2019 W Soccer Roster

Stephen Woo/klcfotos
Noel Danseco

10 Luca Deza

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Junior
  • Last School(s) Notre Dame High School
  • Hometown Belmont, Calif.
  • Major Undeclared

Biography

Career Highlights
  • Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (2019)
  • United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team (2019)
  • All-Pac-12 Second Team (2019)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2018)
  • TopDrawerSoccer Second Team Freshman Best XI (2017)
  • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2017)
As a Junior (2019): Appeared in 18 games during the 2019 season, making 16 starts… Played a key role in the Golden Bears' midfield and helped Cal produce a total of 32 goals this season, the program's most since 2016 … Finished second on the team in both scoring (5) and points this season (13) … Opened the season with a brace in the Bears' win over Weber State and also came up with pivotal goals in Pac-12 play, scoring the opening goal in Cal's 2-1 road win over then-No. 7 UCLA and also tallying a goal and an assist in the Bears' 3-0 upset over then- No. 4 USC … Voted Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after her performance against the Trojans … Collected her first-career All-Region honor by United Soccer Coaches with a spot on the Third Team … All-Pac-12 Second Team selection

As a Sophomore (2018): Appeared in 17 games for the Golden Bears, making 13 starts . . . Scored two goals, including the game-winner in Cal’s victory over Oregon State on August 31 … One of seven players to tally multiple goals for the Bears last season, also finding the back of the net against Oregon State…. Finished the season on six points, also adding a pair of assists…. Assisted Abi Kim’s game-winning goal in the Bears’ season-opening win over Utah Valley and set up the game-tying goal by Emma Westin in Cal’s 2-1 comeback win at Oregon…. Earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

As a Freshman (2017): Named to the 2017 Pac-12 All-Freshman team.. Appeared in 19 games for the Golden Bears, making 11 starts… Led the Bears with four assists on the season, becoming the first freshman since 2012 (Ifeoma Onumonu) to lead the Bears in assists … Finished third overall on the team in points with eight points on two goals and four assists… Scored her first collegiate goal on August 27, 2017, the game-winning goal in Cal’s 2-0 win at UC Davis… Tallied the game-winning goal and added an assist in Cal’s 2-0 win at Utah on October 8… Named to the TopDrawerSoccer Second Team Freshman Best XI and finished the season ranked 18th in the TopDrawer Freshman postseason rankings

International: Spent time with the U-18 and U-15 United States Women’s National Teams

Club Ball: Played for De Anza Force under coaches Andres Deza and Jeff Baicher…U-16 and U-17 NorCal State Cup Champions... ECNL finalists in 2016 and NorCal NPL Spring U-19 Champions

High School: Attended Notre Dame HS in Belmont... Averaged more than two goals per game her senior season and was an Honor Roll student
 
Personal: 
Daughter of Andres and Izumi Deza....Half-sister, Momo, attended Cal... Loves to play both the guitar and the piano…Enjoys  traveling… Club teammate of fellow Golden Bears Emily Smith, Kailee Gifford, and Kayla Fong

Major: Intends to major in global studies… Aspires to play professionally in Europe

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2017Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'3"
    27
  • 10

    2018Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'3"
    10
  • 10

    2019Junior

    Midfielder
    5'3"
    10