In her first year with the Cerritos College women’s soccer program, Tessa Troglia comes to the team with great credentials as a player. In addition to being a tremendous player at La Serna High, Rio Hondo College and Cal State University, Los Angeles, Troglia played this past season for F.C. Girona, a Division I women’s professional team in Spain. Prior to playing in Spain, Troglia was an assistant coach and team trainer at La Serna High from 2003-05 and helped them advance as far as the CIF quarter-finals each season. In 2004, they reached the CIF championship game. 

While at Cal State Los Angeles, she was an All-California Collegiate Athletic Association Honorable Mention selection as a senior after scoring four goals to go along with a team-high six assists. She was also named their Team Captain and was a teammate of former Falcon Grisell Ramirez both seasons. In her two years with the Eagles, Troglia helped them to their first two winning seasons in school history. 

As a player at La Serna High from 1998-2001, Troglia was named the Whittier Daily News Player of the Year her junior and senior years, while she was a three-time 1^st Team All-League selection. She then moved on to Rio Hondo College, where she was a two-time 1^st Team All-Foothill Conference choice.