Diana Rosario Ordóñez Torres (born 26 September 2001) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Houston Dash. Born in the United States, she represents the Mexico national team.

Early life

Ordóñez was born in

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, United States, to an Ecuadorian father and an American mother of Mexican descent. She was the youngest of five children. While still a small child, the family moved to Frisco, Texas, a suburb of

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. She played soccer for the FC Dallas youth team from 2010 to 2019, winning the

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U-16 championship in 2017. Ordóñez initially committed to play college soccer at

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, but was urged instead to play at the

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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

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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. Ordóñez made her first appearance for the Courage in the

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on 19 March and scored her first goal on 4 May. On 13 August, Ordóñez eighth goal broke the NWSL record for goals scored in a rookie season.

International career

Ordóñez made her senior debut for Mexico women's national team on 9 April 2022. Ordóñez was selected to represent Mexico at the

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held in

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, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to win the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating

1–0.

International goals

References

External links

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North Carolina Courage profile

Virginia profile
2001 births Living people Mexican women's footballers Women's association football forwards Mexico women's international footballers Mexican people of Ecuadorian descent Sportspeople of Ecuadorian descent Mexican people of American descent Soccer players from Riverside, California American women's soccer players North Carolina Courage players United States women's under-20 international soccer players American people of Ecuadorian descent American sportspeople of Mexican descent North Carolina Courage draft picks Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer players People from Prosper, Texas Soccer players from Texas National Women's Soccer League players Houston Dash players Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico United States women's youth international soccer players {{Mexico-women-footy-bio-stub