Diana Rosario Ordóñez Torres (born 26 September 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club Houston Dash. Born in the United States, she represents Mexico at international level.[3]
_061_(cropped).jpg) Ordóñez with the Houston Dash in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Diana Rosario Ordóñez Torres[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 September 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Riverside, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Houston Dash | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2019 | FC Dallas Girls | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Virginia Cavaliers | 62 | (45) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | North Carolina Courage | 12 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Houston Dash | 43 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | United States U17 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | United States U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | United States U19 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Mexico | 25 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:50, 16 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:10, 8 June 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Ordóñez played college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers, where she was selected as a first-team All-American in 2021. She was drafted sixth overall by the North Carolina Courage in the 2022 NWSL Draft and broke the NWSL's rookie scoring record that season. She was traded to the Dash in 2023.
Early life
editOrdóñez was born in Riverside, California, United States, to an Ecuadorian father and an American mother of Mexican descent.[4] She was the youngest of five children. While still a small child, the family moved to Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. She played soccer for the FC Dallas youth team from 2010 to 2019, winning the Elite Clubs National League U-16 championship in 2017.[5][6][7]
Ordóñez initially committed to play college soccer at Texas A&M University, but was urged instead to play at the University of Virginia by a friend, soccer player Taryn Torres. She finished high school a semester early and enrolled at Virginia in January 2019, barely 17 years old. During her Virginia career (2019–2021) she scored 45 goals, tied for third most all time at the university, although she only played three years of her four-year eligibility. In 2021 she was a first-team All-American and a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy.[6]
Club career
editOn 18 December 2021, the North Carolina Courage selected Ordóñez sixth overall in the 2022 National Women's Soccer League Draft.[8] Ordóñez made her first appearance for the Courage in the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup on 19 March and scored her first goal on 4 May.[9] On 13 August, Ordóñez eighth goal broke the NWSL record for goals scored in a rookie season.[10] She came second in voting for NWSL Rookie of the Year.[11]
Following the 2022 season, on January 12, 2023, Ordóñez was traded to the Houston Dash along with a third-round 2023 NWSL Draft pick for a first-round pick and $100,000 in allocation funds.[12]
International career
editOrdóñez made her senior debut for Mexico women's national team on 9 April 2022.[13]
Ordóñez was selected to represent Mexico at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, where the Mexican squad went undefeated to win the gold medal for the first time in their history at the Pan American Games, defeating Chile 1–0.[14][15]
Career statistics
editInternational goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 9 April 2022 | Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguilla |  Anguilla |
7–0 |
11–0 |
2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualification |
| 2. | 9–0
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| 3. | 12 April 2022 | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico |  Puerto Rico |
5–0 | 6–0 | |
| 4. | 28 June 2022 | Cancha de Entrenamiento TSM, Torreón, Mexico |  Peru |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 10 October 2022 | Cancha Centenario No. 5, Mexico City, Mexico |  Chile |
1–1 | 1–1 | |
| 6. | 22 October 2023 | Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, Valparaíso, Chile |  Jamaica |
4–0 | 7–0 | 2023 Pan American Games |
| 7. | 25 October 2023 | Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile | Chile |
3–1 | 3–1 | |
| 8. | 28 October 2023 |  Paraguay |
2–1 | 4–1 | ||
| 9. | 23 February 2024 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States |  Dominican Republic |
6–0 | 8–0 | 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup |
References
edit- ^ "National team roster – 2022 Concacaf W Championship: Mexico" (PDF). CONCACAF. 8 June 2022. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "D Ordóñez (@dordonezz)". Instagram. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Diana Ordóñez at Global Sports Archive
- ^ "Ordonez Leads From Front for No. 1 Cavaliers". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Diana Ordonez". Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site. 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ a b Melcer, Garrett (1 December 2021). "Former FC Dallas Girls Academy Forward Diana Ordonez Named MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist" (Press release). FC Dallas. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Melcer, Garrett (7 July 2022). "Three FCD Girls Academy Teams Advance to ECNL National Finals" (Press release). FC Dallas. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ "2022 NWSL Draft Result". The Equalizer. 18 December 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "NWSL Challenge Cup". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Vertelney, Seth (22 August 2022). "Diana Ordóñez is wrecking the NWSL in her rookie season". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ Lauletta, Dan (27 October 2022). "Naomi Girma named 2022 NWSL Rookie of the Year". The Equalizer. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Dash acquire Diana Ordóñez in trade with Courage". Houston Chronicle. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Se brONCEó". www.oncediario.com.
- ^ "Mexico takes soccer gold with 1-0 win over Chile". Reuters. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Santiago 2023: Mexico beats shorthanded Chile for women's football gold". olympics.com. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
