2021 Women's Soccer Roster
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Reale, Lilly
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Jersey Number 4
Lilly Reale
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Hingham
- Hometown:
- Hingham, Mass.
Bio
2024
First-team All-American, All-North Region and All-Big Ten … Semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy … Selected the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, marking the third consecutive year she has won conference Defensive Player of the Year honors ... Became just the fourth Bruin ever to earn four first-team all-conference honors ... Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient … United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region first-team selection … Received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award … Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team … Selected to Top Drawer Soccer’s Best XI first team …Played and started in 23 games, totaling one goal and two assists … Led UCLA’s defense, which ranked No. 1 in the nation in goals against average (0.415) and shutouts (16) … The Bruins allowed just 10 goals in 2024 and posted 16 shutouts, numbers that rank No. 3 all-time at UCLA … Rated the No. 1 player in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer in its midseason Top 100 … Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors and selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after scoring the game’s only goal on an coast-to-coast 85-yard run against Cal Poly and assisting on the game-winner in the 1-0 win over No. 11 Santa Clara ... Included on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List and the United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch List … UCLA’s record during Reale’s four years was 71-9-7.
2023
Earned first-team All-America honors from the United Soccer Coaches … Semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy … Received her third-straight first-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honors … Became the first player ever to earn back-to-back Pac-12 Defender of the Year acclaim … Started and played in 17 games, logging a total of 1,340 minutes and playing in 11 full games … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 23 … Contributed to 11 shutouts, with a 0.63 goals against average … Selected to the Hermann Trophy Watch List, the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team, and to the United Soccer Coaches’ Preseason Watch List - Defenders … Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team and Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year.
2022
Became the third Bruin soccer player to win the Honda Sport Award … Named the Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the College Cup … Selected by College Soccer News as a first-team All-American … Named to the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI second team … Earned first-team All-Pacific Region honors for the second time … Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Pac-12 honoree … Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection … Started and played in 24 games, missing only the season opener while playing with the U.S. at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup … Leads all Bruin field players with 1843 minutes played … Scored the game-winning goal in the 62nd minute in a 1-0 win over Washington State … Assisted on the game-winner at Oregon State, a goal that was scored 49 seconds into the game… Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 31 … Named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week three times in November … Selected to the Hermann Trophy Watch List … Earned preseason second-team All-America honors by College Soccer News.
2021
Named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Freshman Best XI first team and to College Soccer News’ All-Freshman first team … First-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honoree … Started and played in 19 games … Scored her first collegiate goal in the 4-1 win at Oregon State … Earned an assist at LMU … Played a total of 1,683 minutes, second-most amongst UCLA field players … Played 90 minutes or more in 15 games, including four games with over 100 minutes played … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 8 … Twice named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week, on Oct. 19 and Nov. 2 … Rated the No. 3 freshman in Top Drawer Soccer’s Postseason Top 100.
U.S. National Team
Has been attending U.S. Youth National Team camps since 2017 … Selected to U.S. U-23 squad for a 2023 training camp in France and for the 2023 Thorns Preseason Tournament … Starter on U.S. Under-20 team that won the 2022 Concacaf U-20 Championship and Sud Ladies Cup … Started five games at the Concacaf Championship and scored a goal in a Round of 16 win over Suriname.
High School/Club
Three-time South Shore Select All-American, All-Region, All-State and all-league selection at Hingham HS … Scored 15 goals as a freshman and 21 as a sophomore before moving to center back … Played club soccer with South Shore Select and earned Player of the Year honors once.
Personal
Full name is Lilly Ann Reale … Born in Boston, Mass. … Parents are Melissa and Jeff Reale … Has a younger sister, Sophie, who is also on the Bruin team, and a younger brother, J.T. … Wanted to attend UCLA because “I admired their competitive spirit and culture, driven/highly advanced players and supportive coaches who will motivate me to be the best player and, most importantly, person I can be.” … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as beating Japan in the final of a tournament in Italy with the U.S. YNT … Athletes she admires are Julie Ertz and Kobe Bryant … Hobbies include skiing, surfing, tennis, hiking, long runs and drives by the water at sunset … Sociology major whose career aspirations are in the business field.
