JoJo Cotto explained

JoJo Cotto
Fullname:Josephine Lara Cotto
Birth Date:15 January 2000
Birth Place:Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Height:1.70 m
Position:Midfielder
Currentclub:DUSC
Collegeyears1:2018–2021
College1:Penn Quakers
Collegecaps1:7
Collegegoals1:0
Years1:2023
Clubs1:FA Euro
Caps1:12
Nationalyears1:2015
Nationalteam1:Puerto Rico U-17
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:2015
Nationalteam2:Puerto Rico U-20
Nationalcaps2:3
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2021–
Nationalteam3:Puerto Rico
Nationalcaps3:15
Nationalgoals3:1
Ntupdate:March 2022
Years2:2024
Clubs2:DUSC

Josephine Lara Cotto (born 15 January 2000) is a Puerto Rican footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Puerto Rico women's national team.

Early life and college

Cotto attended Menlo-Atherton High School with whom she won the Central Coast Section Division I championship in 2016. She scored the winning goal in the final match.[1]

In the 2017 Northern California State Cup Finals, Cotto tore her anterior crucial ligament for the first time. Two games into her freshman year at University of Pennsylvania, she tore her ACL for the second time during a team practice which sidelined her for over a year.[2]

International career

In the fall of 2015, Cotto represented both the Puerto Rico U-17 team and Puerto Rico U-20 team in their respective Caribbean Zone qualifiers for the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship and 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[3] [4] [5]

Cotto made her senior debut for the Puerto Rican women's national football team in June 2021 during a 5–1 friendly loss to Uruguay.[6] On 21 October 2021, Cotto scored her first goal for Puerto Rico, opening the scoring in a 6–1 friendly victory over Guyana.[7]

In June 2023, Cotto represented Puerto Rico in the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador. She started all three games and played every minute, tallying in assist against El Salvador.

Notes and References

  1. News: Mazeika . Vytas . CCS girls soccer: Historic comeback turns M-A into champions for first time . 2 November 2021 . The Mercury News . 8 March 2016.
  2. News: Simoes . Mariana . After lengthy recovery, Jojo Cotto's comeback to Penn women's soccer is complete . 2 November 2021 . The Daily Pennsylvanian . 13 November 2019.
  3. Web site: Jusino . Edwin . Todo listo para jugarse la clasificación la Sub20 femenina . Fútbol Boricua . 2 November 2021 . Spanish . 13 October 2015.
  4. Web site: Jusino . Edwin . Puerto Rico U17 se despide ganando en las clasificatorias de la CFU . Fútbol Boricua . 2 November 2021 . Spanish . 18 November 2015.
  5. Web site: JOJO COTTO . pennathletics.com . 2 November 2021.
  6. Web site: Andino . Jessica Rosa . URUGUAY DERROTA, 5-1, A PUERTO RICO EN EL ESTADIO CENTENARIO . Federación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol . 2 November 2021 . Spanish . 12 June 2021.
  7. News: Lady Jags go down 1-6 to Puerto Rico in warm-up encounter . 2 November 2021 . Stabroek News . 21 October 2021.