Ashley Sanchez
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ashley Nicole Sanchez[1] | ||
Date of birth | March 16, 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Pasadena, California, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Washington Spirit | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Santa Anita SC | |||
Legends FC | |||
So Cal Blues | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | UCLA Bruins | 69 | (23) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | Washington Spirit | 26 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2013 | United States U14 | ||
2013–2014 | United States U15 | ||
2014–2016 | United States U17 | 21 | (21) |
2014–2018 | United States U20 | 33 | (11) |
2021– | United States | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:06, November 1, 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 23, 2022 |
Ashley Nicole Sanchez (born March 16, 1999) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for the Washington Spirit.
Early life[]
Sanchez is from Monrovia, California.[3]
Sanchez played youth soccer for Santa Anita SC, Legends FC, and So Cal Blues.[4]
College career[]
Sanchez joined the UCLA Bruins in 2017.[2] She had considered going to University of Southern California, but committed to UCLA in eighth grade.[3]
As a first-year, Sanchez was named to the first eleven of the all-conference Pac-12 team.[5] Sanchez scored six goals and had nine assists during the regular season for UCLA.[2]
Club career[]
She was drafted by the Washington Spirit in January 2020.[6][7]
International career[]
Sanchez is a United States youth international at under-14, under-15, under-17, under-20, and under-23 levels.[4] She captained the United States at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and also played at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[8] and the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[9] In 2016, Sanchez became the first player in United States history to play in multiple world cups in the same year.[2]
Sanchez received her first call-up to the United States senior team in March 2016.[10]
Career statistics[]
International[]
- As of match played February 23, 2022[11]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals | Assists |
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United States | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Honors[]
United States women's national soccer team
References[]
- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 – List of Players: USA U20 (women)" (PDF). FIFA. July 26, 2018. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Profile". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "Ashley Sanchez has found her freedom on the soccer field and UCLA is all the better for it". Los Angeles Times. November 2, 2018.
- ^ a b "Profile". United States Soccer Federation. Archived from the original on January 14, 2017. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ "Pac-12 announces women's soccer All-Conference honors". Pac-12. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ^ Cavalier, Mason (January 16, 2020). "Washington Spirit select Ashley Sanchez fourth overall in 2020 NWSL Draft".
- ^ "Spirit trade national team F Mallory Pugh". NBC Sports Washington. January 16, 2020.
- ^ "USA ROSTER NAMED FOR 2018 FIFA U-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". US Soccer. July 17, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ "Heath, Sanchez named 2016 U.S. Soccer Female and Young Female player of the year". United States Soccer Federation. December 13, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^ "Monrovia teen Ashley Sanchez gets USWNT call up". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. March 22, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^ "Ashley Sanchez | USWNT | U.S. Soccer Official Site". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Women's National Team Defeats Iceland 5-0 To Win Third Consecutive And Fifth Overall SheBelieves Cup Title, Presented By Visa". www.ussoccer.com.
External links[]
- Ashley Sanchez at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- American women's soccer players
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- United States women's international soccer players
- Women's association football forwards
- UCLA Bruins women's soccer players
- Sportspeople from Pasadena, California
- Soccer players from California
- Washington Spirit draft picks
- Washington Spirit players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- American women's soccer biography stubs