Pronouns: She/Her
*Drafted by the Spirit with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft on January 15.
NWSL
2020: Played all nine matches and started eight of them… played a total of 760 minutes of game time… had a successful passing rate of 60.8% in the Challenge Cup and 72.5% in the Fall Series… Created the highest number of chances for the Spirit with 13… Was awarded the ‘Young Player of the Year’ award by the club and the ‘2020 NWSL Challenge Cup Future Legend Award’ by the league.
U.S. National Team
Has participated in National Team camps since 2013 … Trained with the full U.S. Women’s National Team during a camp in Orlando, Fla. in April 2016 … Member of U.S. team at 2018 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup … Captain of the USA team at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup … Won the Golden Ball as the best player in the tournament at the 2016 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championships in Grenada and was also named to the Best XI … Was the only player from the U.S. U-17 Women’s World Cup Team to make the U-20 Women’s World Cup Team … Became the first USA Player in history to play in two Women’s World Cups in the same year … Helped the U-20s qualify for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup at the Championship … Was awarded the Cal South Youth Female Player of the Year in 2016 … NSCAA Youth Girls All-American Player of the Year in 2016 and US Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2016 … Played with the U-23s in 2019.
UCLA
2019: Earned All-Pacific Region honors by the United Soccer Coaches… A first-team All-Pac-12 honoree for the third-straight year… Pac-12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week after her record-breaking performance in the Bruins’ 4-2 win over USC… Made 23 starts… played 1,807 minutes of game time, scored seven times and earned 15 assists… 2018: Over her three year career with UCLA, Sanchez scored 23 goals and created 42 assists.
2018: First-team United Soccer Coaches All-American … Earned first-team All-West Region and All-Pac-12 honors for the second consecutive year … MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist … Led UCLA in all scoring categories with 10 goals, 15 assists and 35 points … Ranked second in the nation in total assists and 12th in total points … Set four new school records – single-game assists (four), consecutive games with a goal or assist (13 and counting), assists in a NCAA Tournament (seven) and career NCAA Tournament assists (11) … Tied the school record for single-season assists with 15 … After just two seasons, she ranks sixth on UCLA’s career assist chart with 27 … Scored two goals and assisted on another in UCLA’s 6-0 win over Oregon State … Recorded another two-goal game with two against San Jose State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament … Set the school record for assists in a game with four in the NCAA second-round game against Minnesota … Added two more assists in the NCAA third round against NC State.
2017: Selected to Top Drawer Soccer’s Best XI Third Team … First-team All-West Region and All-Pac-12 selection … Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team … Set a new UCLA freshman record with 12 assists, a total that ranks fourth all-time on UCLA’s single-season list … Her four NCAA Tournament assists tie for third on UCLA’s single-season list … Third on the team in scoring with 24 points on six goals and 12 assists …Recorded three game-winning goals … Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week and Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week after scoring a goal and assisting on the game-winner at Virginia … Scored the game-winner in overtime to beat USC, 3-2 … Scored the game-winner in the win over Cal … Had two assists against Santa Clara.