Bianca Sierra

Bianca Sierra
Personal information
Full name Bianca Elissa Sierra Garcia[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-25) June 25, 1992[1]
Place of birth Mountain View, California, United States[2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Arna-Bjørnar
Number 4
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Auburn Tigers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Washington Spirit 8 (0)
2014–2015 Boston Breakers 11 (0)
2016– Arna-Bjørnar 21 (0)
National team‡
2009–2012 Mexico U20 8 (0)
2013– Mexico 31[3] (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 22, 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 18, 2015

Bianca Sierra (born June 25, 1992) is a professional soccer player with the Mexico women's national football team and Arna-Bjørnar in the Norwegian first division, Toppserien. She formerly played for Auburn University.

Early life

Bianca Sierra is the daughter of Alberto and Rosa Sierra. She played forward, midfield, and centerback in high school from her freshman through junior years and with the Mustang Spirit, a girl's club team, in 2009.[4]

Auburn University

Sierra played with the Auburn Tigers from 2010 to 2013 and was a starting center back for the last three of her four years on the Auburn Tigers women's soccer team. She played in a total of 85 matches and scored five goals and seven assists.[4]

Mexico women's national soccer team

Sierra was a member of the Under-20 Mexico women's national football team from 2009 to 2012. She played in all eight matches for Mexico in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany and the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan. Her teams advanced to the quarterfinals in both events.[5]

In 2013 Sierra was selected to be a member of the Mexico women's national football team and played in friendly matches against Canada and the United States. In 2014, she was on the roster of the Mexico team at the Four Nations Tournament in China.[6]

National Women's Soccer League

Sierra was not among the 36 college soccer players drafted by the NWSL in January 2014. She showed up at tryouts for the Washington Spirit, played in several pre-season games, and was signed to a contract for the 2014 season on April 4, 2014.[7] On June 18, 2014, the Washington Spirit traded Sierra to the Boston Breakers in exchange for forward and Australian international Lisa De Vanna and an international roster spot until the end of the 2014 NWSL season.[8]

Toppserien

Sierra joined the first division Norwegian club Arna-Bjørnar in March 2016.[9]

Personal life

In June 2016, Sierra confirmed she was in a relationship with fellow Mexico women's national teammate Stephany Mayor[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "List of Players – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Las Defensas de la Selección Nacional Femenil que Participarán en la Copa Mundial de Canadá 2015". Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A.C. (in Spanish). Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Bianca Sierra" Auburn Soccer http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/sierra_bianca00.html, accessed April 10, 2014
  5. ↑ FIFA Player Statistics: Bianca SIERRA – FIFA.com http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=321003/index.html, accessed April 10, 2014
  6. ↑ "Mexico WNT Names Roster for Yongchuan Cup" http://www.nwslsoccer.com/home/783261.html, accessed April 10, 2014
  7. ↑ "Washington Spirit sign Midfielder Jordan Angeli and Mexico Women's National Team Defender Bianca Sierra" http://washingtonspirit.com/pro/washington-spirit-sign-midfielder-jordan-angeli-and-mexican-womens-national-team-defender-bianca-sierra/, accessed April 10, 2014
  8. ↑ "Boston Breakers Acquire Bianca Sierra From Washington Spirit" http://www.bostonbreakerssoccer.com/home/818252.html, accessed June 21, 2014
  9. ↑ http://talacheros.mx/otra-futbolista-mexicana-a-europa
  10. ↑ The LGBT hashtag #LoveisLove is used in comments on both Instagram, Twitter

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