Episode 3 | To The Mountaintop with Coco Goodson

COCO GOODSON
Interviewed by Eva Grunburg

After playing several years of professional soccer, Coco volunteered for the U.S. Army and is currently a 2nd Lieutenant in the fabled 82nd Airborne Division.
Born in Ramona, California, Coco attended Cathedral Catholic High School where she was a four-year letter winner and was named to the All-CIF First Team. She was a member of the CIF San Diego Section and Western League Championship teams from 2005–2007. Goodson was named All-North County twice and All-Western League twice. In 2005, she was named California Gatorade Rookie of the Year. In 2007, she was named to the Union-Tribune All-Academic Team.

After spending the first two years of her college career at the University of Texas where she played midfielder for the Texas Longhorns, Goodson transferred to the University of California, Irvine where she played for the UCI Anteaters from 2010–2011. During her two seasons at Irvine, the squad made it to the NCAA Tournament for the first two times in school history, with Coco twice enjoying All-American status.

After playing several years of professional soccer in the US and internationally, Coco then volunteered for the U.S. Army, where she is currently a 2nd Lieutenant in the fabled 82nd Airborne Division, the elite of the elite among airborne troops and fittingly known as “The All-Americans.”