Aaliyah Farmer

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Aaliyah Farmer
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Farmer with USC in 2021
Personal information
Full name Aaliyah Shiria Farmer [1]
Date of birth (2003-10-27) October 27, 2003 (age 22) [1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Center back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tigres UANL
Number 32
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 USC Trojans 80 (9)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Tigres UANL 25 (2)
International career‡
2025– Mexico 5 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 18, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of October 23, 2025

Aaliyah Shiria Farmer (born October 27, 2003) is a professional soccer player who plays as a defender or midfielder for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL. Born in the United States, she plays for the Mexico national team. She played college soccer for the USC Trojans.

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Early life

Farmer grew up in Tustin, California, with three sisters. [2] She is of Mexican descent on her mother's side and African American on her father's side. [3] She attended Villa Park High School in Villa Park, California, where she starred on the soccer team and played volleyball for one season. [2] She played club soccer for Slammers FC, earning ECNL All-American and conference player of the year honors at the under-16 level in 2019. [4] She was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the 17th-best player of the 2021 class, part of USC's fourth-ranked recruiting class. [5]

College career

Farmer played four seasons for the USC Trojans, making 80 appearances (63 starts) and recording 9 goals and 9 assists. [2] She helped lead the Trojans to the Big Ten Conference regular-season title (in their first season in the conference) as a senior in 2024. [2] She played every minute in the postseason as USC made the Big Ten tournament semifinals and the NCAA tournament quarterfinals. [2]

Club career

On January 14, 2025, Mexican club Tigres UANL announced that they had signed Farmer to her first professional contract. [6] She made her professional debut two days later as a substitute in a 2–1 loss to Atlas. [7] On May 21, she scored her first professional goal in the CONCACAF W Champions Cup semifinals against the Portland Thorns, opening a 2–0 victory at the Estadio Universitario. [7] She started in the final three days later as Tigres lost 1–0 to Gotham FC. [8]

On September 12, 2025, Farmer scored her first goal in Liga MX Femenil in a 5–1 win over Pumas. [7]

International career

Mexico head coach Pedro López gave Farmer her first international call-up for the Pinatar Cup in February 2025, but she was unable to feature due to injury. [9] She made her international debut on May 30, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 friendly draw against Uruguay. [7] She scored her first international goal in a 1–0 friendly win over New Zealand on October 23. [10]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 October 2025 Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1–01–0 Friendly

Honors and awards

USC Trojans

Tigres UANL

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup Finals Roster" (PDF). CONCACAF. May 16, 2025. p. 4. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Aaliyah Farmer". USC Trojans . Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  3. ↑ Romo, Jose (October 13, 2021). "USC athletes celebrate their Latinx heritage". USC Annenberg Media . Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  4. ↑ "ECNL All-America Team & PotY announced". Elite Clubs National League. July 18, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2025– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "ECNL Players of the Year for 2018/2019". Elite Clubs National League. July 10, 2019. Retrieved February 13, 2025– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  5. ↑ Clark, Travis (August 18, 2021). "Final 2021 Women's DI Recruiting Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved May 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ Ibáñez, Marifer (January 14, 2025). "Tigres Femenil anunció a Aaliyah Farmer como su nueva jugadora". abcnoticias.mx. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Aaliyah Farmer". flashscore.com. Retrieved October 24, 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Gotham FC defeats the UANL Tigres to become the first CONCACAF W Champions Cup winner". Associated Press. May 25, 2025. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ Marroquín, Emmanuel R. "La Selección Mexicana Femenil da convocatoria para la Pinatar Cup" (in Spanish). TUDN . Retrieved February 13, 2025.
    Jiménez, Juan Carlos (February 25, 2025). "Se lastima otra 'Amazona' en el 'Tri'; Farmer es baja". El Norte (in Spanish). Retrieved October 24, 2025.
  10. ↑ "México femenil vence a Nueva Zelanda con gol de Aaliyah Farmer" (in Spanish). ESPN. October 24, 2025. Retrieved October 24, 2025.
  11. ↑ "USC Women's Soccer Defeats UCLA and Claims Big Ten Regular Season Title". USC Trojans. October 27, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2025.
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