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2025 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 14
Val Vargas
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Downey
- Hometown:
- Pico Rivera, Calif.
Bio
2024
Third-team All-Big Ten selection … Earned third-team All-Big Ten honors … Played in 15 games and started 12 after missing the first nine while playing for Mexico at the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup … Scored the game-winning goal in the Big Ten Championship game.
2023
Named to the All-Pac-12 Freshman Team … Appeared in 18 games and made three starts, against Long Beach State, CSUN and Pepperdine … Totaled two goals and two assists … Scored her first collegiate goal on Aug. 27 in the 4-0 victory at UC Irvine and also scored a goal in the 2-0 win over Pepperdine … Registered her first collegiate point with an assist in the Cal Poly game … Recorded 564 minutes with a season-high of 67 minutes, achieved twice vs. Long Beach State and at CSUN.
Mexican National Team
Played in four games and started two at the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup … Scored a goal against the U.S. in the Round of 16 … Starter on Mexico’s Under-20 National Team that won the 2023 Concacaf Championships … Started three games in the 2022 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup … Scored a total of 10 goals at the 2022 Concacaf Under-17 Championships … Helped lead the U-20s to a runner-up finish at the 2024 Sud Ladies Cup … Previously part of the U.S. Youth National Team pool.
High School/Club
Won a league championship and named MVP of her team at Downey High School … Played club soccer for Beach FC.
Personal
Full name is Valerie Vargas-Arceo … Born in Montebello, Calif. … Parents are Manuela and Jose Antonio Vargas … Siblings are Fernando and Vanessa … Says attending UCLA was always a dream for her since she was a kid … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as winning MVP while playing in Spain with LA Galaxy Academy … An athlete she admires is Lionel Messi … Hobbies include riding bikes, watching the sunset and eating at cafes … Sociology major with the career aspiration of becoming a professional soccer player.
Third-team All-Big Ten selection … Earned third-team All-Big Ten honors … Played in 15 games and started 12 after missing the first nine while playing for Mexico at the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup … Scored the game-winning goal in the Big Ten Championship game.
2023
Named to the All-Pac-12 Freshman Team … Appeared in 18 games and made three starts, against Long Beach State, CSUN and Pepperdine … Totaled two goals and two assists … Scored her first collegiate goal on Aug. 27 in the 4-0 victory at UC Irvine and also scored a goal in the 2-0 win over Pepperdine … Registered her first collegiate point with an assist in the Cal Poly game … Recorded 564 minutes with a season-high of 67 minutes, achieved twice vs. Long Beach State and at CSUN.
Mexican National Team
Played in four games and started two at the 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup … Scored a goal against the U.S. in the Round of 16 … Starter on Mexico’s Under-20 National Team that won the 2023 Concacaf Championships … Started three games in the 2022 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup … Scored a total of 10 goals at the 2022 Concacaf Under-17 Championships … Helped lead the U-20s to a runner-up finish at the 2024 Sud Ladies Cup … Previously part of the U.S. Youth National Team pool.
High School/Club
Won a league championship and named MVP of her team at Downey High School … Played club soccer for Beach FC.
Personal
Full name is Valerie Vargas-Arceo … Born in Montebello, Calif. … Parents are Manuela and Jose Antonio Vargas … Siblings are Fernando and Vanessa … Says attending UCLA was always a dream for her since she was a kid … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as winning MVP while playing in Spain with LA Galaxy Academy … An athlete she admires is Lionel Messi … Hobbies include riding bikes, watching the sunset and eating at cafes … Sociology major with the career aspiration of becoming a professional soccer player.
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