| Intro | American association football player |
| Is |
Athlete Football player Association football player |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 5 November 1997, Hartland Township, USA |
| Age: | 22 years |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
Madison “Maddie” “Po” Pogarch (born November 5, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women’s Soccer League. She played college soccer at Central Michigan University and Rutgers University.
College
Pogarch played three years of collegiate soccer at Central Michigan University of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), where she was a two-time all-MAC performer and First Team All-MAC in 2017. She completed her education at Rutgers University in 2018 where she started all 19 matches. She was voted Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on October 9, 2018 after playing every minute in two Big Ten overtime wins, both shutouts.
Professional
While in college, Pogarch played as an amateur with senior semi-pro teams over the summer. She helped Grand Rapids FC to a United Women’s Soccer championship in 2017, scoring the only goal of the game in an early win at Fort Wayne. She then played for Detroit Sun in 2018.
Pogarch was signed by the Portland Thorns in early May 2019. She made her first appearance for the team on May 25 in a game against Sky Blue FC and had her first start a few weeks later, on June 15 against the North Carolina Courage.
International
In August 2019, she was named to the US Women’s U-23 team to compete in the 2019 Nordic Tournament.