Ashley Sanchez

Ashley Sanchez
Sanchez with the North Carolina Courage in 2024
Personal information
Full name Ashley Nicole Sanchez[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-16) March 16, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Pasadena, California, United States
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage
Number 2
Youth career
Santa Anita SC
Legends FC
So Cal Blues
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 UCLA Bruins 69 (23)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Washington Spirit 68 (13)
2024– North Carolina Courage 26 (5)
International career‡
2013 United States U14
2013–2014 United States U15
2014–2016 United States U17 21 (21)
2014–2018 United States U20 33 (11)
2021– United States 28 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:32, November 3, 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 30, 2024

Ashley Nicole Sanchez (born March 16, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.

Sanchez played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins, where she was named first-team All-American and set the program career assist record. She was drafted fourth overall by the Washington Spirit in the 2020 NWSL draft. She helped lead the Spirit to the 2021 NWSL Championship. After four seasons in Washington, she was traded to the Courage in 2024.

Sanchez played extensively for the youth national team and was named the U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2016. She made her senior debut for the United States in 2021.

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 – List of Players: USA U20 (women)" (PDF). FIFA. July 26, 2018. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference UCLA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).