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Soccer’s Lopez Wilson Earns Spot on FIFA U20 Team for Native Costa Rica - Alabama State University Athletics
First-year forward/midfielder Kiana Lopez Wilson of the Alabama State University women's soccer team was named to the Costa Rican squad ahead of the FIFA U-20 Women's
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SAN RAFAEL DE ALAJUELA, Costa Rica – First-year forward/midfielder Kiana Lopez Wilson of the Alabama State University women's soccer team was named to the Costa Rican squad ahead of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, as announced by the federation on Friday.
The rookie from Corsicana, Texas, joins a squad of 21 young women who will be led by head coach Ana Aguilar, a former assistant and interim head coach of the Costa Rican national squad. The team will travel to host nation Poland as they open first-round pool play in early September.
"I have no words to describe how I am feeling right now," said Kiana upon the news. "All I know is that God has directed my life from the very beginning. Even at my lowest, when I thought my career was over, he had a plan and to this day he still continues it. As for my aspirations, I think of two; to walk as Jesus this entire tournament and to score goals."
The team is filled with a number of Costa Rican club soccer players, including Lopez Wilson, who has been a member of AD San Carlos FF, a club in Ciudad Quesada. Additionally, just as fellow U-20 Costa Rican soccer players have appeared throughout all levels of American college soccer in the past, Lopez Wilson is joined by forward/midfielder Valeria Valverde, who is also a part of the Arizona Western College (NJCAA) women's soccer squad.