2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 22
Destinee Manzo
- Position:
- Midfield / Forward
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Santa Ana, Calif.
- High School:
- Mater Dei HS
- Prev School:
- University of Portland
- Major:
- Sociology
Career
Sophomore
University of Portland
Prep
Personal
- In four seasons with the Anteaters, played in 64 matches with 60 starts and a total of 3,996 minutes
- Scored 10 goals with four game-winners
- Added nine assists with a high of four her junior year
- Recorded 29 points in her career with a high of 15 as a senior
- Named to United Soccer Coaches Preseason Player to Watch as a Midfielder
- Played in all 24 games tying a program single season record, started 21 with 1,428 minutes logged
- Led the team with 15 points
- Scored six goals tying the team lead with three game-winners
- Scored a brace in 3-0 home win over San Jose State
- Added three assists
- All-West Region Second Team
- Finished top three on the team in goals with four, assists with four, and points with 12
- Two-goal game at CSUN including the game-winner on Oct. 24
- Also scored vs. UC Riverside and vs. Cal Poly
- Four assists included a three-game assist streak, and assisted on the game-winner in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to defeat No. 3 UCLA
- Started all 22 matches with 1,485 minutes of action
- Named to Dean's List in Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters
- Earned Big West Fall All-Academic Team honors
- Named to Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll with higest honors
Sophomore
- Played 18 matches and started 17 times
- Put dynamic play on the attacking third, adding two assists for the ‘Eaters
- In 1081 minutes of action, recording five out of 12 shots on goal
- Dean's List Fall 2019 and Winter 2020
- Played with Mexican National Team in u20 World Cup Qualifiers
University of Portland
- Did not play in 2018 season with the Pilots
- Dean's List
Prep
- Joined Olimpiada Nacional in Mexico for Instituto de Los Mexicanos en El Exterior utilizing dual Mexican citizenship
- Earned a Gold in 2014 and Bronze in 2015 in the Olimpiada Nacional
- Olympic Developmental Pool Cal South Region team member
- Participated in multiple U.S. Soccer Training Centers from 2013-15
- Attended iD2 national training camp in 2014
- Region IV champion
- Played two years for Slammers LAFC Academy
- Two-time ECNL National Champion (2015, 2016) with Newport Beach Slammers - Bronze medalist with under-17 squad
- Attended Mater Dei High School
Personal
- Born in Anaheim, resides in Santa Ana
- Parents are Javier and Genae
- Has an older sister, Jasmyn
- Majoring in sociology, aspires to work in real estate
- Chose UC Irvine because of the high academic expectations that will impact her future in a positive way
- Enjoys snowboarding
- Fan of Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona
- Enjoys eating pasta and apples
- Favorite movie is Peter Pan, and enjoys the talents of Emm Chamberlain and Billie Eilish
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