Lauren Adrienne Lapomarda (born May 10, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Serie B Femminile club Parma. She played college soccer for the Texas Longhorns, for which she is the record appearance holder.

Early life and college career

Lapomarda grew up in Prosper, Texas, the younger of two children born to Larry Lapomarda and Adriana Lazo.[3] She is of Hispanic and Italian descent and holds American and Italian citizenship.[4][5] Her sister, Katie, played college soccer at San Diego.[3] Lapomarda began playing soccer at age three.[4] She played prep soccer at Prosper High School and club soccer for Solar SC. She won the USSDA under-16/17 national championship in 2019, with her club team led by her future Texas teammates Lexi Missimo and Trinity Byars.[3][6]

Texas Longhorns

Lapomarda played five seasons for the Texas Longhorns, making a program-record 102 appearances (97 starts) and scoring 4 goals between 2020 and 2024.[3][5] In her senior season, she contributed to a program-record stretch of more than six games without conceding a goal. She then helped Texas win the 2023 Big Ten tournament, being named to the all-tournament team after assisting Trinity Byars in a 1–0 semifinal win over Texas Tech and defeating BYU 3–1 in the final.[3][7] In her fifth season, she was given freedom to contribute more offensively and doubled her career scoring output with two goals and five assists.[3][8] She also helped lead Texas to victory in the 2024 SEC tournament (in their first season in the conference), scoring a golden goal in a 2–1 semifinal win against Arkansas to advance to the final, where they beat South Carolina 1–0.[9][10]

Club career

Parma

Serie B club Parma announced Lapomarda's signing on January 18, 2025.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lauren Lapomarda is Gialloblu". Parma Calcio 2022access-date=2025-01-27. January 18, 2025.
  2. ^ "Lauren Lapomarda". Parma Calcio 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Lauren Lapomarda". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Wilson, Payton (September 19, 2022). "Hispanic Heritage Month: Lauren Lapomarda". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Malinguez, Alistair (January 20, 2025). "Texas soccer's Lauren Lapomarda signs overseas with Italian side Parma Calcio". The Daily Texan. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  6. ^ Crooke, Dan (July 22, 2019). "Solar SC and FC Dallas bring home USSDA awards". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  7. ^ "Light the Tower: Texas Soccer Wins Big 12 Conference Tournament Championship". University of Texas at Austin. November 7, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  8. ^ Deleon-Rios, Ylver (October 24, 2024). "Defending with passion: Lauren Lapomarda's impact after five years with Texas soccer". The Daily Texan. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  9. ^ Victoria, Hayden (November 8, 2024). "Lapomarda's Late Goal Sends Texas Soccer to SEC Championship in Double OT Thriller". USA Today. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  10. ^ "'Weathering the Storm': No. 21 Soccer wins first SEC Tournament Championship". Texas Longhorns. November 10, 2024. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
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