Diana Ordóñez
Mexican footballer (born 2001)
 Ordóñez with the Houston Dash in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Diana Rosario Ordóñez Torres[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001 (age 22) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Riverside, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Houston Dash | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2019 | FC Dallas Girls | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Virginia Cavaliers | 62 | (45) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | North Carolina Courage | 12 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Houston Dash | 25 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | United States U17 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | United States U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | United States U19 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Mexico | 16 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:07, April 21, 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
Diana Rosario Ordóñez Torres (born 26 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Houston Dash. Born in the United States, she represents the Mexico national team.[3]
Early life
Ordóñez was born in Riverside, California, United States, to an Ecuadorian father and an American mother of Mexican descent.[4] She was the youngest of five children. While still a small child, the family moved to Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. She played soccer for the FC Dallas youth team from 2010 to 2019, winning the Elite Clubs National League U-16 championship in 2017.[5][6][7]
Ordóñez initially committed to play college soccer at Texas A&M University, but was urged instead to play at the University of Virginia by a friend, soccer player Taryn Torres. She finished high school a semester early and enrolled at Virginia in January 2019, barely 17 years old. During her Virginia career (2019–2021) she scored 45 goals, tied for third most all time at the university, although she only played three years of her four-year eligibility. In 2021 she was a first team All-American and a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy.[6]
National Women's Soccer League
On 18 December 2021, the North Carolina Courage selected Ordóñez sixth overall in the 2022 National Women's Soccer League Draft.[8] Ordóñez made her first appearance for the Courage in the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup on 19 March and scored her first goal on 4 May.[9] On 13 August, Ordóñez eighth goal broke the NWSL record for goals scored in a rookie season.[10]
International career
Ordóñez made her senior debut for Mexico women's national team on 9 April 2022.[11]
Ordóñez was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to win the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating Chile 1–0.[12][13]
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 9 April 2022 | Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguilla |  Anguilla | 7–0 | 11–0 | 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 2. | 9–0 | |||||
| 3. | 12 April 2022 | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico |  Puerto Rico | 5–0 | 6–0 | |
| 4. | 28 June 2022 | Cancha de Entrenamiento TSM, Torreón, Mexico |  Peru | 2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 10 October 2022 | Cancha Centenario No. 5, Mexico City, Mexico |  Chile | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| 6. | 22 October 2023 | Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile |  Jamaica | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2023 Pan American Games |
| 7. | 25 October 2023 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile | Chile | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| 8. | 28 October 2023 |  Paraguay | 2–1 | 4–1 | ||
| 9. | 23 February 2024 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States |  Dominican Republic | 6–0 | 8–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup |
References
- ^ "National team roster – 2022 Concacaf W Championship: Mexico" (PDF). CONCACAF. 8 June 2022. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "D Ordóñez (@dordonezz)". Instagram. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Diana Ordóñez at Global Sports Archive
- ^ "Ordonez Leads From Front for No. 1 Cavaliers". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Diana Ordonez". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ a b Melcer, Garrett (1 December 2021). "Former FC Dallas Girls Academy Forward Diana Ordonez Named MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist" (Press release). FC Dallas. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Melcer, Garrett (7 July 2022). "Three FCD Girls Academy Teams Advance to ECNL National Finals" (Press release). FC Dallas. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "2022 NWSL Draft Result". The Equalizer. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "NWSL Challenge Cup". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Vertelney, Seth (22 August 2022). "Diana Ordóñez is wrecking the NWSL in her rookie season". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "Se brONCEó". www.oncediario.com.
- ^ "Mexico takes soccer gold with 1-0 win over Chile". Reuters. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Santiago 2023: Mexico beats shorthanded Chile for women's football gold". olympics.com. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
External links
- Diana Ordóñez at Soccerway
- North Carolina Courage profile
- Virginia profile
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