UCLA Bruins women's soccer

UCLA Bruins women's soccer
UCLA Bruins women's soccer
2023 UCLA Bruins women's soccer Team
Founded	1937; 87 years ago
University	University of California, Los Angeles
Head coach	Margueritte Aozasa (1st season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Los Angeles, California
Stadium	Wallis Annenberg Stadium ; (Capacity: 2,145)
Nickname	Bruins
Colors	Blue and gold;
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament championships
	2013, 2022
NCAA Tournament runner-up
	2000, 2004, 2005, 2017
NCAA Tournament Semifinals
	2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
	1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
	1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

The UCLA Bruins women's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of California at Los Angeles. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The team won its first national championship on December 8, 2013, by defeating Florida State 1–0 in overtime.^[2] The Bruins won the program's second national title on December 5, 2022, beating North Carolina 3–2 in double overtime.^[3]

Current roster

As of 12 Sep 2024^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
00	GK	MEX	Mariangela Medina
0	GK	USA	Ryan Campbell
1	GK	USA	Layla Armas
2	FW	USA	Ayo Oke
3	DF	USA	Maya Evans
4	DF	USA	Lilly Reale
5	DF	USA	Milla Shafie
6	DF	USA	Kamryn Winger
7	DF	USA	Paloma Daubert
8	MF	USA	Peyton Marcisz
9	MF	USA	Sophia Cook
10	MF	USA	Meg Boade
11	DF	USA	America Frias
12	FW	USA	Jordan Geis
13	MF	USA	Emma Egizii
14	MF	USA	Valerie Vargas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	USA	Jayden Perry
16	FW	USA	Taylor Cheatham
17	FW	USA	Lexi Wright
18	FW	USA	Avery Robinson
19	DF	USA	Quincy McMahon
20	DF	USA	Bella Winn
21	MF	USA	Lily Boyden
22	MF	USA	Alice Barbieri
23	FW	USA	Kara Croone
24	FW	USA	Sophie Reale
25	DF	USA	Nicki Fraser
26	FW	USA	Sammy Sanchez
27	MF	USA	Kirsten Crane
36	MF	USA	Maya Leoni
41	FW	USA	Bridgette Marin
50	MF	USA	Sunshine Fontes

Seasons

Updated through October 30, 2022

Season	Coach	Record		Notes
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Notes
Pac-12 Conference
2011	B. J. Snow	16–1–4	8–1–2	NCAA T-17th, Pac-12 2nd
2012	B. J. Snow	18–3–2	8–2–1	NCAA T-5th, Pac-12 2nd
2013	Amanda Cromwell	22–1–3	9–0–2	NCAA Champions, Pac-12 1st
2014	Amanda Cromwell	21–0–2	10–0–1	NCAA Quarterfinals, Pac-12 1st
2015	Amanda Cromwell	8-10-1	4-6-1	Missed the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, Pac-12 8th
2016	Amanda Cromwell	15-6-1	7-3-1	NCAA Round of 16, Pac-12 4th
2017	Amanda Cromwell	19–3–3	8–2–1	NCAA 2nd, Pac-12 T-2nd
2018	Amanda Cromwell	17-3-2	9–2	NCAA T-5th, Pac-12 2nd
2019	Amanda Cromwell	18-5-1	8–3	NCAA T-3rd, Pac-12 2nd
2020	Amanda Cromwell	13-1-3	9-1-1	NCAA Round of 16, Pac-12 1st
2021	Amanda Cromwell	16–1–3	8–0–3	NCAA, Pac-12 1st
2022	Margueritte Aozasa	17–1	9–1	Best start in program history; new record crowd (2,446) set on October 30, 2022, at Wallis Annenberg Stadium; Rank No. 1; NCAA Champions (2nd title)

Source: UCLA Athletics

Postseason

The UCLA Bruins have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 71–22 (including penalty kicks) through twenty-one appearances.

One of their most notable runs, the second-seeded Bruins trounced their first three opponents each by a 5–0 margin, before falling in the Elite Eight to the first-seeded UNC Tar Heels, who lead the nation with 22 NCAA Championship titles in program history. The match was decided in penalty kicks after regular time and overtime ended in a 2–2 draw.^[when?]^[5]

