This Is the Los Angeles Sol: Manya Makoski

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Part 12 in a series of articles on the players that make up the 2009 Los Angeles Sol.

According to the Wiktionary of cyberspace, the definition of the unsung hero is "One who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition for them."

Case in point: the casual football fan sitting in Marta's Maniacs, section 119 of the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA.

As the match whistle blows, the fan notices familiar faces that have made the Sol one of the best in Women's Professional Soccer.

He easily notices Marta, Han Duan, Camille Abily, Aya Miyama, Shannon Boxx, Stephanie Cox, Brittany Bock, Aly Wagner and Karina LeBlanc. If he knows his Canadian players, he can see Martina Franko trod up and down the pitch.

And then he can see Manya Makoski.

Makoski is the unsung heroine of the Los Angeles Sol, hands down. Her last name does not drip of a brand that mainstream soccer moms will go gaga for.

Well, maybe the fact that it rhymes with Lebowski might give the name a chance; we may never know.

But the fact of the matter is that Manya Makoski does what she does best: the supporting role of midfielder.

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