Amanda DaCosta

Amanda Jaqueline Paswall (née DaCosta; born 7 October 1989) is an American-born Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder 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 was recently inducted in the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame for her outstanding college career (3x All-American, 4x All-ACC, NCAA Freshman of the year, and National Finalist).

In 2015 DaCosta played for Washington Spirit in National Women's Soccer League, helping the team reach the playoffs' semifinal where it lost to Seattle Reign FC.

On January 25, 2016 Chicago Red Stars announced the acquisition of DaCosta from Washington Spirit along with a fourth round pick in 2017 NWSL College Draft in exchange for an unnamed player.

DaCosta was invited to participate in training camp with the U.S. U-23 Women's National Team in Cleveland, Ohio in 2009 ( June 12–19) and twice in 2010 in Carson, California ( January 13–20) and Sunrise, Florida.

[13] On December 1, 2015, she made her first appearance for the Portugal women's national football team, in a Euro 2017 qualifier against Spain.

[14] In August 2012, DaCosta announced that she would be coaching with Tallahassee United Futbol Club (TUFC) and Cornerstone Middle School as well as for Florida State University in an outreach skills program dubbed Project 4.0.

Amanda DaCosta playing for the Boston Breakers in the 2017 NWSL season