2019 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Viviana Villacorta
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Mira Costa
- Hometown:
- Lawndale, Calif.
2020
Named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List in the preseason … Suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the first half of the season opener … 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 … One of four players to start in all 24 games and has started in 45 consecutive games … Played in 2,012 minutes … Scored three goals with a career-high eight assists and ranked fourth on the team with 14 points … Scored the game-winner and assisted on a goal in the 4-2 win over USC … Totaled one goal and three assists in postseason play.
2018
Earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors … Played in all 22 games and started all but the season opener … Scored four goals and recorded four assists for 12 points … Had a hand in each goal in a 2-0 win over Arizona, assisting on the first goal and scoring the second … Recorded a goal and assist at Cal … First career goal was at Stanford.
2017
Played in all 25 games and started 15, including all six in the NCAA Tournament … Recorded four assists.
U.S. National Team
Starter for the U.S. at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup … Previously played on the Under-19 and Under-18 teams.
High School/Club
Played four years at Mira Costa HS … Named to the Daily Breeze All-Area teams from her last three seasons … Earned Bay League second team honors as a freshman and first team her last three … Won USYS National Championships in 2015 and 2016 with Cal South ODP teams … Member of 2016 National Champion Santa Clarita Blue Heat.
Personal
Full name is Viviana Venezia Villacorta … Born in Torrance, Calif. … Parents are Julio and Sonia Villacorta … Has two older sisters, Vanessa and Veronica, who played intercollegiate soccer at UC Merced, and a younger brother, Leonardo … Father won a state championship with El Camino College’s soccer team … Chose UCLA to be in an environment where she will be challenged both academically and athletically … 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 … Admires Andres Iniesta, Carli Lloyd and Lionel Messi … Hobbies include baking, hanging out with family and friends, and singing … Sociology major.
