Alia Martin

Alia Marie Martin (born June 9, 1998) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender. She played college soccer for the Michigan Wolverines, earning first-team All-American honors in 2021, before spending stints with the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and Indy Eleven of the USL W League.

Early life Martin was raised in Carmel, Indiana, as one of three children born to Michael and Tamara Martin. Martin attended Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, where she was a varsity letterwinner in both soccer and basketball. With the soccer team, she earned four all-state first team honors, three all-region honors, and two high school All-American honors. in the championship match, she assisted both of Brebeuf Jesuit's goals in a 2–1 victory over Penn High School. The following year, she was named the Indiana Sports Awards' girls soccer player of the year after her school received another title match. Martin also played club soccer for Eclipse Select SC, contributing to an ECNL title in 2014, before joining the Indiana Fire. after acquiring her from college via the National Women's Soccer League's discovery process as opposed to the college draft. Martin did not make a single competitive appearance for the Spirit in 2022. She was released from the club at the end of her rookie season, with Washington opting to decline her contract option.

In 2023, Martin played for Indy Eleven of the pre-professional USL W League. In Indy Eleven's semifinal match, Martin scored for the first time in seven years, netting the go-ahead goal in an eventual 3–2 win over the San Francisco Glens. Then, in the W League final, she was named the championship match MVP after scoring the game-winning bicycle kick in the 99th minute of the final.

International career Martin received multiple invites to United States under-17 national team camps in 2014.

Honors and awards Michigan Wolverines

Big Ten women's soccer tournament: 2021

Individual

First-team All-American: 2021 First-team All-Big Ten: 2019, 2020, 2021 Big Ten tournament Defensive MVP: 2021