Marcelo Piedra Angel '20 Recruiting Profile

I play soccer since I have memory. Soccer is my passion it runs in my blood because my father played soccer since he was a little kid also, so maybe that's why I love this sport.

My dream is to play for Real Madrid and if not just to make it up to pro in the MLS or something. Playing for the UCLA soccer team would be awesome because since I'm from LA, it could be easier for me to go to school and to the practices.

One of the traits that I have as a player is that I have a lot of vision and ball control. Another would be that in everything I do I always like to be the best, so that means that I'll try to be better every day in whatever I'm doing always. I'm an excellent leader because I love to motivate my teammates, lead them to the perfect ball possession, and love to calm them down in moments of pressure.

In the classroom, I always try to achieve the best grades I could get because like that I would make my parents proud because they want my grades to be raised up always. By attending a University and doing what I love, playing soccer, I could make my parents and my whole family proud.