Cari Roccaro, born on July 18, 1994 (age 18), is an American women soccer player from East Islip, New York. She is on the United States under-20 women's national soccer team player pool, and plays the position of defender for the club New York Fury in Women's Premier Soccer League Elite. She recently competed in 2012 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup, held in Japan.
Cari Roccaro came up the youth ranks of Albertson Fury, and while in high-school played for Long Island Fury of WPSL. She played most of her soccer for her high-school. She will be attending University of Notre Dame from 2012.
Cari Roccaro was a member of U.S. national youth teams U-15 GNT, U-17 WNT and U-18 WNT.[1] In March 2010, she scored her first international goal in a qualifier match against Haiti for 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She also played and scored goals for USA in 2010 CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship and 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship. Most recently she was named to the United States squad, and competed in 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, held in Japan.
She played for her East Islip high-school team, Redmen, and in 2011-2012 season scored 11 goals with 11-3-1 record. She is a First Team ESPNHS All-American, a two-time All-American selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, and was Long Island Player of the Year.
From 2010 to 2012, while attending East Islip High School, Cari Roccaro played for Long Island Fury in Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women's soccer in USA. She joined the club New York Fury, in the new Women's Premier Soccer League Elite which was created after the folding of Women's Professional Soccer in early 2012.
