Five Big Ten Women's Soccer Standouts Named All-Americans - Big Ten Conference

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Five Big Ten women’s soccer standouts from four conference schools were named 2020-21 United Soccer Coaches All-Americans, the national coaching organization announced Thursday. It marks the third consecutive season the Big Ten has had at least five women’s soccer All-America selections.
 
Big Ten Champion and NCAA Tournament Round of 16 participant Penn State had two student-athletes named All-Americans this season, with sophomore forward Ally Schlegel earning first-team honors and senior midfielder Frankie Tagliaferri named a second-team selection. It’s the first All-America citation for both players.
 
Schlegel, the Big Ten Forward of the Year and a semifinalist for the 2020-21 Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy, is the 26th first-team All-American in Penn State history and the first since defender Kaleigh Riehl in 2018. Schlegel is also the first Nittany Lion forward to earn first-team honors since Maya Hayes in 2011 and 2012. Meanwhile, Tagliaferri is PSU’s second second-team All-American in as many seasons, following Riehl’s 2019 selection.
 
Rutgers senior forward Amirah Ali was also a first-team All-American this season, while Wisconsin senior goalkeeper Jordyn Bloomer joined Tagliaferri on the second team and Ohio State senior defender Izzy Rodriguez was a third-team All-American.
 
Ali, a two-time MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist, earns her third All-America citation and second consecutive first-team honor (she was a second-team choice in 2018), becoming the first three-time All-America in program history. She is also the first Scarlet Knight position player to be a first-team All-American, as well as the first Rutgers player at any position to be a two-time first-team All-America selection.
 
Bloomer, the two-time Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, also garnered her second All-America certificate, having earned first-team honors in 2019. She is the fourth Badger ever to earn multiple All-America awards in her career and the first since four-time All-America midfielder Rose Lavelle from 2013-16.
 
Rodriguez, the Big Ten Defender of the Year, is the 10th Ohio State player to earn All-America honors from United Soccer Coaches and the first since 2017, when Morgan Wolcott was a second-team selection and Nikki Watts was a third-team choice.
 
The full rundown of 2020-21 Big Ten women’s soccer All-Americans can be found below, and the complete listing of all of this season’s United Soccer Coaches Division I All-America selections is LINKED HERE:
 
United Soccer Coaches All-America
First Team
Ally Schlegel, So., F, Penn State
Amirah Ali, Sr., F, Rutgers
Second Team
Frankie Tagliaferri, Sr., M, Penn State
Jordyn Bloomer, Sr., GK, Wisconsin
Third Team
Izzy Rodriguez, Sr., D, Ohio State
 

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