Education
She attended Saint Francis Preparatory School in the New York City borough of Queens. Betos attended the University of Georgia.
She attended Saint Francis Preparatory School in the New York City borough of Queens. Betos attended the University of Georgia.
She is currently playing with Sydney Football Club in the Australian West-League on loan from Portland Thorns Football Club of the National Women"s Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for Seattle Reign Football Club, Apollon Limassol, and the New York Fury. Born in Queens, New York to parents, Luke and Susan Betos, Michelle began playing soccer at age five.
She was a two-year captain on the soccer team and was named 2005 Most Valuable Player.
In 2005, she was named an ENYSSA State Team player and participated in the Super Y-League Olympic Development Program (ODP) National Camp. University of Georgia
During her senior year, she started all 22 games, logging 1,929 minutes and earned eight shutouts and a goals-against average (Gaelic Athletic Association) of 1.12 per game.
Her junior year, she appeared in all 23 games making 22 starts. She recorded seven shutouts and a 1.19 Gaelic Athletic Association, finishing the season with 117 saves.
Betos was named Securities and Exchange Commission All-Tournament Team and Securities and Exchange Commission Defensive Player of the Week on October 21, 2008.
In 2007, she started all 24 games, finishing with 18 wins, eight shutouts and a 0.79 Gaelic Athletic Association. She recorded a save percentage of.816, making 84 saves and allowing 19 goals. She was named the team"s Defensive Most Valuable Player. During her freshman year, Betos appeared in 12 games in goal, making eight starts.
She led Georgia in Gaelic Athletic Association (118), save percentage (732), least goals allowed (11), wins (5), shutouts (3) and saves (30).
She was named to the Securities and Exchange Commission All-Freshman Team the same year. Club
= Atlanta Silverbacks, 2009 Betos played for the Atlanta Silverbacks of the West-League during the 2009 season.
She finished the season with a 9–1–1 record and the team finished 10–1–1. She ranked second in the league for her 0.188 goals-against average, nine wins and nine shutouts.
= New York Fury, 2012 Betos signed with the New York Fury in the Women"s Premier Soccer League Elite for the 2012 season.
= Apollon Limassol, 2012-2013 Betos signed with Apollon Limassol in the Union of European Football Associations Women"s Champions League for the 2012–2013 season. She recorded five appearances for the team for a total of 450 minutes. = Seattle Reign Football Club, 2013 Betos was selected by the Seattle Reign Football Club during the 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft as their fifth pick (34th pick overall).
She was the starting goalkeeper for seven of the club"s matches during the beginning of the 2013 season before Hope Solo returned from wrist surgery recovery.
Betos made 34 saves and registered a 2.0 goals against average. = Portland Thorns Football Club, 2014 In the 2013-2014 offseason, Seattle traded Betos and Kristie Mewis to the Boston Breakers for Sydney Leroux.
Boston soon traded Betos to Portland for the thirty-fourth pick in the 2014 NWSL College Draft. On June 19, 2015, Betos scored the equalizing goal for 10-man Portland in the 95th minute against Football Club Kansas City.
This was the first ever goal scored by a goalkeeper in the NWSL. Her goal was featured on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network SportsCenter as the #2 play during the show"s Top 10 feature.
She was subsequently named NWSL Player of the Week. = Sydney Football Club, 2015 In September 2015, Betos joined Sydney Football Club on loan for the 2015-2016 season.
She played for the Albertson Fury ’87 from 2004–2006 and was a member of the Region I Olympic Development Program (ODP) team in 2006.