Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | May 17, 1990||
Place of birth | Piscataway, New Jersey, United States | ||
Position(s) | Defender, Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | UCLA (coach) | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | Santa Clara | 77 | (5) |
International career | |||
2006 | United States U16 | ||
Managerial career | |||
2015–2021 | Stanford (assistant) | ||
2022– | UCLA | ||
2023 | United States U23 |
Margueritte Aozasa (born May 17, 1990) is an American college soccer coach who is the head coach of the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team. She led UCLA to the 2022 national championship, and was named the 2022 United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year.
Aozasa was born in Piscataway, New Jersey, [2] and was raised in Mountain View, California. [3] She attended Los Altos High School. [4]
Aozasa played college soccer at Santa Clara from 2008 to 2011. [2]
Aozasa represented the United States under-16 team in 2006. [5]
After serving as an assistant coach at Stanford, [6] Aozasa was hired as the head coach at UCLA on December 29, 2021. [7] She led UCLA to the 2022 national championship, [8] and was named the United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year. [9] Following the 2022 season, Aozasa signed a contract equation with UCLA. [10]
In 2023, Aozasa coached the United States under-23 team. [11]
She married her husband Mykell Bates in December 2021. [12]
In 2022, Aozasa became the first Asian American woman coach to win the NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament. [12]
UCLA Bruins
Individual
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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UCLA Bruins (Pac-12)(2022–present) | |||||||||
2022 | UCLA | 22–2–1 | 9–2–0 | 2nd | NCAA Championship | ||||
2023 | UCLA | 16–2–1 | 10–0–1 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
UCLA: | 38–4–2 (.886) | ||||||||
Total: | 38–4–2 (.886) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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