2024 USC Women's Soccer Roster
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Sampaio, Helena
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Jersey Number 22
Helena Sampaio
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Porto Alegre, Brazil
Bio
SENIOR/2024:
SOPHOMORE/2022
FRESHMAN/2021
NATIONAL TEAM/HIGH SCHOOL
- Appeared in all 23 matches for the Trojans, starting in 21 of them
- Named to the All-Big Ten first team and was the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year
- Was a Hermann Trophy Semifinalists
- Named to the All-North Region first team
- Had a team leading 7 assists and scored 5 goals
- Scored a game-winning goal with 20 seconds remaining by scoring on a free kick from 25 yards out against Penn State (10/20)
- Had an assist on the game winning goal in the Trojans Big Ten Championship win against UCLA (10/27)
- Played a career high 1,581 minutes
- Scored 2 goals and added an assist during the NCAA Tournament
- Was one of four players to start all 19 games for the Trojans in 2023
- Named to the All-Pacific Region second team and the All-Pac-12 second team
- Was 3rd on the team with 15 total points (6 goals, 3 assists)
- 6 goals were tied for the team lead
- Scored 3 game-winners, against New Mexico State (9/14), Oregon (10/5) and Grand Canyon (11/10)
- Scored in 3 straight games against Washington (10/1), Oregon (10/5) and Oregon State (10/8)
- Played the 4th most minutes on the team with 1,373
- Took 22 total shots and put 9 on target
SOPHOMORE/2022
- Appeared in all 18 games for the Trojans, starting 17 of them
- Scored 1 goal on the year and was 2nd on the team with 8 assists
- Her 8 assists were tied for the 16th most in a season by a USC player
- Her 10 total points were the 4th most by a Trojan
- Paired her lone goal with an assist against Washington (10/27)
- Played a total of 1,288 minutes, the 6th most on the team
FRESHMAN/2021
- Appeared in 18 games and made 1 start for the Trojans in 2021
- Scored 1 goal and notched 1 assist
- Her first career goal came against Utah on 10/10 and her assist came at Arizona on 10/3
- Played 415 total minutes, taking 10 shots and putting 6 on target
NATIONAL TEAM/HIGH SCHOOL
- Sampaio played prep and youth soccer both in her home country of Brazil and at IMG Academy in Florida, where she spent her final two years of high school
- Was an alternate on the Brazilian 2018 U-17 World Cup roster and participated in U-17 national team training camps
- Was named the 2019 Player of the Year at IMG Academy after leading the academy's U-19 team in assists
- With Colégio Marista Rosário in Brazil, Sampaio led the U-17 team to a State Cup championship as the assists leader
- Was the leading goal-scorer in the 2016 High School Tournament, and led the U-15 team to a 2015 State Cup championship as the Tournament MVP
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