2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Neeku Purcell
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- The Northwest School
- Hometown:
- Seattle, Wash.
2023
Started in all 19 games and played in 15 full games … Posted a goals against average of 0.65 with a 16-2-1 record …Allowed 12 goals in a team-high 1,652 minutes of play, recording seven solo shutouts and four shared shutouts … Recorded 28 saves on the year, with game season-highs of three saves, achieved three times - at Washington, vs. Utah and at Arizona State … Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
2022
Recorded five shared shutouts in eight games played … Did not allow a goal in her first 192 minutes in the net and has only allowed one all season for a goals against average of 0.51 … Played a season-best 45 minutes at Oregon State and had two saves.
U.S. National Team
Has been on the U.S. Youth National Teams from U-15s to U-23s … Recorded four shutouts, including both in the semifinals and finals, to help lead the U.S. to the 2022 Concacaf U-20 Championship … Member of the U.S. 2022 Sud Ladies Cup championship team and the U.S. FIFA U-20 World Cup squad … Played with the U-23s at the 2023 Thorns Preseason Tournament.
High School/Club
Played for the OL Reign Academy and was a captain since 2016 … Named an All-American in 2019 and 2020 … Named the 2019 Development Academy West Conference Player of the Year … Lettered three years in basketball at The Northwest School, and was named first-team all-league in 2020 … Rated the No. 8 recruit in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer.
Personal
Full name is Neeku Kazemi Purcell … Born in Seattle, Wash. … Parents are Elham Kazemi and Mark Purcell … Has a twin sister, Roshann … Wanted to attend UCLA because of the “people, location and the challenge it would present me” … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as saving two penalty kicks in a shootout, including the final one that won her team the game, in Sweden in 2019 … Athletes she admires include Hope Solo, Michelle Betos, Karen Bardsley, Kobe Bryant, and Megan Rapinoe … Enjoys writing, poetry, ceramics, marimba, music, skiing & snowboarding, hiking, and any outdoor activities … Both parents attended UCLA … Major is undeclared.
