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) 27 October 2003 (age 22) [1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Stars
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 USC Trojans 80 (9)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025–2026 Tigres UANL 26 (3)
2026– Chicago Stars 0 (0)
International career‡
2025– Mexico 5 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 January 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 October 2025

Aaliyah Shiria Farmer (born 27 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she plays for the Mexico national team. She played college soccer for the USC Trojans and began her professional career with Tigres UANL in 2025.

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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, being named the Orange County Register Player of the Year in 2021, [4] 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 U16 level in 2019. [5] She was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the 17th-best player of the 2021 class, part of USC's fourth-ranked recruiting class. [6]

College career

Farmer played four seasons for the USC Trojans, making 80 appearances (63 starts) and recording 9 goals and 9 assists. [2] In her senior year in 2024, she helped lead the Trojans to the Big Ten Conference regular-season title in their first season in the conference. [7] USC earned a program first one seed in the NCAA tournament, reaching the quarterfinals. [7]

Club career

Tigres UANL

On 14 January 2025, Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL announced that they had signed Farmer to her first professional contract. [8] She made her professional debut two days later as a substitute in a 2–1 loss to Atlas. [9] On 21 May, 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. [9] She started in the final three days later as Tigres lost 1–0 to Gotham FC. [10] On 12 September, she scored her first league goal in a 5–1 win over Pumas. [9] She was a starter as Tigres won their record seventh league title in the 2025 Apertura, defeating Club América in the final 4–3 on aggregate. [11]

Chicago Stars

On 3 February 2026, Farmer transferred to the NWSL's Chicago Stars FC, signing a three-year contract. [12]

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. [13] She made her international debut on May 30, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 friendly draw against Uruguay. [9] She scored her first international goal in a 1–0 friendly win over New Zealand on October 23. [14]

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. 16 May 2025. p. 4. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Aaliyah Farmer". USC Trojans . Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Romo, Jose (13 October 2021). "USC athletes celebrate their Latinx heritage". USC Annenberg Media . Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Albano, Dan (25 June 2021). "Orange County girls soccer player of the year: Villa Park's Aaliyah Farmer". The Orange County Register . Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "ECNL All-America Team & PotY announced". Elite Clubs National League. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2025– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "ECNL Players of the Year for 2018/2019". Elite Clubs National League. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2025– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  6. ↑ Clark, Travis (18 August 2021). "Final 2021 Women's DI Recruiting Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. 1 2 "USC women's soccer bows out of NCAA Tournament to Wake Forest". USC Annenberg Media. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  8. ↑ Ibáñez, Marifer (14 January 2025). "Tigres Femenil anunció a Aaliyah Farmer como su nueva jugadora". abcnoticias.mx. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Aaliyah Farmer". flashscore.com. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Gotham FC defeats the UANL Tigres to become the first CONCACAF W Champions Cup winner". Associated Press. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  11. 1 2 Álvarez, Victor (23 November 2025). "Liga MX Femenil: Tigres vence al América y conquista el título" (in Spanish). ESPN . Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  12. ↑ "Chicago Stars FC Acquires Defender Aaliyah Farmer". Chicago Stars FC. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  13. ↑ Marroquín, Emmanuel R. "La Selección Mexicana Femenil da convocatoria para la Pinatar Cup" (in Spanish). TUDN . Retrieved 13 February 2025.
    Jiménez, Juan Carlos (25 February 2025). "Se lastima otra 'Amazona' en el 'Tri'; Farmer es baja". El Norte (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "México femenil vence a Nueva Zelanda con gol de Aaliyah Farmer" (in Spanish). ESPN. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "USC Women's Soccer Defeats UCLA and Claims Big Ten Regular Season Title". USC Trojans. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
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