Lilly Reale Earns All-America Honors

Sophomore defender Lilly Reale (Hingham, Mass.) has been selected by the United Soccer Coaches as a second-team All-American, her first career honor and the 47th all-time for UCLA.

Reale is a two-time first-team All-Region and All-Pac-12 honoree and was named the 2022 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, joining World Cup champion Abby Dahlkemper as the only two Bruins to win the conference award. Reale has started and played in 22 games for the Bruins this year, leading the team to a Pac-12-best 0.51 goals against average, along with 13 shutouts. A two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, Reale has also contributed offensively, scoring one goal with one assist. She also had the game-winning penalty kick in the shootout win over UCF in the NCAA second round. Reale leads all UCLA field players in minutes played with 1,843.

A starter on the U.S. Under-20 National Team, Reale helped lead the U.S. to tournament victories this year at the Concacaf Under-20 Championship and the Sud Ladies Cup. She started five games at the Concacaf Championship and scored a goal in a Round of 16 win over Suriname.

UCLA will play Alabama in the semifinals of the NCAA College Cup in Cary, N.C. on Friday, Dec. 2 at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT. The match will be televised live on ESPNU. This is UCLA's 12th College Cup appearance and third in the last six years.