University of Portland

Position: D
Height: 5-4
Class: Junior
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
High School: Oregon Episcopal School
Club: FC Portland

NATIONAL TEAM: USA Under-23 National Team (2009-) … appeared in five matches with two starts in 2009 with U-23s.

OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: USL Region IV Team (2003-05) … USL Super-Y League National Select Team ’04 … Oregon State Team (2001-04).

UP 2008: Soccer Buzz All-West Region Third Team … WCC All-Academic Team ... All-WCC honorable mention … Soccer Buzz and Soccer America National Team of the Week after recording three assists in a 4-0 win over rival Santa Clara … scored a crucial goal in a 3-2 win over James Madison in the third round of the NCAA playoffs … played the second most minutes of any field player (1,702).

UP 2007: All-WCC Freshman Team … started 19 games as a true freshman, primarily as an outside back … tallied two assists on the season … assisted on the only score in a 1-0 win at Yale … assisted on Portland’s first goal in a 3-2 NCAA quarterfinal double overtime loss at UCLA … played the fourth most minutes of any player on the Pilot roster (1,752) … helped guide the Portland defense to a school record nine consecutive shutouts late in the season.

OREGON EPISCOPAL HS: Four-year letterwinner for former Pilot Scott Sagar … two-time 3A/2A/1A Oregon State Player of the Year (2004, 2005)… three-time all-state honoree … four-time first team all-league selection … three-time Special District 1 Player of the Year … senior season cut short by a knee injury … guided team to 2005 state title, and state playoff appearances in 2004 and 2006 … scored 95 career goals … also the 2A District 2 champion in the javelin.

CLUB TEAM: Played club soccer for FC Portland Maroon since 2001 … club teammate of fellow Pilot freshman Kristen Kelly … state champions four years in a row (2004-07) … regional finalists in 2005 and regional semifinals in 2004.

PERSONAL: Born November 2, 1988 in Mountain View, Calif. … parents are Robert and Elizabeth Tsao … major is biology.

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