Women’s soccer forward Ubogagu to join Arsenal

Feb. 17, 2015, 12:56 a.m.

Senior forward Chioma Ubogagu of the Stanford women’s soccer team saw her lifelong dream come true last week when she signed a one-year contract with the English club Arsenal. She will head to London at the conclusion of winter quarter to join the team.

Chioma Ubogagu
Senior forward Chioma Ubogagu scored 10 goals for the Cardinal last season, the second most of any player on the team. (ROGER CHEN/The Stanford Daily)

“Honestly, it’s God’s bigger picture,” said Ubogagu, who has been a fan of Arsenal her entire life, to Stanford Athletics. “I’m so grateful that, of all teams, that was the team that had a coach who was familiar with the American game and somehow my name got brought up. Now, I’m leaving in a month. It’s crazy.”

Ubogagu was a four-year starter at Stanford and scored 27 goals in her 89 caps. She will also leave the Farm at fourth on the Cardinal’s all-time list for assists with 35. In her senior campaign this last season, she scored 10 goals and notched seven assists as a captain of the team and played a crucial role in the Cardinal’s run to the NCAA Tournament semifinals, where they lost to Florida State.

In total, she was part of three College Cup appearances for the Cardinal, including the 2011 national championship in her freshman season — the first in program history. That season, she scored 10 goals as one of seven Cardinal players to hit double digits in that metric.

Ubogagu will not sign with Sky Blue FC, which drafted her in the fourth round of the 2015 National Women’s Soccer League Draft. Had she signed with Sky Blue, she would have joined fellow Stanford senior Lo’eau LaBonta.

Contact Do-Hyoung Park at dpark027 ‘at’ stanford.edu.

Do-Hyoung Park '16, M.S. '17 is the Minnesota Twins beat reporter at MLB.com, having somehow ensured that his endless hours sunk into The Daily became a shockingly viable career. He was previously the Chief Operating Officer and Business Manager at The Stanford Daily for FY17-18. He also covered Stanford football and baseball for five seasons as a student and served two terms as sports editor and four terms on the copy desk. He was also a color commentator for KZSU 90.1 FM's football broadcast team for the 2015-16 Rose Bowl season.

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