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1995	First round	Washington	L 1–2
1997	First round Second round Third round	Portland SMU Notre Dame	W 1–0 W 3–2 L 0–8
1998	Second round	BYU	L 0–2
1999	Second round Third round	San Diego Santa Clara	W 2–1 L 0–7
2000	Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	USC Texas A&M Clemson Portland North Carolina	W 3–0 W 4–0 W 2–1 W 1–0 L 1–2
2001	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals	CSU Fullerton Pepperdine Dayton Florida	W 3–0 W 2–1 W 3–1 L 0–1
2002	First round Second round Third round	Loyola Marymount USC Texas A&M	W 4–0 W 1–0 L 0–1
2003	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals	San Diego Pepperdine Kansas Penn State North Carolina	W 2–0 W 2–0 W 1–0 W 4–0 L 0–3
2004	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Pepperdine San Diego Duke Ohio State Princeton Notre Dame	W 1–0 W 3–0 W 2–0 W 1–0 W 2–0 L 1–2
2005	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Mississippi Valley State Colorado Marquette Virginia Florida State Portland	W 9–0 W 3–0 W 4–0 W 5–0 W 4–0 L 0–4
2006	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals	UNLV CSU Fullerton Florida Portland North Carolina	W 6–1 W 3–1 W 3–2 W 2–1 L 0–2
2007	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals	CSU Fullerton Oklahoma State Virginia Portland USC	W 3–1 W 4–0 W 2–1 W 3–2 L 1–2
2008	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Fresno State San Diego USC Duke North Carolina	W 5–0 W 1–0 W 1–0 W 6–1 L 0–1
2009	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Boise State San Diego State Virginia Portland Stanford	W 7–1 W 5–0 W 3–0 W 2–1 L 1–2
2010	First round Second round Third round	BYU UCF Stanford	W 1–0 W 2–1 L 0–3
2011	First round Second round	New Mexico San Diego	W 1–0 L 1–2
2012	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals	Wisconsin Kentucky San Diego State Stanford	W 1–0 W 5–0 W 3–0 L 1–2
2013	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	San Diego State Kentucky Stanford North Carolina Virginia Florida State	W 3–0 W 3–0 W 2–0 W 1–0 W 2–1 W 1–0
2014	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals	San Diego Harvard Pepperdine Virginia	W 5–0 W 7–0 W 1–0 L 1–2
2016	First round Second round Third round	Seattle Nebraska West Virginia	W 3–0 W 2–0 L 1–2
2017	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	San Diego State Northwestern Virginia Princeton Duke Stanford	W 3–1 W 1–0 W 2–1 W 3–1 W 1–0 L 2–3
2018	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals	San Jose State Minnesota NC State North Carolina	W 5–0 W 5–0 W 5–0 L 2–4
2019	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Lamar Clemson Wisconsin Florida State Stanford	W 4–1 W 5–0 W 2–0 W 4–0 L 1–4
2020	First round Second round Third round	– Iowa #6 Clemson	– W 2–1 L 1–1
2021	First round	UC Irvine	L 0–1
2022	First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals National Championship	Northern Arizona UCF Northwestern Virginia Alabama North Carolina	W 4–1 W 1–1 (3-0PK) W 2–0 W 2–1 W 3–0 W 3–2

Stadium

The Bruins played their home games on the Frank Marshall Field of Drake Stadium on campus until 2017. The stadium is named in honor of Elvin C. "Ducky" Drake, UCLA's longtime trainer and former student athlete. Film producer Marshall graduated from UCLA.

In 2018, the Bruins moved to the soccer-specific stadium, Wallis Annenberg Stadium, along with the UCLA Bruins men's soccer program. On September 23, 2022, a capacity crowd of 2,237 saw the women's team defeating Cal 4–2 at Annenberg Stadium.

Notable alumni

This list of former players includes those who received international caps, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals, or who made significant contributions to the sport after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

Louise Lieberman (1996-2000)
Lauren Holiday (2006–2009)
Sydney Leroux (2008–2011)
Chanté Sandiford (2009–2011)
Sam Mewis (2011–2014)
Abby Dahlkemper (2011–2014)
Rosie White (2011-2014)
Hailie Mace (2015-2018)
Anika Rodríguez (2016-2019)
Jessie Fleming(2016-2019)
Ashley Sanchez (2017-2019)
Karina Rodríguez (2017-2021)
Mia Fishel (2019-2021)
Maricarmen Reyes (2018-2022)

Another notable Bruin is Mallory Swanson, who played just one season at UCLA before going professional. She is a starting forward on the U.S. women's national team as well as on the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Head coaches

1993-1997 : Joy Fawcett
1998 : Todd Saldana
1999–2010 : Jill Ellis
2011-2012 : B. J. Snow
2013–2021 : Amanda Cromwell
2021–Present : Margueritte Aozasa

References

^ "Style Guide // UCLA Athletics for Print and Digital Applications" (PDF). UCLA Nike Jordan Style Guide. July 7, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ Nolan Hayes, UCLA wins national championship, defeats Florida State 1-0 in overtime, The Associated Press via NCAA.com, December 8, 2013
^ Alder, EM (2022-12-05). "UCLA women's soccer pulls off miracle comeback over North Carolina for NCAA title". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
^ "Women's soccer roster".
^ "Division I Women's Soccer Championships Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

External links

Official website

[1] "Style Guide // UCLA Athletics for Print and Digital Applications" (PDF). UCLA Nike Jordan Style Guide. July 7, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[2] Nolan Hayes, UCLA wins national championship, defeats Florida State 1-0 in overtime, The Associated Press via NCAA.com, December 8, 2013

[3] Alder, EM (2022-12-05). "UCLA women's soccer pulls off miracle comeback over North Carolina for NCAA title". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-12-05.

[4] "Women's soccer roster".

[5] "Division I Women's Soccer Championships Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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