Amalia Villarreal

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Amalia Villarreal
Personal information
Full name Amalia Martina Villarreal [1]
Date of birth (2006-03-27) March 27, 2006 (age 18) [1]
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Texas Longhorns
Number 44
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Texas Longhorns 20 (9)
International career‡
2022 United States U-17 14 (9)
2023 United States U-19 5 (4)
2024– United States U-20 1 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 3, 2024

Amalia Martina Villarreal (born March 27, 2006) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the Texas Longhorns. She was named the Southeastern Conference freshman of the year in 2024. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.

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Early life

Villarreal grew up in Lansing, Michigan, the older of two daughters born to Gretchen and Mario Villarreal. Her father played college football and baseball at the University of Olivet in Michigan. [2] [3] Villarreal played multiple sports growing up, including baseball, basketball, flag football, gymnastics, karate, and soccer. Her father coached her first soccer team, an indoor boys' team, but she was eventually prohibited from playing with them because she was a girl. [3] [4]

Villarreal joined Novi-based club Michigan Jaguars FC at age nine after playing for local teams DeWitt SC and SBC Chill. She helped lead the Girls Academy Jaguars to the under-13 national title game. [4] [5] She also played for the Texas-based ECNL club Solar SC after Michigan sports went on pause during the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [5] Villarreal attended Lansing Catholic for one year, where she ran cross country and track, before taking online classes at Sexton High School, where she graduated in 2024. [5] [6] She committed to the University of Texas at Austin in her senior year. [7]

College career

Texas Longhorns

Villarreal made her first start for the Texas Longhorns in the fifth appearance of her freshman season in 2024. In that game, Trinity Byars suffered a season-ending knee injury, after which Villarreal held a starting position for the rest of the season. Villarreal scored seven goals and added eight assists in the regular season, earning Southeastern Conference freshman of the year and second-team all-SEC honors. [8] [9]

International career

Villarreal was invited to virtual training with the United States national under-16 team in 2021 and called into camp with the under-17 team later that year. [10] [11] At age 16, she made her competitive international debut at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, where she helped the United States win the tournament as the team's joint top scorer with eight goals and added five assists. She scored five times in a 13–0 win over Puerto Rico in the group stage, tying the national team record for goals in one game. [5] [12] She was included on the roster for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She scored the tying goal in a 1–1 draw to Nigeria in the quarterfinals, where the United States lost on penalties. [13] The next year, Villarreal helped the under-19 team win bronze at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they faced other countries' senior sides. She led the team with four goals, including the opening score in a 2–0 win over Argentina in the third-place match. [14]

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  3. 1 2 3 "It Takes A (Royal) Village To Raise A Villarreal". United States Soccer Federation. May 2, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
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