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Full name | Teresa Noyola Bayardo | ||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 15 April 1990 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder, striker | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | MVLA Mercury | ||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
2008–2011 | Stanford Cardinal | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
2008 | California Storm | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | ADO Den Haag | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||
2013 | Seattle Reign FC | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||
2013 | FC Kansas City | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2014 | Houston Dash | 10 | (3) | ||||||||||||
2016 | California Storm | ||||||||||||||
2016– | FC Kibi International University Charme | ||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | United States U-17 | ||||||||||||||
2008 | United States U-18 | ||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | United States U-20 | 26 | (5) | ||||||||||||
2010– | Mexico | 40 | (3) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:48, 22 June 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:54, 18 June 2015 (UTC) |
Teresa Noyola Bayardo (born April 15, 1990) is a Mexican-American soccer player for the Mexico national team. She previously played for the Houston Dash, FC Kansas City, and Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League. In 2011, she was the recipient of the Hermann Trophy award.
Born in Mexico City, Mexico to Pedro Noyola and Barbara Bayardo, Teresa was introduced to the game of soccer at an early age by her father who played . Her family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in California at age three. Noyola attended Palo Alto High School located across the street from Stanford University, where she would eventually attend college. She earned a high school GPA over 4.0 and was named the National Youth Club Player of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, as well as National Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Noyola attended Stanford University majoring in math and computational science. Her parents had also attended Stanford for their graduate-level education. During her senior year, Noyola scored nine goals and provided 15 assists. She also scored the winning and only goal against Duke in the national finals. During her four seasons playing for Stanford, she was a major component in helping the team earn a 95–4–4 record, including 53–0–1 at home.
In 2011, she was named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the College Cup's Most Outstanding Offensive Player. The same year, she became the third consecutive Stanford student to be awarded the Hermann Trophy, following Kelley O'Hara in 2009 and Christen Press in 2010. The last incidence of a three consecutive school award streak was the University of North Carolina with Kristine Lilly in 1991, Mia Hamm in 1992 and 1993, and Tisha Venturini in 1994. Noyola finished her career at Stanford with a total of 31 goals and 40 assists and 102 caps.