The UCLA Bruins women's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the

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. The team is a member of the

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of the

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. The team won its first national championship on December 8, 2013, by defeating Florida State 1–0 in overtime. The Bruins won the program's second national title on December 5, 2022, beating North Carolina 3–2 in double overtime.

Stadium

The Bruins played their home games on the Frank Marshall Field of Drake Stadium on campus until 2017. The stadium is named in honor of Elvin C. "Ducky" Drake, UCLA's longtime trainer and former student athlete. Film producer Marshall graduated from UCLA. In 2018, the Bruins moved to the

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Wallis Annenberg Stadium Wallis Annenberg Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium located on the campus of University of California, Los Angeles. The stadium is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's soccer programs, and replaced Drake Stadium (UCLA), Drake Stadium as t ...

, along with the

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program. On September 23, 2022, a capacity crowd of 2,237 saw the women's team defeating

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4–2 at Annenberg Stadium.

Players

''As of May 4, 2020''

Seasons

:''Updated through October 30, 2022'' Source
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Postseason

The UCLA Bruins have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 71–22 (including

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) through twenty-one appearances. One of their most notable runs, the No.2-seeded Bruins trounced their first three opponents each by a 5–0 margin, before falling in the Elite Eight to the No.1-seeded UNC Tar Heels, who lead the nation with 22 NCAA Championship titles in program history. The match was decided in penalty kicks after regular time and overtime ended in a 2–2 draw.

Notable alumni

''This list of former players includes those who received international caps, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals, or who made significant contributions to the sport after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.'' *

Louise Lieberman Louise Kristina Lieberman (born May 6, 1977) is an American soccer coach and former player. She is currently the head coach of the San Diego Toreros women's team. Lieberman played for the Washington Freedom of the Women's United Soccer Associat ...

(1996-2000) *

Lauren Holiday Lauren Cheney Holiday (born Lauren Nicole Cheney; September 30, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder and forward for the United States women's national football team from 2007 to 2015. She is a tw ...

(2006–2009) *

Sydney Leroux Sydney Rae Leroux (; born May 7, 1990) is a professional soccer player and Olympic gold medalist who currently plays as a forward for Angel City FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in Canada to a Canadian mother and an Americ ...

(2008–2011) *

Chanté Sandiford Chanté Sherese Sandiford (born 8 January 1990) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Icelandic club Stjarnan and captains the Guyana national team. Sandiford has played in the UEFA Women's Champions League with Russian club FC Zorky ...

(2009–2011) *

Sam Mewis Samantha June Mewis (born October 9, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the United States national team. She played college s ...

(2011–2014) * Abby Dahlkemper (2011–2014) *

Rosie White Rosemary Eleanor Florence White (born 6 June 1993) is a New Zealand footballer who last played as a midfielder for OL Reign in the National Women's Soccer League and the New Zealand national team. Club career In July 2015, White signed for E ...

(2011-2014) *

Jessie Fleming Jessie Alexandra Fleming (born March 11, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for FA Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Canada national team. Fleming previously played collegiate soccer in the Unit ...

(2016-2019) *

Hailie Mace Hailie Jenae Mace (born March 24, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League. She debuted for the United States women's national soccer team in 2018. ...

(2015-2018) Another notable Bruin is Mallory Pugh, who played just one season at UCLA before going professional. She is a starting forward on the U.S. women's national team as well as on the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Head coaches

* 1993-1997 :

Joy Fawcett Joy Lynn Fawcett (; February 8, 1968) is a retired American professional soccer player. She earned 241 caps with the United States women's national soccer team (WNT) and retired from the WNT in 2004 as the highest scoring defender for the U.S. ...

* 1998 :

Todd Saldana Todd Saldana is a retired American soccer midfielder. He played four seasons in the North American Soccer League, two in the United Soccer League and two in the Western Soccer Alliance. He was a member of the United States U-20 men's national so ...

* 1999–2010 :

Jill Ellis Jillian Anne Ellis (born 6 September 1966) is an English-American soccer coach and executive who is currently the president of San Diego Wave FC. Ellis coached the United States women's national soccer team from 2014 to October 2019 and won two ...

* 2011-2012 :

B. J. Snow Brian James "B. J." Snow (born January 30, 1977) is an American association football, soccer coach who most recently served as the Scout (sport), director of talent identification for the United States women's national soccer team and the head co ...

* 2013–2021 :

Amanda Cromwell Amanda Caryl Cromwell (born June 15, 1970) is an American professional soccer coach and former player, and former head coach of Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League. Cromwell was previously the coach at the University of Central ...

* 2021–Present : Margueritte Aozasa

References

External links

* {{Pac-12 Conference women's soccer navbox 1937 establishments in California