2020-21 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Viviana Villacorta
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Mira Costa
- Hometown:
- Lawndale, Calif.
2020
Named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List in the preseason โฆ Suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the first half of the season opener โฆ Selected by Orlando in the first round of the NWSL Draft as the No. 9 overall selection.
2019
Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors for the second consecutive season โฆ One of four players to start in all 24 games and has started in 45 consecutive games โฆ Played in 2,012 minutes โฆ Scored three goals with a career-high eight assists and ranked fourth on the team with 14 points โฆ Scored the game-winner and assisted on a goal in the 4-2 win over USC โฆ Totaled one goal and three assists in postseason play.
2018
Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors โฆ Played in all 22 games and started all but the season opener โฆ Scored four goals and recorded four assists for 12 points โฆ Had a hand in each goal in a 2-0 win over Arizona, assisting on the first goal and scoring the second โฆ Recorded a goal and assist at Cal โฆ First career goal was at Stanford.
2017
Played in all 25 games and started 15, including all six in the NCAA Tournament โฆ Recorded four assists.
U.S. National Team
Starter for the U.S. at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Womenโs World Cup โฆ Previously played on the Under-19 and Under-18 teams.
High School/Club
Played four years at Mira Costa HS โฆ Named to the Daily Breeze All-Area teams from her last three seasons โฆ Earned Bay League second team honors as a freshman and first team her last three โฆ Won USYS National Championships in 2015 and 2016 with Cal South ODP teams โฆ Member of 2016 National Champion Santa Clarita Blue Heat.
Personal
Full name is Viviana Venezia Villacorta โฆ Born in Torrance, Calif. โฆ Parents are Julio and Sonia Villacorta โฆ Has two older sisters, Vanessa and Veronica, who played intercollegiate soccer at UC Merced, and a younger brother, Leonardo โฆ Father won a state championship with El Camino Collegeโs soccer team โฆ Chose UCLA to be in an environment where she will be challenged both academically and athletically โฆ Lists her greatest thrill as earning her first start with the U.S. U-18 National Team in the National Football Stadium in Northern Ireland โฆ Admires Andres Iniesta, Carli Lloyd and Lionel Messi โฆ Hobbies include baking, hanging out with family and friends, and singingย โฆ Sociology major.
