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Kate Markgraf (née Kathryn Michele Sobrero, born
August 23, 1976), is a football (soccer)|soccer
player who belongs to the United States women's
national soccer team. 

Markgraf, who stands at five feet, nine inches, is
a native of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she
attended Detroit Country Day School.  At Detroit
Country, she helped guide the soccer team to the
state title in 1991, scoring 16 goals and having
26 assists. She was also a volleyball player
there, making the All-League team three times in
volleyball while she attended that school. In
soccer, she made the NSCAA All-American team one
time and was chosen for the All-State team three
times.

After graduating high school, she decided to
attend University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame. In
Notre Dame, she was a member of the Dean's List,
and graduated with a degree in Science|science and
business. She was a three time NSCAA All-American
while there, was a three time all Big East
selection, the 1997 Big East defensive player of
the year, and the defensive MVP of the NCAA's
Final Four in 1995, year in which her team won the
NCAA women's soccer championship.

In 1998, she played in her first U.S. women's
national team game, when they faced the national
selection of Argentina. Markgraf (then Sobrero)
was the youngest member of the team that won the
FIFA Women's World Cup|Women's World Cup in 1999,
and she participated also in the 2000 Olympic
Games of Sydney, and the 2004 Games in Athens. 
The team took home the silver in 2000 and the gold
in 2004.

She was a member of the Boston Breakers in the
Women's United Soccer Association|WUSA league, and
she was named defender of the year for that team
in 2001. The WUSA is currently inoperative due to
lack of capital.  She also enjoys signing
autographs for her fans. In 2003, she married
soccer player Chris Markgraf.

She now plays professionally for KIF Örebro
DFF|KIF Örebro in the Damallsvenskan|Swedish
league alongside longtime USA teammate Kristine
Lilly.