First-team All-American, All-North Region and All-Big Ten … Semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy … Selected the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, marking the third consecutive year she has won conference Defensive Player of the Year honors ... Became just the fourth Bruin ever to earn four first-team all-conference honors ... Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient … United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region first-team selection … Received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award … Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team … Selected to Top Drawer Soccer’s Best XI first team …Played and started in 23 games, totaling one goal and two assists … Led UCLA’s defense, which ranked No. 1 in the nation in goals against average (0.415) and shutouts (16) … The Bruins allowed just 10 goals in 2024 and posted 16 shutouts, numbers that rank No. 3 all-time at UCLA … Rated the No. 1 player in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer in its midseason Top 100 … Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors and selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after scoring the game’s only goal on an coast-to-coast 85-yard run against Cal Poly and assisting on the game-winner in the 1-0 win over No. 11 Santa Clara ... Included on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List and the United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch List … UCLA’s record during Reale’s four years was 71-9-7.
2023
Earned first-team All-America honors from the United Soccer Coaches … Semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy … Received her third-straight first-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honors … Became the first player ever to earn back-to-back Pac-12 Defender of the Year acclaim … Started and played in 17 games, logging a total of 1,340 minutes and playing in 11 full games … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 23 … Contributed to 11 shutouts, with a 0.63 goals against average … Selected to the Hermann Trophy Watch List, the Preseason All-Pac-12 Team, and to the United Soccer Coaches’ Preseason Watch List - Defenders … Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team and Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year.
2022
Became the third Bruin soccer player to win the Honda Sport Award … Named the Most Outstanding Defensive Player at the College Cup … Selected by College Soccer News as a first-team All-American … Named to the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI second team … Earned first-team All-Pacific Region honors for the second time … Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Pac-12 honoree … Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection … Started and played in 24 games, missing only the season opener while playing with the U.S. at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup … Leads all Bruin field players with 1843 minutes played … Scored the game-winning goal in the 62nd minute in a 1-0 win over Washington State … Assisted on the game-winner at Oregon State, a goal that was scored 49 seconds into the game… Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 31 … Named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week three times in November … Selected to the Hermann Trophy Watch List … Earned preseason second-team All-America honors by College Soccer News.
2021
Named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Freshman Best XI first team and to College Soccer News’ All-Freshman first team … First-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 honoree … Started and played in 19 games … Scored her first collegiate goal in the 4-1 win at Oregon State … Earned an assist at LMU … Played a total of 1,683 minutes, second-most amongst UCLA field players … Played 90 minutes or more in 15 games, including four games with over 100 minutes played … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 8 … Twice named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week, on Oct. 19 and Nov. 2 … Rated the No. 3 freshman in Top Drawer Soccer’s Postseason Top 100.
U.S. National Team
Has been attending U.S. Youth National Team camps since 2017 … Selected to U.S. U-23 squad for a 2023 training camp in France and for the 2023 Thorns Preseason Tournament … Starter on U.S. Under-20 team that won the 2022 Concacaf U-20 Championship and Sud Ladies Cup … Started five games at the Concacaf Championship and scored a goal in a Round of 16 win over Suriname.
High School/Club
Three-time South Shore Select All-American, All-Region, All-State and all-league selection at Hingham HS … Scored 15 goals as a freshman and 21 as a sophomore before moving to center back … Played club soccer with South Shore Select and earned Player of the Year honors once.
Personal
Full name is Lilly Ann Reale … Born in Boston, Mass. … Parents are Melissa and Jeff Reale … Has a younger sister, Sophie, who is also on the Bruin team, and a younger brother, J.T. … Wanted to attend UCLA because “I admired their competitive spirit and culture, driven/highly advanced players and supportive coaches who will motivate me to be the best player and, most importantly, person I can be.” … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as beating Japan in the final of a tournament in Italy with the U.S. YNT … Athletes she admires are Julie Ertz and Kobe Bryant … Hobbies include skiing, surfing, tennis, hiking, long runs and drives by the water at sunset … Sociology major whose career aspirations are in the business field.
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