14/ Jimena Lopez / on loan

PRONOUNS: She/Her  

POSITION: Defender

HEIGHT: 5-7

INTERNATIONAL: Mexico

HOMETOWN: Mexico City, Mexico

DOB: January 30, 1999 (24 years old)

COLLEGE: Texas A&M

PREVIOUS CLUB: SD Eibar

NWSL EXP.: 3 (3rd Reign)

ACQUIRED: Selected as the 28th overall pick at the 2021 NWSL Draft.

TRANSACTIONS: Loaned to UMF Selfoss in the Úrvalsdeild Kvenna on March 24, 2023 through June 2023. On June 15, 2021, signed a three-year contract extension with OL Reign, with a club option for an additional year, after the club agreed to a permanent transfer with SD Eibar.

PROFESSIONAL (NWSL): Entering her third season with OL Reign, Jimena López has appeared in nine regular season games (four starts) since 2021 for 420 total minutes...Has tallied 12 clearances, 12 interceptions and eight tackles won all-time.

2022 • RGN • 7/4 (0/0)

Appeared in seven games (four starts) for a total of 411 minutes...Finished with 12 clearances, 12 interceptions and eight tackles won.

2021 • RGN • 2/0 (0/0)

Made her debut in the NWSL and with the Reign at Orlando on July 24...Finished the season with two appearances for nine minutes.

INTERNATIONAL (Mexico): Made her senior debut on Feb 27, 2019, in a friendly match against Italy...Selected to the Mexico U-17 Women’s National squad in 2015...Played for Mexico at the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup, starting all four games and scoring one goal as the team finished in fifth place...Has played over 30 international matches for Mexican National Teams since 2012...Scored on a PK against USA to help the U-17 National Team to a third-place finish at Gradisca tournament in Italy in 2016...Participated at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, earning a bronze medal with the U-15 Mexican National Team.

COLLEGE - TEXAS A&M (2017-2020): Owns 70 caps for the Aggies, including 57 starts...Recorded 17 goals and 23 assists all-time…Collected eight game-winning goals and made six of her eight penalty kicks...Named SEC Co-Defender of the Year and All-SEC First Team as a senior in 2020...Was SEC Midfielder of the Year and All-SEC First Team in 2019 as a junior.

YOUTH: Starred for Instituto Mexicano Regina leading the squad to Copa Giro titles in 2006 and 2012...Was the top scorer at the 2012 Copa Giro, logging seven goals in three matches... Competed with St. Stephen’s at the 2015 National Elite Prep Showcase where she scored and also assisted a goal over the course of the showcase...Member of St. Stephen’s squad that was runner-up in 2015-16 Southwest Preparatory Conference girls’ soccer championship.