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Ella Sanchez

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Ella Sanchez
Sanchez with Mexico in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ella Ryan Sanchez Stickel[1]
Birth name Ella Ryan Sanchez[2]
Date of birth (2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 21)[2]
Place of birth Ohio, U.S.
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pachuca
Number 16
Youth career
Racing Louisville
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Racing Louisville (USL W) 16 (4)
2023– Pachuca 49 (3)
2026 → FC Juárez (loan) 19 (2)
International career‡
2022 United States U-17 7 (0)
2025– Mexico 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Santo DomingoTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 January 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 June 2025

Ella Ryan Sanchez Stickel (born 8 March 2005) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga Femenil club Pachuca. Born in the United States, she plays for the Mexico national team. She signed with Pachuca out of the Racing Louisville Academy at age 18 in 2023.

Sanchez represented the United States at youth level, appearing at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. In 2025, she changed her allegiance to Mexico and debuted for them at senior level.

Early life

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Sanchez grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended Ballard High School. She played high school soccer for three seasons, setting the school scoring record with 144 goals and 60 assists, and earned first-team all-state recognition twice.[3][4] She was named the Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year after her junior season, having scored 64 goals and led Ballard to the regional semifinals.[4][5] She played club soccer for the Racing Louisville Academy (while her father was the director of the academy), being named ECNL All-American in 2021.[6][7] Later that year, she dressed as a first-team player for Racing Louisville in the Women's Cup exhibition championship game against Bayern Munich.[8][9] She later also played for Racing's USL W League side.[5][10]

Club career

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On July 3, 2023, it was announced that Sanchez had signed her first professional contract with Mexican club Pachuca.[11] She made her professional debut on July 24, coming on as a second-half substitute for Nina Nicosia in a 2–0 loss to Cruz Azul.[12] However, she played primarily for the under-19 side during her first year and a half in Pachuca, making 24 appearances and scoring 2 goals.[13] On November 3, she made her first start for the senior team in her fifth appearance,[12] but was sent off after a foul against Daniela Delgado as Las Tuzas lost 3–0 to Guadalajara.[14] On March 25, 2024, she scored her first Liga Femenil goal to conclude a 4–0 victory over Santos Laguna at the Estadio Hidalgo.[15]

Sanchez became a first-team regular at the start of the Clausura 2025.[12] On January 26, 2025, she scored her first goal of the season, opening a 5–0 win over Atlético San Luis.[12] She ended the Clausura by coming off the bench in both legs of the final,[12] helping Pachuca win 3–2 on aggregate against Club América to secure their first Liga Femenil championship.[16] Later that year, on August 19, Sanchez and Pachuca made their CONCACAF W Champions Cup debut and won the match 6–0 against Panamanian club Chorrillo.[12]

On December 23, 2025, Sanchez joined FC Juárez on loan for the Clausura 2026.[17] On January 6, 2026, she made a goalscoring debut for Las Bravas in a 3–2 loss to Mazatlán.[18] She finished the loan with 2 goals in 19 appearances.[19]

International career

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Sanchez holds United States and Mexican citizenship.[1] She was called into virtual training camp with the United States under-17 team in February 2021.[8] The following year, she was selected to the roster for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India. She appeared in three games and started in the team's quarterfinal match again Nigeria, where they lost on penalties.[20][21] She was invited to train with the combined under-18/under-19 team in April 2023.[22]

Sanchez was called into the inaugural training camp of the Mexico under-23 team in March–April 2025.[23] She received her first senior call-up with Mexico in May.[24] She made her international debut for Mexico on June 3, 2025, starting in a 1–0 friendly win against Uruguay.[20]

In 2026, Sanchez was included with the Mexican squad for the Central American and Carribean Games, where the team won the gold medal, defeating Colombia in the final.[25][26]

Personal life

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Sanchez the second oldest of four children born to Shana (née Stickel) and Mario Sanchez.[8][27] Her father played professional soccer before becoming a soccer coach, and her mother played college soccer at Cal Poly.[28][6] Her older brother, Sebastian, turned professional with Louisville City.[29]

