MKA's Department of Athletics is thrilled to announce that we have hired former US Woman's National Soccer Team member Christie Welsh to be our new Head Varsity Girls Soccer Coach.

Coach Welsh played on the US Women's National Soccer Team from 2000-2008 and was most recently working at the University of Oregon where she was the Assistant Women's Coach for the Ducks (2013-2015). A four time All-American at Penn State University '02, Coach Welsh won the Hermann Award in 2001, recognizing her as the top collegiate player in women's Division ! soccer.

Coach Welsh also served as an Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, an Assistant Coach for DC United in the W-League (Women's Professional Soccer), and was also the Head Coach of a U-14 ECNL team in Bucks County, PA from 2011-2013.

Throughout her career, Coach Welsh has done an outstanding job of working with athletes to help them reach their potential both on and off the field. Coach Welsh's level of enthusiasm and vision for the program will bode well for the MKA Girls' Soccer Team as we look to build upon what has been a very successful soccer tradition over the years.