Height: 5' 1"
Birth Date: 2/7/1980
Hometown: Northport, NY
Previous Team: Boston Aztec
How Acquired:
Added to the Breakers’ roster as a developmental player on June 22, 2009.
WPS:
- Played in 5 games, starting in 4
- Recorded 1 assist on July 19, 2009 against FC Gold Pride
- Named to full squad the week of August 9, 2009
- Added to the Breakers’ roster as a developmental player on June 22, 2009
International:
- Member of the US National Team 1996-2000
- Traveled with the Women’s National Team to Australia in January of 2000, helping the U.S. win the Australia Cup
- Started in the U21 Nordic Cup in 2000 that won the championship in Germany.
Club:
- One of three current Boston Breakers (Kristine Lilly and Angela Hucles) to have played with the WUSA Breakers (2003)
- Started eight of 12 matches with the Breakers in 2003, notching a goal and three assists
- Made 11 starts and played 15 matches with the Philadelphia Charge (WUSA) in 2002 – scoring a goal and two assists
- Played under former Breakers head coach and current U.S. National Team head coach Pia Sundhage, and former Breaker teammates Kristine Lilly and Kate Markgraf with Kif Örebro in the Swedish Damallsvenskan.
- Guided the New England Mutiny to the WPSL finals in 2007 and was named 2008 WPSL East Player of the Year.
- Long Island Roughriders (W-League)
College:
- Three-time All American at UConn from (1998-2000)
- Notched 45 goals with 27 assists for 117 points during three years with the Huskies and finished sixth on the all time scoring list
- Registered the game-winners in both of Connecticut’s two NCA victories as a freshman, both of which came in the last 90 seconds of regulation
- Set UConn’s single season school-record with 65 points in 1998
- Earned first-team NSCAA All-America honors in 1998
- Named Soccer America’s Freshman of the Year in 1998
- Earned first-team Soccer America honors in 2000
- Three-time All-Big East First-Term selection
- Finished second on the UCLA Bruins for 28 points in 2001
- Received first team NSCAA/Adidas All-America honors in 2001
- Finalist for both the Hermann Trophy and the M.A.C award 1999-2001
High School / Youth Club:
- Attended Northport High School where she was a two-time High School All-American
- Led NHS to a state championship in 1996
- Ended career with 85 goals and 43 assists
Personal:
- Full name is Mary-Frances Monroe
- Daughter of Robert and Eileen Monroe
- Has three brothers, Jeff, James, and Tim and a twin sister named Jean-Marie
- Majored in Sociology at UCLA