Outlook

Cielo Rivera is a player with considerable potential and an individual who emerged as a key midfielder 2017 … Good on ball … Good striker and possesses good ball distribution skills …  Can rush at players ... Missed the 2018 season with an injury but has fully recovered and will be a force in 2019 ... Will continue her career at Columbia College.

Sophomore Year 2019

Played in 20 games, 16 as a starting midfielder … Earned second-team All-East Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference ... Was part of JCCC’s defensive pool that allowed only 23 goals, a goals against average of 1.08 with six shutouts … Helped out offensively with a goal and three assists for five points … Fired 21 shots, 12 on goal, for a shots on goal percentage of .571 … Notched her first assist on the season in a 2-0 home win over Coffeyville (9-21-19) … Credited with the game-winning assist in a 2-1 upset at No. 1 Richland (9-29-19) … Assisted on JCCC’s third goal in a 5-0 win over Allen (10-2-19) … Scored on a penalty kick in an 8-0 win at Neosho County (10-19-19).

Sophomore Year 2018 

Played in one match before suffering a season-ending injury.

Freshman Year 2017 

Played in all 20 games, 19 as a starter … Tallied 11 points off five goals and one assist … Netted two goals in an 8-1 win over Cowley (9-7-17) … Provided the assist on JCCC’s third goal in a 3-1 win at Cowley (10-3-17) … Scored a goal in three consecutive games beginning with the fourth goal in a 7-0 win at Neosho County (10-14-17) … Followed with a goal in an 8-2 win over Kansas City Kansas (10-17-17) and netted the game winning goal in a 2-0 win at Allen (10-19-17) … Fired 48 shots over the season, 29 on goal, for a shots on goal percentage of .604 … Had a season high seven shots, five on goal, in the win at Allen. 

High School

Was a four-year starter for coach Kevin Haspela at Hood River Valley High School, Hood River, Ore. … Graduated 2017 … Garnered Oregon 5A All-State first-team honors as a senior … Selected as the Columbia River Conference Player of the Year as a senior … Was a four-time All-Columbia River Conference first-team selection at forward Helped her team win the Columbia River Conference all four varsity seasons … The team qualified for the 5A State Tournament three straight years, 2014-16, and reached the quarterfinal round in 2014 and 2015 … Played seven season of club soccer for BSC Oregon, coached by Scot Thompson and Ryan Youngblood.

Personal

Born Cielo Azul Rivera on Dec. 24, 1998, in Hood River, Ore. … Daughter of Jose Rivera and Maria Diaz … Has three siblings, MA, Ocean and Vida … Majoring in kinesiology … Also recruited by Geroge Fox University and Ottawa University … Favorite food is Mexican … Favorite restaurant is Solstice … Favorite TV show is New Girl … Favorite movie is Transformers … Favorite music entertainer is Khalid … Favorite cartoon character is Sponge Bob Square Pants … Favorite athletes are Tobin Heath and Megan Rapinoe … Favorite sports teams are FC Barcelona and Chivas.