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2023 Women's Soccer Roster

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9 Shira Cohen

  • Position F
  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • High School Berkeley High School
  • Hometown Berkeley, Calif.
  • School Columbia College

Biography

2023 (Senior)
Earned seven starts and played in all 19 games as a senior … Credited with five goals, which was the second-most scored by a member of the 2023 squad … Scored the game-winning goal against Rutgers to help Columbia earns its first NCAA Tournament victory in program history … Scored goals against NJIT, Providence, Cornell, Brown and Rutgers … Credited with one assist to finish the season with 11 total points.

2022 (Junior)
Played in 12 games, earning 10 starts … Led the teams in goals scored with four for the season … Also tallied two assists to finish the season with a team-high 10 points … Scored three game winning goals to rank fourth in the Ivy League in the category … Registered game winning goals against Fordham (9/11), Cornell (9/24) and Dartmouth (10/22) … Notched her first goal of the season against St. John’s (8/28).
 
2021 (Sophomore)
Appeared in seven games with three starts despite injury...Scored one goal in 3-1 victory over Ivy League rival, Yale on 10/30...Finished season with four shots.
 
2020
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019 (First-Year)
Played and started in 13 games for Columbia in her first season ... Known for her speed ... Despite missing three games on the season with injury, led the team with 11 points behind a team-high four goals plus three assists ... Earned second team All-Ivy League honors ... Also garnered second team All-East Region selection by United Soccer Coaches ...  Led the Lions with seven points in Ivy League play ... Scored her first collegiate goal in the season-opener at Colgate ... One assist in the Lions’ Ivy opener against Cornell ... Season-best three points with one goal and one assist in Columbia’s 3-1 victory over Yale.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played club soccer for Mustang ECNL under coach Mike Kelley ... Helped the Mustangs reach the semifinals of the ECNL Champions League Playoffs in 2016 and 2018 ... NorCal PDP State Team from 2014-18 ... 2018 Gothia Cup finalist with NorCal PDP in Sweden ... Recognized by TopDrawerSoccer.com as an ECNL Monthly standout in October 2018 ... Invited to U.S. Soccer Training Camp ... 2016 NorCal PDP Japan Tour roster selection ...  Received a varsity letter in track and field as a freshman ... Was a member of Berkeley High School’s varsity speech and debate team.
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Stuart and Ronnie Cohen ... Has Ivy League lineage as her mother is a Brown graduate and grandfather received his graduate degree from Columbia ... Has one sister, Amara ... Enrolled in Columbia College.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2019First Year

    Forward
    5'3"
    9
  • 9

    2020Sophomore

    Forward
    5'3"
    9
  • 9

    2021Sophomore

    Forward
    5'3"
    9
  • 9

    2022Junior

    Forward
    5'3"
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    Forward
    5'3"
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    Forward
    5'3"
    9