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#3 Maddie Mercado 2022-23 Women's Soccer Roster

Forward

Height 5-8
Class Junior
Eligibility Sophomore
Hometown San Diego, CA
High School Cathedral Catholic
Maddie Mercado - Women's Soccer - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio / Statistics

Career Honors

  • 2023 Second Team All-ACC
  • 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team
  • 2023 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region First Team
  • 2023 ACC All-Tournament Team
  • 2022 Third Team All-ACC
  • Three-time All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2021, 2020)
  • Named to the US U-19 WNT for the La Manga Tournament in Spain (2020)
  • Ranked No. 68 on the TopDrawerSoccer Midseason Top-100 Freshman list (2019)

As a Graduate (2023)

  • Drafted 27th overall by the Seattle Reign in the 2024 NWSL Draft
  • Second Team All-ACC
  • United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team
  • United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region First Team
  • ACC All-Tournament Team
  • Started all 20 games, logging 1,601 minutes
  • Led the team in goals with 9
  • Led the team in points with 20
  • Found the back of the net 5 times over the last 9 games
  • Produced 3 game-winning goals, including one in the 2-0 victory over No. 8 Clemson on Oct. 26
  • Tallied 2 assists
  • Season best 3-point performance in the win over Wake Forest on Sept. 15
  • Fired off a team-high 74 shots. Her 3.7 shots per game ranked 30th in the nation and 2nd in the ACC
  • Finished her ND career playing 94 games with 62 starts, totaling 5,829 minutes. Recorded 26 career goals + 12 assists = 64 points. Tallied 10 career game-winners

As a Senior (2022)

  • All-ACC Third Team
  • ACC All-Academic Team
  • Played in all 23 games up top, including 19 starts. Logged 1,559 minutes on the pitch.
  • A breakout year in the starting forward position, scoring a career-best 10 goals.
    • Her 10 goals ranked 8th in the ACC.
  • Tied her career best in assists with 4.
  • Set a new career high in points with 24. Also, 1-of-3 to surpass the 20+ points mark along with Korbin Albert and Olivia Wingate.
  • New career high in game-winners with 4 – ranked 5th in the ACC and 34th in the nation.
  • The biggest game-winner she secured all season – the 1-0 victory at home over No. 2 Virginia.
  • Earned her second career brace in the 2-0 win over Western Michigan.
  • Scored in 3 consecutive games from Aug. 28-Sept. 8 (Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue) – all wins.
  • Notched 87 total shots, including 36 on net.
  • Her 3.8 shots per game ranked 4th in the ACC and 28th in the nation.

As a Junior (2021)

  • ACC All-Academic Team
  • Played in all 22 games with six starts, logging over 1,002 minutes
  • If there was a 12th woman of the team award it would have gone to Mercado, who was stellar of the bench in 2021. Mercado was the fourth and final Irish player to reach double-digit points on the year, joining Albert, Wingate and Fisher. The San Diego native finished with 14 points behind five goals and four assists.
  • Finished with the second-most game-winners on the squad with three – at Miami (9/23), vs Boston College (9/26) and vs Wake Forest (10/28).
  • Tallied a three-point game at Miami (one goal, one assist) on Sept. 23, all within a five-minute span.
  • Registered a penalty-kick goal against Boston College
  • Notched the first brace of her career against Detroit Mercy (9/9).
  • Produced a spectacular game-winner against Wake Forest when she scored directly off a corner kick.

As a Sophomore (2020)

  • ACC All-Academic Team
  • Played in all 13 games and made 11 starts during her second year with the Irish.
  • Finished the year with two goals, four points and 758 minutes played.
  • Was named to the All-ACC Academic Team following the season.
  • Earned her first career goal in the 2-0 home win over Missouri (3/20).
  • The very next game, she scored the equalizer against No. 18 Oklahoma State to send the game into overtime (4/11).

As a Freshman (2019)

  • Played in 16 games and made seven starts in her freshman season with the Irish.
  • Recorded two assists and played 909 minutes.
  • Tallied her first collegiate points on the assist to Olivia Wingate’s goal in the 4-0 home win over St. John’s.
  • Her second assist came on Kiki Van Zanten’s first goal in the 4-0 home win over Pitt.
  • Played a season high 100 minutes in the 0-0 tie at home against No. 16 Louisville.

Prep/Club

  • 2016 CIF Southern California High School Champions.
  • Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-American team selection (2016, 2017).
  • 2017 Western Conference Player of the Year.
  • Member of the U14-U17 US Youth National Team.
  • Three-time US Youth Soccer Region IV ODP Champions with Cal South Team 2001.
  • Won the U16 US Youth National Team “Torneo delle Nazioni” in 2017 and the US Youth National Team CONCACAF championship in 2016.
  • Played club for San Diego Surf Soccer Club and coach Mark Spooner.
  • Named to the 2018 US Soccer Girls Development Academy U18/19 Best XI.
  • Dad, David played tennis at the University of Central Florida. Mom, Shelley, played tennis at the University of Florida and continued on to a professional career. Brother, Michael, was selected in the 2nd round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays.