VALERIE VARGAS | UCLA SOCCER ⚽️

And UCL A was always my top pick . I emailed those coaches , uh , when I was 15 up to , I believe 16 , my coaches from Galaxy Academy , some advice I would give to the next generation would definitely be stay focused , keep working hard . If you wanna be a top player , if you wanna go to ad one school , you have to just keep working and just remind yourself why you started .

VALERIE VARGAS | UCLA SOCCER ⚽️

Um , I knew I was unique once I started playing in a boys club team . When I was , I believe seven years old , I wouldn't say early mentors , but I would say people that really motivated me were my brother , my mom , my sister and the people who the people who brought me into personal training was , was my brother in law . He coached in he coaches in Galaxy for the goalkeeper coach and his brothers really helped me , um , start getting into personal training training .

VALERIE VARGAS | UCLA SOCCER ⚽️

You just have to remind yourself why you started being a student athlete . You have to sacrifice and missing out on a lot of things . Honestly , uh missing family friends , literally everything .

VALERIE VARGAS | UCLA SOCCER ⚽️

I trained with a lot of boys just because they're really intense and super strong and I wanted to be stronger and super fast to be a student athlete . You have to have really good time management . Um , though sometimes it might not be easy .

VALERIE VARGAS | UCLA SOCCER ⚽️

Honestly , uh missing family friends , literally everything . Uh Just because you have to travel a lot , you have to have very good time management and you just have to stay dedicated to your sport . Oh , when I was , I believe 1413 years old , I started playing for the Mexico national team and we won the pre World Cup , which was a really big thing and I also won the top goal score U seventeens .