SUNY Oneonta Soccer Star Makes History, Competes Internationally

A junior at SUNY Oneonta has made history as a member of both the United States' National Amputee Soccer Team and the first-ever National Women's Amputee Soccer Team, and she competed for both on the world stage last weekend.

Alexia Michitti, a 19-year-old Business Administration major from Vestal, NY, took the field as goalkeeper representing the United States for both teams in Warsaw, Poland, during the international Amp Futbol Cup on Sept. 16-17.

She and her teammates took on players from Poland, England, Japan and Costa Rica. Alexia is the first woman in the world to make both a national squad and the new national women's squad, and she's the only woman on the co-ed national squad.

Although the American team lost in Poland, Alexia was named one of the captains and MVP of the game.

"It was a game much bigger than the score," she said. "Amazing vibes from the stadium and everyone cheering from home, too!"