Caprice Dydasco

Caprice Ka'anohikula Dydasco, born August 19, 1993 in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an American soccer defender and midfielder. She played at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2011 to 2014 and was drafted to play professionally by the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League on January 16, 2015.

Early life

The daughter of Jose and Misty Dydasco, Dydasco played soccer for Kamehameha High School in Honolulu and the Honolulu Bulls Soccer Club. She was a youth All-American in 2009 and 2010. A brother, Zane Dydasco, played soccer for the United States Air Force Academy.^[1]

Dydasco began playing for U.S. national soccer teams at the age of 14. She was a starter on the United States women's national under-17 soccer team in 2009, but was injured and unable to compete in the U-17 World Cup.^[2]

University

Caprice Dydasco in 2014 playing soccer in Japan with UCLA

Dydasco was a four-year starter as a defender for the UCLA Bruins from 2011-2014. She appeared in 94 games and scored five goals and had 23 assists. She was a member of UCLA's national championship team in 2013.^[3]

Professional

Dydasco played for the semi-professional Pali Blues in 2013 and 2014. In March 2014, playing in the midfield for the United States women's national under-23 soccer team, she assisted on the game-winning goal to win the Six Nations Tournament in Spain. In March 2015 Dydasco started all three of the matches of the United States under-23 team at a tournament in La Manga, Spain.

On January 16, 2015, Dydasco was drafted to play for the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League. She was the nineteenth player picked in the draft. She is "known for speed" and was described by Spirit coach Mark Parsons as "the most attacking defender out there."^[4]

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