ISSAQUAH, Wash. — In 2007 Chris Egan featured Issaquah soccer star Kate Deines in his first-ever Prep Zone story.
Seventeen years later and he's found another rising star from Issaquah, who like Deines, will take her talents to the University of Washington.
Since 2004 the Issaquah girls' soccer team has won five state championships and been in the title game 11 times.
"We come in with the mindset every season that we're going to be competing for a state championship by the end of the year," said Jason Lichtenberger, Issaquah head coach. "It's just a magical place to be, it's something special."
Senior captain Maggie Dutra will go down as one of the best players in school history.
Over the past three years, Maggie Dutra has scored nearly 30 goals and dished out 20 assists.
"We have so much passion when we step on the field that is just unmatched from anywhere else," Maggie Dutra said. "I love playing with my teammates and like the adrenaline when I step on the field, and you play with your team and just being out there. It's just so much fun."
SB Live Sports named Dutra as one of the top 20 players in the country. Next year, she will play at Washington.
"She is really good with both feet," Lichtenberger said. "You know she's strong, she can hold players off well. And then what separates her apart is just the little, little technical details that probably bore people to death but it's the angle she can take to close down players you know that half an inch that she takes more than other players do just makes the game that much easier for her ability to just quickly turn off a defender and be able to create a shot, she's just the real deal, the complete package."
Soccer is in Maggie Dutra's blood. Her mom and dad both played in college, and she's been surrounded by the Sounders since birth.
"I've watched so much, so it's like since a young age it's helped me like with like my quote-unquote soccer smarts but yeah, it's been like such a cool thing being able to experience that and just seeing pro athletes," Maggie Dutra said.
Maggie's father, Tom, has been the Sounders goalkeeper coach since 2006. He's coached some of the best goalies in the world, but he's most proud of his two kids.
"I told the kids, if this is what you want to do, then you know put everything into it," Tom Dutra said. "And I will be there to help you guys along the way. But first and foremost, have fun. Make sure you're having fun with it and work hard.
Maggie Dutra has worked hard, but she's not afraid to ask Dad for some helpful tips on the pitch.
"Like he's always telling me like how to unbalance offenders like how to do things like that and like, teaching me some like moves and like, stuff like that or like, practicing my shooting was like, keep we're here this way," Maggie Dutra said. "Yeah, he's a really big help with that."