Draft:Pearl Cecil

Pearl Cecil
Cecil with Virginia in 2025
Personal information
Full name Pearl Mariana Cecil[1]
Date of birth (2008-01-24) January 24, 2008 (age 18)[1]
Place of birth San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Virginia Cavaliers
Number 27
Youth career
2013–2021 PSV Union
2021–2025 San Diego Surf
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– Virginia Cavaliers 9 (1)
International career‡
2023 United States U-15 2 (0)
2024 United States U-16 6 (0)
2025 United States U-17 15 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals as of October 28, 2025

Pearl Mariana Cecil (born January 24, 2008) is an American college soccer player who plays as a center back or midfielder for the Virginia Cavaliers. She has captained the United States at multiple youth levels, including at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Early life

Cecil was born in the San Francisco Bay Area,[2] the daughter of Thomas Cecil and Jill Hamor,[3] and has two older sisters.[2] She took after her sisters and began playing soccer when she was young, training with local club PSV Union and also playing futsal.[2] When she was thirteen, her family moved to the San Diego area, settling in Encinitas, and she joined ECNL club San Diego Surf.[2] She played for the club primarily as an attacking midfielder,[2] earning multiple ECNL all-conference honors.[4] She trained with the NWSL's San Diego Wave in the 2025 preseason, playing in the Coachella Valley Invitational.[5] She graduated from the online Laurel Springs School after reclassifying to the class of 2025.[3] TopDrawerSoccer ranked her as the 39th-best prospect of the class.[3]

College career

Cecil played in 9 games, making 1 start, for the Virginia Cavaliers as a freshman in 2025, missing a portion of the season while at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[3] In the ACC tournament semifinals, she drew a penalty in the 3–2 loss to Stanford.[6] The team earned a one seed in the NCAA tournament and lost in the third round on penalties.[7]

International career

Cecil began training with the youth national team at the under-15 level in 2022.[8] In 2023, she captained the under-15s in their friendly against Germany.[9] In 2024, she helped the under-16 team win the U-16 UEFA Friendship Tournament.[10] She led the under-17s to perfect record in the 2025 CONCACAF U-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers and added a goal, earning a place in the qualifying tournament's Best XI.[11] She then captained the under-17s to the title at the 4 Nations Tournament.[12] She played every minute as captain at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco, losing to the Netherlands in the round of sixteen on penalties, though Cecil made hers.[13] She was a finalist for U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year alongside U-17 teammate Micayla Johnson.[14]

Cecil was called into a development camp, training concurrently with the senior national team, in January 2026.[15]

Honors and awards

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Morocco 2025™ - Squad List" (PDF). FIFA. p. 23. Retrieved October 19, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Pearl Cecil #24". San Diego Surf SC. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Pearl Cecil". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  4. ^ "ECNL Girls Southwest All-Conference". Elite Clubs National League. August 5, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
    "ECNL Girls Southwest All-Conference Teams". Elite Clubs National League. August 18, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  5. ^ "Match Preview: San Diego Wave FC vs. Bay FC in Coachella Valley Invitational". San Diego Wave FC. February 21, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  6. ^ Chun, Sam (November 7, 2025). "In tale of two halves, No. 5 seed women's soccer falls to No. 1 Stanford in ACC semifinal". The Cavalier Daily. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  7. ^ "No. 1 Seed Virginia Drops Shootout With No. 4 seed Washington". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  8. ^ "Sixty Players Called to U15 GNT Camp". United States Soccer Federation. September 7, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  9. ^ "U.S. U-15 Women's Youth National Team picks up wins over Netherlands and Germany". SoccerWire.com. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  10. ^ "U.S. Under-16 Women's Youth National Team Wins UEFA Friendship Tournament in Turkey, Besting Paraguay 4-2 in a Penalty Shootout". United States Soccer Federation. April 18, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
  11. ^ "Busby, Reyes and Anderson lead Concacaf Women's U-17 Qualifiers Final Round Best XI". CONCACAF. April 22, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  12. ^ "U.S. U-17 Women's National Team Defeats Mexico, 1–0, to Win 4 Nations Tournament In Mexico City as Nyanya Touray Scores Game-Winner in 69th Minute". United States Soccer Federation. August 1, 2025. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
  13. ^ "U17 WNT Falls in PK Shootout at World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. October 29, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  14. ^ "Finalists Set for 2025 U.S. Soccer End of Year Awards". United States Soccer Federation. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  15. ^ "24 Players Named To U.S. National Team Development Camp Which Will Run Concurrently With USWNT Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. January 15, 2026. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
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