Arizona signs Slammers ECNL forward Sydney Osborn and Japanese defender Rikako Hayami

TUCSON – Arizona Soccer Head Coach Becca Moros has added a pair of recruits in Sydney Osborn and Rikako Hayami to her 2024 signing class.

Osborn, a California state champion with Santa Margarita High School, will join Arizona following the completion of her standout youth soccer career with Slammers FC in the ECNL. Hayami – who hails from Osaka, Japan – is transferring to Arizona after a junior college stint with Arizona Western College.

See below for a look at each of the new Wildcats.

Sydney Osborn | Forward | Dana Point, Calif.

Slammers FC ECNL

• Conference champions 2022-2023

Santa Margarita HS

• State champions SMCHS 2023
• State Champions 2023
• CIF Champions 2023
• Trinity League Champions 2023

Coach Moros on Osborn: “Sydney is an aggressive striker, possessing both the ability to get in behind defenses and hold the ball up to combine with teammates. She’s hard working, passionate about the game and driven to keep getting better. That’s what we’re all about at Arizona Soccer, and I know she will come in ready to go and bring a fighting spirit and goal scoring prowess that will help us take our program to the next level. I’m looking forward to working with her in the fall.”

Rikako Hayami | Defender | Osaka, Japan 

Arizona Western College (NJCAA)

• 2023 United Soccer Coaches All American
• 2023 NJCAA 2nd Team All American
• 2023 ACCAC 1st Team

Coach Moros on Hayami: “Riko is a capable center back with strong tactical game understanding, clean technical skills, and deft passing ability that would also allow her to play in the midfield. She grew up in a different soccer culture in Japan where the emphasis is heavily on these aspects of the game. She will bring something unique to the program, both in her anticipated individual performances and also by what having a player like that does to challenge other players daily in the training environment. I’m excited to get started with her in January.”