Ashlyn Puerta
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Puerta with Florida State in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | February 27, 2007 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting JAX | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024 | Florida State Seminoles | 21 | (4) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Sporting JAX | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | United States U-15 | 5 | (5) |
| 2025– | United States U-20 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:56, June 4, 2025 (UTC) | |||
Ashlyn Puerta (born February 27, 2007) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder or forward for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles for one season.
Early life and college career
Puerta grew up in San Diego, California, one of four children born to parents who played college soccer at Cal State Dominguez Hills.[1] She began playing soccer at an early age.[1] In 2022, she led Albion SC to the Girls Academy (GA) national championship, being named the GA's national most valuable player, before becoming a regular member of the club's MLS Next boys' team in 2023.[1] When she was 15, she trained with and received an offer from NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She later trained overseas in Europe, including with Benfica and Real Madrid, but decided to attend college before joining the professional ranks.[2][3] She was homeschooled throughout her childhood and graduated high school one year early to begin college at 17. She had been ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the 19th-best prospect in the 2025 class.[1]
Florida State Seminoles
Puerta played for the Florida State Seminoles in the 2024 season, appearing in all 21 games, starting 9 of them, and scoring 4 goals with 5 assists.[2] She was named the fifth-best freshman in TopDrawerSoccer's midseason rankings.[4] Florida State won its fifth consecutive ACC tournament and earned a one seed in the NCAA tournament, where the team lost in the second round on penalties.[5][6]
Club career
Sporting JAX
On May 21, 2025, new USL Super League club Sporting JAX announced that the team had signed Puerta to her first professional contract, making her one of the first two players signed for the team's inaugural season.[7]
International career
Puerta helped the United States under-15 team win the 2022 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, scoring five goals and three assists in five games.[8][9] She trained with the under-16, under-17, and under-18 teams the following years.[10][11]
Puerta was selected to the under-20 team for 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in Costa Rica.[12]
Honors and awards
Florida State
- ACC women's soccer tournament: 2024
- All-ACC Academic Team: 2024
United States U-15
References
- ^ a b c d Schram, Kani (September 15, 2024). "Ashlyn Puerta: Freshman Phenomenon". FSView & Florida Flambeau. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ^ a b "Ashlyn Puerta". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ^ "Sporting JAX announces first player signings ahead of historic Gainbridge Super League debut". USL Super League. May 21, 2025. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- ^ "College Soccer Player Rankings - Freshman". TopDrawerSoccer. October 8, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ^ "Florida State Wins 2024 Ally ACC Women's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ Nee, Chris. "FSU Soccer season comes to an end on penalty kicks against Vanderbilt in NCAA Tournament Second Round". 247Sports. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
- ^ "Sporting JAX announces first player signings ahead of historic Gainbridge Super League debut". Sporting Club Jacksonville. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
- ^ "USA Wins 2022 Concacaf Girls' U-15 Championship With 4-1 Victory Over Canada On Goals From Alex Pfeiffer, Kennedy Fuller, Abby Ballek And Ashlyn Puerta". United States Soccer Federation. August 7, 2022. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ^ https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2022/08/concacaf-u15-championship-us-u15-wynt-11-jamaica-0-match-report-stats-standings
- ^ "Soccer Announces the Signing of Ashlyn Puerta". Florida State Seminoles. April 9, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ^ "U.S. Under-19 and U.S. U-18 Women's National Teams to Hold Concurrent Training Camps in Fayetteville, Ga". United States Soccer Federation. March 27, 2025. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
- ^ "21-player Roster Named for 2025 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship in Costa Rica". United States Soccer Federation. May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.