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Swooping to Sporting Jax: UNF's Zara Siassi among new signings for women's soccer club
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Sporting Club Jacksonville signed three players, including University of North Florida defender Zara Siassi, ahead of the team's inaugural kickoff in the USL's Gainbridge Super League for women's soccer.
Siassi, a native of Lake Worth who played at Park Vista High School, earned ASUN defensive player of the year honors at UNF and lined up for the Ospreys from 2020 through 2024.
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She also started all 82 of her matches at UNF, a program record, and tied for the team lead in 2024 with three assists.
Sporting Jax also signed former University of New Hampshire midfielder Caroline Murray, who has nine years of professional experience in Sweden , Finland, Denmark and Iceland, as well as former University of Florida midfielder Parker Roberts, who has lined up for the United States under-20 teams and played in the NWSL with the Orlando Pride.
The roster now includes five players under head coach Stacey Balaam , after the May 21 signings of defender Georgia Brown and midfielder Ashlyn Puerta.
Puerta is currently in the middle of the United States Under-20 women's national team's qualifying run at the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 championship in Costa Rica . The United States will meet Canada in the semifinal on June 6 at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Zara Siassi: Sporting Jax women's soccer signs UNF Ospreys defender
