Nikki Marshall
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| Full name | Nicole Sue Marshall | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | June 2, 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mead, Colorado, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward/Defender | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Portland Thorns | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2009 | Colorado Buffaloes | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Colorado Force | 15 | (6) | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Washington Freedom | 24 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | magicJack | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Boston Breakers | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Portland Thorns | 46 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | United States U-20 | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | United States U-23 | ||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 23, 2014. |
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Nicole "Nikki" Sue Marshall (born June 2, 1988) is an American retired soccer player. She most recently played for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League from 2013 to 2014. Previously, she was a forward for the University of Colorado women's soccer team and a defender for the Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and the United States U-23 women's national soccer team.
Born in Thornton, Colorado to Mike and Kelly Marshall, Nikki was raised with her younger sister, Shaye, in Mead, Colorado. She attended Skyline High School in the nearby city of Longmont and was the leading scorer for the soccer team. She was named All-State three times during her sophomore, junior and senior years and was a three-time Longmont Times-Call Soccer Player of the Year. Marshall finished her high school career with 100 goals and 38 assists. She graduated as the top scorer in the school's history. She scored 23 goals and served 10 assists during her senior year alone and was named 2006 Northern Conference Player of the Year, all-region soccer player of the year, and Skyline Falcon of the Year. Also a decorated track athlete at the school, she earned All-State honors in the 100 meter, 400 meter relay and long jump during her junior year and won the state championship in the 800 medley as a senior.
Marshall currently holds seventeen school records for the University of Colorado, and is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Colorado women's soccer team. As a freshman, she led the Buffaloes' most prolific offensive season with seventeen goals, all the way to the Sweet Sixteen in the 2006 NCAA postseason. She was on Soccer Buzz's All-American Fourth Team, All-American Freshman Team, All-Central Region First Team, All-Central Region Freshman team, and Freshman of the Year. She was on the Freshman All-American Team in Soccer America and National Player of the Week in Soccer Times. Her Big 12 Conference awards in 2006 include Newcomer of the Year, First Team All-Big 12, All-Big 12 Newcomer Team, and Big 12 All-Tournament Team. The University of Colorado Athletic Department awarded her Female Athlete of the Year and Female Freshman of the Year.
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