Cristina Roque

This article is about the Puerto Rican footballer. For the current Philippine Secretary of Trade and Industry, see Cristina Aldeguer-Roque.

Cristina Roque (born November 6, 2001) is a professional footballer who plays for Racing Louisville FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the mainland United States, she plays for the Puerto Rico national team. She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles, where she won the 2021 and 2023 national championships.

Cristina Roque

Roque with the Racing Louisville in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-11-06) November 6, 2001 (age 24)[1]
Place of birth	Winter Garden, Florida, U.S.
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Racing Louisville
Number	33
Youth career
	West Orange High School
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	Florida State Seminoles	67	(0)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Florida Krush	2	(0)
2024–2025	Utah Royals	1	(0)
2025–	Racing Louisville	0	(0)
International career‡
2018	Puerto Rico U17	2	(0)
2020	Puerto Rico U20	4	(0)
2019–	Puerto Rico	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 4, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of March 1, 2020[1]

Early life and college career

Roque was born and raised in Winter Garden, Florida.^[2][3] Her father was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[4]

Florida State Seminoles

Roque played four years for the Florida State Seminoles from 2020 to 2023. In her pandemic-shortened freshman season, she helped lead Florida State to the national title game but lost to Santa Clara on penalties. She faced the same situation the following year and saved two of BYU's penalty attempts to secure the 2021 national championship for Florida State. After sharing regular-season duties with goalkeeper Mia Justus during her sophomore and junior years, Roque played every game of Florida State's 2023 undefeated national champion season. She finished her college career with 59 wins, 6 draws, and 2 losses in 67 appearances (with 36 shutouts). She was a three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection (once first-team), two-time United Soccer Coaches third-team All-American, and the ACC goalkeeper of the year in 2022.^[2][5] During college, Roque signed a name, image, and likeness (NIL) deal with Advantage Goalkeeping, which produced custom goalkeeper gloves for women featuring her logo.^[6]

Club career

Utah Royals

Roque was drafted by expansion team Utah Royals 33rd overall in the third round of the 2024 NWSL Draft. She was signed to a one-year contract with an option to extend an additional year.^[7] Primarily a backup to Mandy Haught during her rookie season, she debuted on July 20 against the Seattle Reign in the first round of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup.^[8] She played her first regular-season game on September 14, starting in a 1–0 win against Racing Louisville.^[9]

Racing Louisville

On June 4, 2025, Roque was traded to Racing Louisville FC in exchange for $50,000 in allocation money. She subsequently signed a new contract with Louisville to retain her through 2026.^[10]

Honours

Florida State Seminoles

• NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship: 2021, 2023

Individual

• Atlantic Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year: 2022