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State pro notes: Marsch, Domka, Dalton up for CONCACAF Awards

01/14/2016, 7:15am CST
By ERIC ANDERSON
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Two Wisconsin natives and a former state college player are among the finalists for the 2015 CONCACAF Awards, which honor the top performers in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Jesse Marsch (Racine Case) is one of 10 candidates for Male Coach of the Year after his impressive first season with the New York Red Bulls.

Marsch led the Red Bulls to an 18-10-6 record and the Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield as the league's top regular-season team. They set club records for victories and home wins and led MLS with 62 goals and a plus-19 goal differential.

Oak Creek's Margaret Domka (Stevens Point/UW-Stevens Point) is of the 10 finalists for the Female Referee of the Year award. After officiating in the past three FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cups, the Union Grove High School Spanish teacher made her debut at the Women's World Cup last summer in Canada.

And Michele Dalton (UW) is among the 10 candidates for Female Goalkeeper of the Year following her first season with the Chicago Red Stars. The 27-year-old joined her hometown team after stints with clubs in Iceland and Sweden. She started the season as Karina LeBlanc's backup, but took over for the Canadian international during the Women's World Cup and ended up leading the league with a 0.92 goals-against average and five shutouts in 12 games.

Voting by fans, media members and national team head coaches and captains will determine the award winners. Fans can vote online here through 4 p.m. Monday

On Twitter: @jessemarsch @MicheleDalton18

  • Midfielder-forward Patrick Hodan (Milwaukee Marquette) and forward James "C" Nortey (Marquette) will hope to hear their names called today during the first two rounds of the MLS SuperDraft in Baltimore. There are two other state natives on the list of 250 players eligible to be drafted: forward Logan Andryk (Milwaukee Marquette/Milwaukee School of Engineering) and defender Eric Schoendorf (Waukesha Catholic Memorial). The draft starts at noon and will be streamed live on MLSSoccer.com and ESPN3.com, and concludes Tuesday with rounds 3 and 4 via conference call. On Twitter: @cicinho17 @Loges777
  • Milwaukee Wave defender Tenzin Rampa (Madison West/UW-Milwaukee) and midfielder-forward Ian Bennett were named to the Major Arena Soccer League Team of the Week for Week 12. Rampa had three assists and a huge goal-line clearance as the Wave won all three of their matches last week, while Bennett had seven goals and two assists. Milwaukee goalkeeper-assistant coach Nick Vorberg earned honorable mention on the weekly honor team.

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