2007 (Freshman): Redshirted.

High School/Club/ODP: Starting defender at Thomas S. Wootton H.S. for three seasons, helping the Patriots win a division championship in 2005...Captained his high school team as a senior...Played on the OBGC Pumas club team, contributing to a second place finish in the Colonial League in 2007...Club team won NCSL Division I championships in the spring of 2005 and 2006...Received an invitation to play with the D.C. United Youth Team in national finals in Tampa, Fla.

Background: Marco Ciarla was born on March 6, 1989...Son of Massimo and Fulvia Ciarla...Has a brother, Alessandro...Majoring in Architectural Engineering.