Marilyn Marshall (footballer) explained

Marilyn Marshall
Fullname:	Marilyn Marshall
Birth Place:	New Zealand
Nationalyears1:	1975–1981
Nationalcaps1:	18
Nationalgoals1:	9
Nationalteam1:	New Zealand

Marilyn Marshall is a former association football player and softball player who represented New Zealand at international level.^[1]

Marshall made her Football Ferns debut in their first ever international as they beat Hong Kong 2–0 on 25 August 1975^[2] at the inaugural AFC Women's Asian Cup,^[3] ^[4] her sister Debbie Leonidas^[5] making her New Zealand debut in the same match. She has the distinction of scoring New Zealand's first ever women's international goal^[6] and finished her international career with 18 caps and 9 goals to her credit.

Honours

New Zealand

AFC Women's Championship

1975

Notes and References

Web site: Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives. The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 11 June 2009.
Web site: Roll of Honour. The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 13 May 2009.
Web site: 1975 Asian Cup. NZ Football. 18 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070902063841/http://www.nzsoccer.com/page/1975_asian_cup.html . 2 September 2007.
Web site: Football Ferns - Line-ups. The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 13 May 2009.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/communities/the-wellingtonian/794942 Ground-breaking women's soccer team to reunite
http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/id709.htm A History Of New Zealand Women's Soccer