Amanda DaCosta  Amanda Jaqueline DaCosta (born October 7, 1989) is a Portuguese American former professional soccer midfielder who played for Washington Spirit, Chicago Red Stars and Boston Breakers in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), Liverpool Ladies in England's FA WSL, the Washington Freedom and MagicJack in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) and for the Portuguese national team. DaCosta is a native of Somers, New York and attended Somers High School where she was five-year varsity soccer athlete. She earned all-section and all-league honors four times and was named league MVP twice. From 2000–2005, she played five years for both the ENY North ODP team as well as the Region 1 ODP team. DaCosta was a four-year starter for Florida State Seminoles. During her tenure with the Seminoles, she served as the team captain in 2010 and led the team to a 16–6–1 mark and a sixth consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals. She scored a total of 17 goals. She shared the FSU school record for career game-winning assists (10), ranked third in career assists (24) and is ranked fourth in career games started (94). DaCosta was a First-Team All-ACC selection and NSCAA All-Southeast Region team in 2010. She was named to the NSCAA All-Southeast Region Second Team in 2009 and NSCAA and Soccer Buzz First Team All-American in 2008. In 2010, DaCosta was named as a First Team All-ACC member, making her the first athlete in school history to garner all-ACC accolades all four years of her career. In 2011, DaCosta was drafted to the Washington Freedom in the Women's Professional Soccer league. The team later became MagicJack after a change in ownership and move to Florida. In December 2011, she was signed to Sky Blue FC, however the WPS league folded before the 2012 season began. In 2012, DaCosta joined the Boston Breakers in the Women's Premier Soccer League Elite. In late 2012, DaCosta signed with Liverpool L.F.C. for the 2013 FA WSL season. (Liverpool Ladies had not, as yet, made an official announcement of DaCosta's signing, however DaCosta announced the move on her Twitter page, and subsequently played in Liverpool's first preseason match against Manchester City Ladies). She scored her first goal for Liverpool Ladies against Arsenal Ladies at Emirates Stadium in the FA Women's Super League on 37 minutes on May 7, 2013.