The UCLA Bruins women's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of the University of California at Los Angeles. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

The team won its first national championship on December 8, 2013, by defeating Florida State 1–0 in overtime.Nolan Hayes, UCLA wins national championship, defeats Florida State 1-0 in overtime, The Associated Press via NCAA.com, December 8, 2013 The Bruins won the program's second national title on December 5, 2022, beating North Carolina 3–2 in double overtime.

Current roster

Seasons Updated through October 30, 2022 Season Coach Record Notes Overall Conference Pac-12 Conference 2011 B. J. Snow 16–1–4 8–1–2 NCAA T-17th, Pac-12 2nd 2012B. J. Snow 18–3–2 8–2–1 NCAA T-5th, Pac-12 2nd 2013 Amanda Cromwell 22–1–3 9–0–2 NCAA Champions, Pac-12 1st 2014 Amanda Cromwell 21–0–2 10–0–1 NCAA Quarterfinals, Pac-12 1st 2015 Amanda Cromwell 8-10-1 4-6-1 Missed the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, Pac-12 8th 2016 Amanda Cromwell 15-6-1 7-3-1NCAA Round of 16, Pac-12 4th2017 Amanda Cromwell 19–3–3 8–2–1 NCAA 2nd, Pac-12 T-2nd2018 Amanda Cromwell 17-3-2 9–2 NCAA T-5th, Pac-12 2nd2019 Amanda Cromwell 18-5-1 8–3 NCAA T-3rd, Pac-12 2nd 2020 Amanda Cromwell 13-1-3 9-1-1 NCAA Round of 16, Pac-12 1st 2021 Amanda Cromwell 16–1–3 8–0–3 NCAA, Pac-12 1st 2022 Margueritte Aozasa 17–1 9–1 Best start in program history; new record crowd (2,446) set on October 30, 2022, at Wallis Annenberg Stadium; Rank No. 1; NCAA Champions (2nd title)

Source: UCLA Athletics

Postseason The UCLA Bruins have an NCAA Division I Tournament record of 71–22 (including penalty kicks) through twenty-one appearances.

One of their most notable runs, the second-seeded Bruins trounced their first three opponents each by a 5–0 margin, before falling in the Elite Eight to the first-seeded UNC Tar Heels, who lead the nation with 22 NCAA Championship titles in program history. The match was decided in penalty kicks after regular time and overtime ended in a 2–2 draw.

1995 First round Washington L 1–2 1997 First roundSecond roundThird round PortlandSMUNotre Dame W 1–0W 3–2L 0–8 1998 Second round BYU L 0–2 1999 Second roundThird round San DiegoSanta Clara W 2–1L 0–7 2000 Second roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsNational Championship USCTexas A&MClemsonPortlandNorth Carolina W 3–0W 4–0W 2–1W 1–0L 1–2 2001 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals CSU FullertonPepperdineDaytonFlorida W 3–0W 2–1W 3–1 L 0–1 2002 First roundSecond roundThird round Loyola MarymountUSCTexas A&M W 4–0W 1–0L 0–1 2003 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals San DiegoPepperdineKansasPenn StateNorth Carolina W 2–0W 2–0W 1–0W 4–0L 0–3 2004 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsNational Championship PepperdineSan DiegoDukeOhio StatePrincetonNotre Dame W 1–0W 3–0W 2–0W 1–0W 2–0L 1–2 2005 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsNational Championship Mississippi Valley StateColoradoMarquetteVirginiaFlorida StatePortland W 9–0W 3–0W 4–0W 5–0W 4–0L 0–4 2006 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals UNLVCSU FullertonFloridaPortlandNorth Carolina W 6–1W 3–1W 3–2W 2–1L 0–2 2007 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals CSU FullertonOklahoma StateVirginiaPortlandUSC W 3–1W 4–0W 2–1W 3–2L 1–2 2008 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals Fresno StateSan DiegoUSCDukeNorth Carolina W 5–0W 1–0W 1–0W 6–1L 0–1 2009 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals Boise StateSan Diego StateVirginiaPortlandStanford W 7–1W 5–0W 3–0W 2–1L 1–2 2010 First roundSecond roundThird round BYUUCFStanford W 1–0W 2–1L 0–3 2011 First roundSecond round New MexicoSan Diego W 1–0L 1–2 2012 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals WisconsinKentuckySan Diego StateStanford W 1–0W 5–0W 3–0L 1–2 2013 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsNational Championship San Diego StateKentuckyStanfordNorth CarolinaVirginiaFlorida State W 3–0W 3–0W 2–0W 1–0W 2–1W 1–0 2014 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals San DiegoHarvardPepperdineVirginia W 5–0W 7–0W 1–0L 1–2 2016 First roundSecond roundThird round SeattleNebraskaWest Virginia W 3–0W 2–0L 1–2 2017 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsNational Championship San Diego StateNorthwesternVirginiaPrincetonDukeStanford W 3–1W 1–0W 2–1W 3–1W 1–0L 2–3 2018 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals San Jose StateMinnesotaNC StateNorth Carolina W 5–0W 5–0W 5–0L 2–4 2019 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals LamarClemsonWisconsinFlorida StateStanford W 4–1W 5–0W 2–0W 4–0L 1–4 2020 First roundSecond roundThird round –Iowa#6 Clemson –W 2–1L 1–1 2021 First round UC Irvine L 0–1 2022 First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsNational Championship Northern ArizonaUCFNorthwesternVirginiaAlabama North Carolina W 4–1W 1–1 (3-0PK)W 2–0W 2–1W 3–0W 3–2

Stadium

The Bruins played their home games on the Frank Marshall Field of Drake Stadium on campus until 2017. The stadium is named in honor of Elvin C. "Ducky" Drake, UCLA's longtime trainer and former student athlete. Film producer Marshall graduated from UCLA.

In 2018, the Bruins moved to the soccer-specific stadium, Wallis Annenberg Stadium, along with the UCLA Bruins men's soccer program. On September 23, 2022, a capacity crowd of 2,237 saw the women's team defeating Cal 4–2 at Annenberg Stadium.

Notable alumni

This list of former players includes those who received international caps, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals, or who made significant contributions to the sport after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.

Louise Lieberman (1996–2000) Lauren Holiday (2006–2009) Sydney Leroux (2008–2011) Chanté Sandiford (2009–2011) Sam Mewis (2011–2014) Abby Dahlkemper (2011–2014) Rosie White (2011–2014) Hailie Mace (2015–2018) Anika Rodríguez (2016–2019) Jessie Fleming(2016–2019) Ashley Sanchez (2017–2019) Karina Rodríguez (2017–2021) Mia Fishel (2019–2021) Maricarmen Reyes (2018–2022)

Another notable Bruin is Mallory Swanson, who played just one season at UCLA before going professional. She is a starting forward on the U.S. women's national team as well as on the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

Head coaches 1993–1997 : Joy Fawcett 1998 : Todd Saldana 1999–2010 : Jill Ellis 2011–2012 : B. J. Snow 2013–2021 : Amanda Cromwell 2021–2025 : Margueritte Aozasa

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