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Andrea DeMoor Kitahata (born January 1, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Gotham FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer and college squash for the Stanford Cardinal. She represented the United States at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Kitahata was born in San Francisco, one of three children of Ingrid DeMoor and Luther Kitahata, and grew up in Hillsborough, California. She attended San Mateo High School. She captained her club team in the San Jose Earthquakes academy and later won the GA under-19 national title with FC Bay Area Surf. She also played squash growing up and was ranked fourth in the nation at the under-13 level, but gave up the sport after committing to Stanford for soccer. She trained with NWSL club OL Reign the spring before college. TopDrawerSoccer ranked her as the 6th-best prospect in the 2021 class, part of Stanford’s fifth-ranked recruiting class.
Kitahata was an immediate starter for the Stanford Cardinal as a freshman in 2021, scoring 4 goals and leading the team with 6 assists in 20 games, and earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors. After playing…
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