Mercedes Lyn Bauzá (born Mercedes Lyn Fisher) is an American-born Puerto Rican

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who plays as a

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for

Puerto Rico Sol Puerto Rico Sol FC is a Puerto Rican association football club from Mayagüez that currently plays in the Liga Puerto Rico, the highest level of football in the country. History Puerto Rico Sol FC was founded in 2016 by Shek Borkowski with Jo ...

and the Puerto Rico women's national team. Named Queen of the Match by Budweiser in both of her appearances.

Early life

Bauzá was raised in

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and attended

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Club career

Puerto Rico Sol FC

On 17 October 2021, Bauzá made her debut for Puerto Rico Sol FC. On 31 October, she scored her first senior hat-trick in a 9–1 victory over

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International career

Bauzá qualified to play for Puerto Rico through her paternal grandfather. She was capped for ''Las Boricuas'' at senior level during the

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References

1997 births Living people Women's association football forwards Puerto Rican women's footballers Puerto Rico women's international footballers American women's soccer players Soccer players from North Carolina People from Mebane, North Carolina American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent College women's soccer players in the United States Greensboro College alumni {{US-women-footy-bio-stub