*Drafted by the Spirit with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft on January 15.
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.