Ally Lemos

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Ally Lemos
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Lemos with the Orlando Pride in 2024
Personal information
Full name Ally Olivia Lemos
Date of birth (2004-03-04) March 4, 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Pasadena, California, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Orlando Pride
Number 30
Youth career
Legends FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 UCLA Bruins 44 (3)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Orlando Pride 11 (0)
International career‡
2018 United States U14
2020 United States U16 3 (1)
2021–2023 United States U18
2023–2024 United States U20 19 (1)
Medal record
Women's soccer
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Colombia 2024
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 20, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 21, 2024

Ally Olivia Lemos (born March 4, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

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Lemos played collegiately for the UCLA Bruins, where she won the 2022 national championship. She was selected by the Pride in the first round of the 2024 NWSL Draft and won the NWSL Shield in her rookie season. Internationally, she represented the United States from the under-14 to under-20 level, helping win bronze at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Early life

Born in Pasadena, California, Lemos lettered one year in soccer at San Dimas High School. In 2021 she was named team MVP and San Gabriel Valley Tribune Soccer Player of the Year after scoring 46 goals and leading her team to a regional championship. [1] She played ECNL club soccer for Legends FC. Away from soccer, Lemos also lettered three years in volleyball and was a two-time first-team all-league honoree. [2]

College career

Lemos played two seasons of college soccer for the UCLA Bruins at the University of California, Los Angeles between 2022 and 2023. Part of the number one ranked recruiting class in the nation, she enrolled early during the winter quarter and played with the team throughout the spring season. [3] As a freshman, Lemos started all 25 games, registered a conference-leading nine assists and also scored one goal. [2] She was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team as well as the NCAA College Cup All-Tournament team as UCLA won the 2022 National Championship, the second in program history. [4] [5] As a sophomore she started all 19 games, leading all outfield players in minutes. She scored two goals and two assists as UCLA won the Pac-12 regular season title. [2] Lemos ended the year with first-team All-Pac-12 honors. [6]

Club career

Orlando Pride

After two seasons at UCLA, Lemos declared for the 2024 NWSL Draft. She was selected in the first round (9th overall) by Orlando Pride. At the time of her selection, she became the fourth-youngest player drafted in to the NWSL. [7] She signed a two-year contract with the club on January 26. [8]

International career

Lemos has represented the United States at youth level from under-14 to under-20 level. In February 2020, Lemos was part of a 20-player roster coached by Katie Schoepfer at the U16 EUFA Tournament in England. [9] In May 2023, Lemos was named to the under-20 squad for the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. She played in all five games and scored one goal, a penalty during a 6–0 group stage victory over Panama. The United States finished runners-up, losing the final 2–1 to Mexico. [10] She was selected to the roster for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [11] She started two matches in place of Claire Hutton at the U-20 Women's World Cup, where the United States finished in third place. [12] [13] In the quarterfinals, trailing Germany 2–0, Lemos sparked a comeback with a long ball to Jordynn Dudley in the 90+8th minute; Ally Sentnor tied the game a minute later and the United States advanced to the semifinals on penalties. [12] [14]

Career statistics

As of March 22, 2024 [15]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] Playoffs [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Orlando Pride 2024 NWSL 20——20
Career total20000020

Honors

UCLA Bruins

Orlando Pride

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References

  1. ↑ "Girls Soccer 2021 All-Area Team: San Dimas' Ally Lemos had season to remember". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. June 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ally Lemos - Women's Soccer". UCLA.
  3. ↑ "Ten freshmen set high expectations for UCLA women's soccer in 2022". Daily Bruin.
  4. ↑ "Pac-12 announces 2022 women's soccer All-Conference honors". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ "UCLA crowned NCAA National Champions to wrap 2022 Pac-12 Women's Soccer season". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Pac-12 announces 2023 women's soccer All-Conference honors". pac-12.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Reilyn Turner, Ally Lemos of UCLA women's soccer selected during NWSL Draft". Daily Bruin.
  8. ↑ "Orlando Pride signs 2024 NWSL Draft no. 9 overall selection Ally Lemos to two-year deal". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  9. ↑ "U16 GNT heads to England for tournament". TopDrawerSoccer.com.
  10. ↑ "U.S. U-20 Women's Youth National Team Falls To Mexico 2-1 In Hard-Fought Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship Final". United States Soccer Federation.
  11. ↑ "U.S. U-20 WYNT Head Coach Tracey Kevins Names 21-Player Roster for 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia". United States Soccer Federation. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
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