Diana Ordóñez

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Diana Ordóñez
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Ordóñez with the Houston Dash in 2024
Personal information
Full name Diana Rosario Ordóñez Torres [1] [2]
Date of birth (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Riverside, California, U.S.
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Houston Dash
Number 9
Youth career
2010–2019 FC Dallas Girls
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Virginia Cavaliers 62 (45)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 North Carolina Courage 12 (11)
2023– Houston Dash 43 (8)
International career
2017–2018 United States U17 7 (4)
2019 United States U20 2 (0)
2020 United States U19 3 (1)
2022– Mexico 25 (9)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:50, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:10, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Diana Rosario Ordóñez Torres (born 26 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Houston Dash. Born in the United States, she represents Mexico at international level. [3]

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Ordóñez played college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers, where she was selected as a first-team All-American in 2021. She was drafted sixth overall by the North Carolina Courage in the 2022 NWSL Draft and broke the NWSL's rookie scoring record that season. She was traded to the Dash in 2023.

Early life

Ordóñez was born in Riverside, California, United States, to an Ecuadorian father and an American mother of Mexican descent. [4] She was the youngest of five children. While still a small child, the family moved to Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. She played soccer for the FC Dallas youth team from 2010 to 2019, winning the Elite Clubs National League U-16 championship in 2017. [5] [6] [7]

Ordóñez initially committed to play college soccer at Texas A&M University, but was urged instead to play at the University of Virginia by a friend, soccer player Taryn Torres. She finished high school a semester early and enrolled at Virginia in January 2019, barely 17 years old. During her Virginia career (2019–2021) she scored 45 goals, tied for third most all time at the university, although she only played three years of her four-year eligibility. In 2021 she was a first-team All-American and a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy. [6]

Club career

On 18 December 2021, the North Carolina Courage selected Ordóñez sixth overall in the 2022 National Women's Soccer League Draft. [8] Ordóñez made her first appearance for the Courage in the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup on 19 March and scored her first goal on 4 May. [9] On 13 August, Ordóñez eighth goal broke the NWSL record for goals scored in a rookie season. [10] She came second in voting for NWSL Rookie of the Year. [11]

Following the 2022 season, on January 12, 2023, Ordóñez was traded to the Houston Dash along with a third-round 2023 NWSL Draft pick for a first-round pick and $100,000 in allocation funds. [12]

International career

Ordóñez made her senior debut for Mexico women's national team on 9 April 2022. [13]

Ordóñez was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to win the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating Chile 1–0. [14] [15]

Career statistics

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 April 2022 Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, AnguillaFlag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla
7–0
11–0
2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification
2.
9–0
3.12 April 2022 Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 5–06–0
4.28 June 2022Cancha de Entrenamiento TSM, Torreón, MexicoFlag of Peru (state).svg  Peru 2–03–0 Friendly
5.10 October 2022Cancha Centenario No. 5, Mexico City, MexicoFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 1–11–1
6.22 October 2023 Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 4–07–0 2023 Pan American Games
7.25 October 2023 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, ChileFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 3–13–1
8.28 October 2023Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2–14–1
9.23 February 2024 Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 6–08–0 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup

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