players Western New York Flash players Women's association football midfielders Women's Professional Soccer players Gotham FC non-playing staff United States women's youth international soccer players