Women's Soccer

Louise Lieberman
Louise Lieberman

A four-year letterwinner at UCLA from 1995-98, Louise Lieberman returned to her alma mater in 2009 and finished her eighth season on the Bruin coaching staff in 2016. She helped lead UCLA to its first-ever NCAA womenโ€™s soccer championship in 2013.

Lieberman previously served as Director of Coaching for the highly-competitive LA Rampage FC for three years. Her primary position with the club included overseeing all 27 youth teams, while managing a staff of roughly 15 coaches. As director, she was also heavily involved in all parent/player relations with the club. Lieberman was hired by the Rampage to be the Director of Womenโ€™s Coaching in 2005 and was elevated to the main director position after just one year.

Prior to her time with the Rampage, she served as former Bruin Paul Caligiuriโ€™s assistant for both the menโ€™s and womenโ€™s teams at Cal Poly Pomona in 2002 and was an undergraduate assistant coach for the Bruin women in 1999. Lieberman has also been extensively involved with the Cal-South ODP team, coaching at both the U-14 and U-16 levels. In 2016, she was honored with the Cal South Excellence in Coaching Award. She has also worked with the U.S. Soccer U-18 National Team at their training camps.

As a player, Lieberman was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection at UCLA in 1995. She played in 78 games during her four-year career, totaling 31 points on seven goals and 17 assists. A two-year winner of the teamโ€™s Most Inspirational Award, she helped the program claim its first two Pac-10 Championships in 1997 and โ€˜98, and UCLA made the NCAA Tournament in three of her four seasons, reaching the quarterfinals in 1997. Following her UCLA playing days, she played one year for the WUSAโ€™s Washington Freedom during the leagueโ€™s inaugural season of 2001. In 2010, she was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Lieberman was a standout at Beverly Hills High School from 1991-95, earning multiple MVP, all-league and All-CIF honors. She was named one of Soccer Americaโ€™s Elite 11 Recruits as a senior in 1995. She also led her club team, the Fountain Valley Spirit, to a national championship in 1994.

Lieberman graduated from UCLA in 2000 with a degree in Sociology.