2023 UCLA Bruins women's soccer team

2023 UCLA Bruins women's soccer
2023 UCLA Bruins women's soccer
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 1
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 1
Record	1–0–0 (0–0–0 Pac-12)
Head coach	Margueritte Aozasa (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Gof Boyoko (2nd season); Molly Poletto (2nd season); Gina Brewer (1st season);
Home stadium	Wallis Annenberg Stadium; (Capacity: 2,145)

The 2023 UCLA Bruins Women's Soccer Team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer season.

Squad

Roster

As of August 2023:

Source:^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Kelly McManus
00	GK	USA	Faith Nguyen
1	GK	USA	Neeku Purcell
2	DF	USA	Ayo Oke
3	DF	USA	Maya Evans
4	DF	USA	Lilly Reale
5	DF	USA	Milla Shafie
7	DF	USA	Jordyn Gather
8	MF	USA	Peyton Marcisz
9	MF	USA	Sophia Cook
10	MF	USA	Ally Lemos
11	FW	MEX	América Frías
12	MF	USA	Michaela Rosenbaum
13	MF	USA	Emma Egizii
14	FW	USA	Val Vargas
15	DF	USA	Jayden Perry


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	USA	Taylor Cheatham
17	FW	USA	Lexi Wright
18	DF	USA	Emily Pringle
19	DF	USA	Quincy McMahon
20	DF	NOR	My Haugland Sørsdahl
21	MF	USA	MacKenzee Vance
22	MF	USA	Jen Alvarado
23	FW	USA	Janae DeFazio
24	FW	USA	Sophie Reale
26	MF	MEX	Bridgette Marin-Valencia
27	MF	USA	Kirsten Crane
30	MF	USA	Megan Edelman
33	FW	USA	Ally Cook
36	MF	USA	Maya Leoni
50	MF	USA	Sunshine Fontes
66	FW	USA	Reilyn Turner

Schedule and results

Source:^[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 12th 5:00 p.m.	No. 1	at Fresno State	W 4-0	–	The Bulldog Soccer Stadium (N/A) Fresno, California
Non-Conference Regular season
August 17 7:00 p.m., P12N	No. 1	Georgia	W 2-0	1-0-0	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (691) Westwood, Los Angeles, California
August 20th 10:30 a.m., P12N	No. 1	Portland	Canceled	1-0-0	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
August 24th 7:00 p.m., P12N	No. 1	Cal Poly	W 2-1	2-0-0	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
August 27th 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 1	at UC Irvine	W 4-0	3-0-0	Anteater Stadium Irvine, California
August 31st 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at BYU	L 1-3	3-1-0	South Field Provo, Utah
September 7th 7:00 p.m., P12N		Long Beach State	W 4-0	4-1-0	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
September 10th 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at CSUN	W 3-0	5-1-0	Matador Soccer Field Northridge, California
September 15th 7:00 p.m., UCLA Live Stream-2		Pepperdine	W 2-0	6-1-0	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
Conference Regular season
September 22nd 6;00 p.m., P12N		at Colorado	W 3-1	7-1-0 (1-0-0)	Prentup Field Boulder, Colorado
September 28th 7:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington	W 3-2	8-1-0 (2-0-0)	Huskey Soccer Stadium Seattle, Washington
October 1st 12:00 p.m., P12N		at Washington State	W 2-0	9-1-0 (3-0-0)	Lower Soccer Field Pullman, Washington
October 5th 7:00 p.m., P12NLA		Oregon State	W 6-0	10-1-0 (4-0-0)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
October 8th 1:00 p.m., Pac-12 Insider		Oregon	W 4-0	11-1-0 (5-0-0)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
October 13th 6:00 p.m., P12N		Utah	W 4-0	12-1-0 (6-0-0)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
October 19th 7:00 p.m., P12NLA		at Arizona	W 4-1	13-1-0 (7-0-0)	Murphey Field at Mulcahy Soccer Stadium Tucson, Arizona
October 22nd 1:00 p.m., Pac-12 Insider		at Arizona State	W 1-0	14-1-0 (8-0-0)	Sun Devil Soccer Stadium Tempe, Arizona
October 26th 4:00 p.m., P12N		California	W 2-0	15-1-0 (9-0-0)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
October 29th 12:00 p.m., P12N		Stanford	T 1-1	15-1-1 (9-0-1)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
November 3rd 7:00 p.m., P12N		USC Rivalry	W 4-2	16-1-1 (10-0-1)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
NCAA Tournament
November 10th 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	UC Irvine First Round	L 0-1	16-2-1	Wallis Annenberg Stadium Westwood, Los Angeles, California
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Game summaries

at Fresno State (Exhibition)

August 12th	Fresno State Bulldogs	0-4	UCLA Bruins	Fresno, California
5:00 p.m.				Stadium: The Bulldog Soccer Stadium

vs Georgia

August 17th	UCLA Bruins	2-0	Georgia Bulldogs	Westwood, Los Angeles, California
7:00 p.m.	Jayden Perry 22' (pen.) Reilyn Turner 65' Ally Cook 69' 77'	Report		Stadium: Wallis Annenberg Stadium Attendance: 691 Referee: Reymond Moffatte Jr. Assistant referees: Jared Kennedy Assistant referees: Eduardo Chavez Fourth official: Andie Reyes

vs Portland

August 20th	UCLA Bruins	pp	Portland Piolts	Westwood, Los Angeles, California
10:30 a.m.				Stadium: Wallis Annenberg Stadium

vs Cal Poly

August 24th	UCLA Bruins	2-1	Cal Poly Mustangs	Westwood, Los Angeles, California
7:00 p.m.	Ally Cook 27' Ayo Oke 47' Val Vargas 81' Sunshine Fontes 88' (pen.) Jayden Perry 89'	Report	Bailey Bracha 49' 56' Kate Reedy 52'	Stadium: Wallis Annenberg Stadium Referee: Jorge Partida Assistant referees: Jonathan Kaminski Assistant referees: Mercey Watfa Fourth official: Sarah Ramadan

at UC Irvine

August 27th	UC Irvine Anteaters	0-4	UCLA Bruins	Irvine, California
6:30 p.m.	Ally Cook 17' Reilyn Turner 26' Lexi Wright 52' Val Vargas 85'	Report	Kirea Smeenge 54' Alyssa Moore 60' Emilie Castagna 64'	Stadium: Anteater Stadium Attendance: 2,068 Referee: Ravel Georgiev Assistant referees: Marissa Postlethwaite Assistant referees: Erik Sabogal Fourth official: Nathan Max

at BYU

August 31st	BYU Cougars	v	UCLA Bruins	Provo, Utah
7:00 p.m.				Stadium: South Field

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[3]	1	1	1	4	5	5	5	5	5	2	2	2	Not released					15
TopDrawer Soccer^[4]	1	1	1	6	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	—	—	—	—

References

^ "2023 Women's Soccer Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
^ "2023 UCLA Bruins women's soccer schedule". uclabruins.com/sports/womens-soccer. University of California, Los Angeles. July 7, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. TopDrawer Soccer. August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

[1] "2023 Women's Soccer Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved January 21, 2023.

[2] "2023 UCLA Bruins women's soccer schedule". uclabruins.com/sports/womens-soccer. University of California, Los Angeles. July 7, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

[3] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.

[4] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. TopDrawer Soccer. August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.

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