Our 15th Captain of the Match, Maria Arenas!

Maria's motto is to be kind to everyone. 

When she's not at her 9-5 in PR, she spends most of her evenings on the pitch bringing people together.

For Maria, the only thing that beats the feeling of stopping shots as a goalkeeper is her daily face time with her niece and nephew. 

Maria can also be found training as a goalkeeper with the BetterPlayer program, and knows that it takes more than just stopping shots to be a true goalkeeper.

It means being the backbone of your team and supporting everyone on and off the pitch, having your teammates backs, and picking them up when they make mistakes. 

You can find Maria stopping shots with a smile all over Astoria on teams like Buds Unlimited, Vamos Equipo FC, and our favorite-Popcorn Shrimp FC. 

In her personal life, Maria loves a good mystery novel and hanging out with her friends, all of whom count themselves lucky to know such a kind and wonderful person and player. As do we. 

Thank you Captain Maria!