2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Madelyn Desiano
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Aliso Niguel
- Hometown:
- San Clemente, Calif.
2022
Starter on UCLA’s NCAA Championship team … Played all 110 minutes in the Championship game and scored a goal in the semifinal win over Alabama … Played in all 25 games and started 23 and scored 11 points off three goals and five assists … Recorded the game-winner in the NCAA Round of 16 win over Northwestern … Scored her first collegiate goal in the 4-0 win over Arizona State … Had a two-assist game at Pepperdine … Ranked fifth on the team with five assists … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week and selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Oct. 10 … Earned College Soccer News Team of the Week distinction Nov. 22 … Helped lead UCLA to 14 shutouts and a team goals against average of 0.55, its lowest since the 2014 team compiled a 0.25 GAA.
2021
Led UCLA and ranked fourth in the Pac-12 with nine assists from a left back position … Played in 18 games and made 12 starts … Recorded an assist in each of the first six games of the season, including two in the season opener against UC Irvine … Assisted on the game-winner against Colorado in double overtime, backheeling the ball just before it crossed the endline to set up the golden goal … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week twice (Aug. 24 and Sept. 13) … Selected to the College Soccer News Team of the Week Sept. 13 after helping to shut out Santa Clara and assisting on the game’s only goal … Played the full 90, a career-best, in the win at Cal State Fullerton.
2020
Played in 11 games after missing the previous two seasons due to ACL injuries … Made her collegiate debut on Feb. 16, playing 24 minutes against San Diego … Played in a career-high 66 minutes at USC on Apr. 16.
2019
Sat out the season after undergoing a second knee surgery in the off-season.
2018
Redshirted the season after undergoing knee surgery in the Spring.
U.S. National Team
Member of the U.S. Youth National Teams since 2014 when she played with the U-14s … Played with the U-19s in China in Sept. 2017 and with the U-18s in Switzerland in April 2018.
High School/Club
Lettered three years at Aliso Niguel HS before graduating early and enrolling at UCLA in January 2018 … Third-team All-American and South Coast League MVP in 2017 … Three-time All-CIF SS and all-league selection … Member of her school’s dance team for three years and was voted the team’s Distinguished Dancer in 2017 … Also helped her team win a national championship in 2015 … Played club soccer with SoCal Blues, which won the U15 ECNL National Championship in 2015 and the Surf Cup Championships in 2015 (U15) and 2017 (U18/U19).
Personal
Full name is Madelyn Marie Desiano … Born in Mission Viejo, Calif. … Parents are Ann-Marie and Tom Desiano … Has one younger brother, Tommy … Both parents are high school teachers and collegiate athletes; her father played basketball at San Jose State, and her mother was a cheerleader at Long Beach State … Chose UCLA for the stellar academics, pristine athletic/women’s soccer program and ideal location … Greatest athletic thrills are winning the ECNL National Championship and every time she gets to represent the United States internationally … Hobbies include dancing, going to the beach and working out … Graduate student in the Transformative Coaching and Leadership program of the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies.
