| Madelyn Desiano | |
| Full Name: | Madelyn Marie Desiano |
| Birth Date: | 18 February 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Mission Viejo, California |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Odense Boldklub Q |
| Clubnumber: | 9 |
| Youthclubs1: | So Cal Blues |
| Collegeyears1: | 2018–2022 |
| College1: | UCLA Bruins |
| Collegecaps1: | 53 |
| Collegegoals1: | 3 |
| Years1: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs1: | Houston Dash |
| Caps1: | 4 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2024– |
| Clubs2: | Odense Boldklub Q |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U14 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | United States U18 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam3: | United States U19 |
| Club-Update: | October 6, 2024 |
Madelyn Marie Desiano (born February 18, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Danish Women's League club Odense Boldklub Q.
Desiano was born in Mission Viejo, California[1] and attended Aliso Niguel High School.[2] She was a member of both the soccer and dance teams at Aliso Niguel.[3]
She played youth soccer for SoCal Blues, with which she won the 2015 ECNL U15 National Championship.[4]
Desiano attended University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins from 2018 to 2022.[1] In 2018, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and underwent knee surgery.[2] In 2019, she underwent a second knee surgery.[2] She made her college debut in February 2021.[2]
She scored her first collegiate goal on October 6, 2022, against Arizona State.[5] UCLA won the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, as Desiano played all 110 minutes in championship match.[1]
She graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Political Science and a master's degree in Transformative Coaching Leadership.
In January 2023, Desiano was selected by the Houston Dash in the 2023 NWSL Draft.[6] She scored her first professional goal on July 22, 2023 in a 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup match against Kansas City Current.[7] [8]
Houston waived Desiano on April 12, 2024.[9]
On August 9, 2024, Desiano signed with Danish club Odense Boldklub Q.[10] She made her first start and recorded her first assist for the club on August 31, 2024 against HB Køge,[11] [12] and was named to the Kvindeligaen Team of the Round.[13] She was named to the Kvindeligaen Team of the Month for September 2024.[14]
Desiano attended training camp with the United States under-14 team in 2014.[15]
In September 2017, Desiano competed with the United States under-19 team in the CFA International Women's Youth Football Tournament in China.[16] In April 2018, she competed with the United States under-18 team in Switzerland.[17]
Desiano was born to parents Tom, who played college basketball for San Jose State, and Ann-Marie, a competitive dancer who was a cheerleader for Long Beach State.[18] [1]
Desiano has worked on writing a book about her experiences at UCLA.[19]
| Season | League | Cup[20] | Playoffs[21] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Houston Dash | 2023 | NWSL | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Odense Boldklub Q | 2024–25 | Kvindeligaen | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
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