Honors

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Pachuca

Mexico U23

References

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  1. 1 2 "Ficha Jugadora – Ella Ryan Sanchez Stickel". Liga MX Femenil (in Mexican Spanish).
  2. 1 2 "Squad List: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 4 October 2022. p. 16. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Woodson, Dyuce (28 September 2021). "How the name Sanchez and soccer go hand-in-hand in Louisville". WLKY. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Gatorade 2021–2022: Player of the Year – Girls Soccer – Kentucky". Gatorade. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 Frakes, Jason (22 September 2022). "Ballard's Ella Sanchez selected to US Under-17 Youth National Soccer Team". Courier Journal. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Sanchez family comes together with LouCity, Racing Academy". WHAS-TV. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Girls ECNL announces 2020–21 All Americans". Elite Clubs National League. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  8. 1 2 3 Kirven, J.L. (20 June 2024). "'She's absolutely the best player in the state': Meet Ballard midfielder Ella Sanchez". Courier Journal.
  9. ↑ "Sanchez marks another 'first' for Racing's academy, making senior team squad". LouCity | Racing Academy. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Trio of set pieces earn Racing a win in its W League opener". Racing Louisville FC. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  11. ↑ Club Pachuca Femenil [@tuzasoficial]; (3 July 2023). "She is Ella!". Retrieved 20 July 2024 – via Instagram.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ella Sanchez at Flashscore Edit this at Wikidata
  13. ↑ "Ella Ryan Sanchez Stickel" (in Spanish). Liga Femenil. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Las Chivas del argentino Spinelli vencen a Pachuca y pasan a cuartos en tercer lugar". EFE. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via Yahoo! Noticias.
  15. ↑ Gutiérrez, Paulina (25 March 2024). "Un gran Tuzalto". Once Diario. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  16. 1 2 "Pachuca beats America on aggregate to capture its first Liga MX Femenil title". Associated Press. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  17. ↑ Cardona, Joel (23 December 2025). "Ella Sánchez vestirá los colores de Bravas". FC Juárez. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Cae Bravas ante Mazatlán" (in Spanish). FC Juárez. 6 January 2026. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  19. ↑ "¡Ella Sanchez, Bienvenida de Vuelta a las Tuzas!" (in Spanish). C.F. Pachuca. 6 July 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  20. 1 2 Ella Sanchez at Soccerway Edit this at Wikidata
  21. ↑ Clark, Travis (17 October 2022). "USA Wins Group at U17 World Cup". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
    Clark, Travis (21 October 2022). "US U17 WNT World Cup Run Comes to an End". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  22. ↑ "U20, U18/19 Rosters Announced for NC Camps". United States Soccer Federation. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  23. ↑ Welch, RD (3 May 2025). "Mexico U-23 WNT: Mexico holds its first-ever Under-23 camp — One NWSL pro and five NCAA players called up". Women's Soccer Express. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  24. ↑ Cuautle, Omar (16 May 2025). "Charlyn Corral regresa a la Selección Mexicana Femenil para jugar vs Uruguay en Puebla". En Linea Deportiva (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  25. ↑ "Women's team Roster (MEX)" (PDF). 29 July 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  26. ↑ "¡El oro se queda en México! El Tricolor Femenil derrotó a Colombia desde los 11 pasos". Esto (in Spanish). 6 August 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  27. ↑ "Mario Sanchez – Head Coach – Men's Soccer". SIU Edwardsville Cougars. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  28. ↑ Lane, Tom (12 May 2023). "Racing Louisville academy star, Ballard senior Ella Sanchez will soon decide if to turn pro or play in college". WDRB. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  29. ↑ Wilson, Erin (1 October 2022). "Racing Louisville Academy player heads to World Cup". Spectrum News 1 Kentucky. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  30. ↑ "Pachuca Femenil se corona Campeón de Campeonas | Video". Aristegui (in Spanish). 17 July 2026. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
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