| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Meila Madison Brewer [1] | ||
| Date of birth | March 24, 2009 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position | Center back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | UCLA Bruins | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | UCLA Bruins | 9 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | United States U-15 | ||
| 2025 | United States U-16 | ||
| 2025– | United States U-17 | 9 | (1) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals as of October 28, 2025 | |||
Meila Madison Brewer (born March 24, 2009) is an American college soccer player who plays as a center back for the UCLA Bruins. She represented the United States at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Brewer was born in Springfield, Missouri, and raised in Roseville, California. [2] She later moved to Overland Park, Kansas, and attended Blue Valley High School, where she ran track. [2] There she played club soccer for the Kansas City Athletics, earning ECNL all-conference honors. [3] She took extra coursework during middle school and high school with the plan to graduate one year early. [4] She began training with the Kansas City Current as a non-roster invitee during the 2024 season. [5] After committing to UCLA in the spring of 2025, she did even more coursework to reclassify by an additional year. [4] In the summer of 2025, she played in the Current's exhibition game against Palmeiras in the Teal Rising Cup. [5] Before reclassifying, she was ranked as the sixth-best recruit of the 2027 class. [6]
Brewer joined the UCLA Bruins as a twice reclassified freshman in 2025, thought to be youngest student-athlete in UCLA history at 16 years old. [4] She made 9 appearances with 8 starts while missing parts of the season on international duty including the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [2]
Brewer helped the United States under-15 team win the 2024 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, scoring a stoppage-time goal to conclude a 3–0 win over Mexico in the final. [7] She was the second-youngest player on the under-17 team that won the 4 Nations Tournament in 2025. [8] She then started all four games and scored one goal at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco, helping the under-17s top their group before losing to the Netherlands on penalties in the round of 16. [9]
Brewer is the daughter of Austin and Shelly Brewer and has three sisters. [2] Her father played college basketball, while her mother played college softball. [2] Her older sister, Sasha, plays college soccer for Miami. [4]
United States U-15