Player Details

Name

Michele Vasconcelos

Height

5' 5"

Date of Birth

5.11.1994 (29)

Birthplace

Sandy, Utah United States

Position

Forward
Career Summary

ACQUIRED: Signed as a National Team Replacement player on July 14, 2022.

2023: Come on as a substitute in the second-half of extra time and played 4 minutes in 2023 NWSL Playoffs semifinal on Nov. 5... Appeared as a sub against San Diego on Sep. 30 and OL Reign on Sep. 16... Made second consecutive start, logging 54 minutes at Gotham FC on July 9... Started, logging 45 minutes against KC on July 1... Made six consecutive sub appearances from May 21-June 23... Earned her first start of the season, and her first start in league play since July 2021... Scored her first Thorns FC goal, and her first goal in the NWSL since 2019, as a sub against Orlando on March 26.

2022: Appeared as a late-game substitute against Orlando on Sept. 9 and Louisville on July 29... Made her Thorns FC debut, entering the match as a substitute against Gotham FC on July 16.

2021-22: Played the 2021-22 Primera División Femenina campaign with Sevilla FC after beginning the 2021 NWSL season with the Kansas City Current.

2021: Appeared in four Challenge Cup matches with Kansas City, making two starts.

2020 Challenge Cup: Appeared in six matches with the Chicago Red Stars.

2019: Played in 11 games for Chicago... Started five matches, tallying two goals... Recorded three assists.

2018: Featured in 20 matches, making 10 starts for the Chicago Red Stars... Scored one goal.

2017: Drafted by the Chicago Red Stars as the 11th overall pick in the 2017 NWSL Draft out of BYU... Was unavailable for the season due to her pregnancy.

HONORS: 2022 NWSL Champion.

COLLEGE (BYU)

2016: Appeared in 21 games (all starts), tallying 16 goals and 13 assists... WCC Player of the Week for Sept. 12... Stretch of six goals in five games from Sept. 2 to Sept. 17... No. 57 player in the nation on Top Drawer Soccer’s midseason report... Eight goals in seven games from Oct. 15 to Nov. 17... WCC All-Academic Team... WCC Player of the Year... Hero Sports All-American (one of 11)... Hero Sports Fan Choice Player of the Year... NSCAA Academic All-American... Ranked No. 15 on Top Drawer Soccer’s final list of best players.

2015: Earned All-WCC Academic Honorable Mention honors... Named to All-WCC First Team... Named to NSCAA All-West Region Second Team... Named to NSCAA Scholar All-West Region Second Team... Silver honoree on WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2014: Named WCC Player of the Week for Oct. 27... Named CollegeSportsMadness.com’s National Offensive Player of the Week and WCC Player of the Week on Oct. 28... Named a CollegeSoccer360.com Prime Time Performer on Oct. 29... Played in all 21 games, starting in 20... Scored six goals and made six assists… Finished tied for second in the WCC in assists and tied for fifth in goals... Finished fourth in the WCC in points and shots... Named to NSCAA All-West Region Third Team... Named to All-WCC First Team... Earned WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention... Named to CSM.com’s WCC First Team... Named to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Bronze Honors for the second time.

2013: Took a medical redshirt.

2012: Played and started in all 24 games, recording eight goals and five assists... Named the WCC Freshman of the Year after tying for 4th in the conference for total goals and 7th for her .40 goals per game... Named to the All-WCC Freshman Team... Named to the Soccer America All-Freshman Second Team... Named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Freshman First Team... Named the CollegeSportsMaddness.com Freshman of the Year... Named the CollegeSportsMadness.com’s Freshman of the Year and All-American Freshman of the Year... Also named to the CollegeSportsMadness.com’s All-WCC First Team... Named to the WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll Bronze Honors.