Alicia Marie Tirelli Walter (born 1 December 1985) is an American-born Puerto Rican retired

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who has played as a

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. She has been a member of the Puerto Rico women's national team.

Early life

Tirelli was raised in Brandon,

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. She was born to American parents. Her father is of Italian and Puerto Rican descent. Tirelli attended Durant High School in Florida, where she was named the Hillsborough County girls soccer player of the year by the ''

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''.

International career

Tirelli was eligible to play for Puerto Rico through her paternal grandmother, who was born in

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. She capped for ''Las Boricuas'' at senior level during the

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International goals

''Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.''

References

1985 births Living people Women's association football forwards Puerto Rican women's footballers Puerto Rico women's international footballers Puerto Rican people of Italian descent American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Soccer players from Florida Sportspeople from Brandon, Florida American people of Italian descent American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent Florida Atlantic Owls women's soccer players USL W-League (1995–2015) players Durant High School (Florida) alumni {{US-women-footy-forward-stub