Education
Perez attended Crystal Springs Uplands School where she played one year of soccer, earning first team, All-League honors.
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Her parents are Irene Murillo and Bernardo Pérez. She holds dual citizenship in the United States and Mexico. During her Freshman, Sophomore and Junior years she played for PSV Union Football Club and in her junior and senior years, she played for the club team, Pleasonton Rage, and represented the Far West region Olympic Development (ODP) team at the 2005 United States. Youth Soccer Adidas Cup.
University of Washington
Pérez played for the University of Washington Huskies and was twice named to the All-Pac-10 second team
Pérez left the University of Washington ranked in the all-time top-10 in several categories, including third in shots (194) and games played (83), fourth in game-winning goals (8), tied for sixth in goals (21) and eighth in points (53). Club
= Saint Louis Athletica Perez was selected as the 37th pick overall in the Women"s Professional Soccer (WPS) draft by the Saint Louis Athletica in 2010.
After the WPS folded, Perez began training again with the Mexico women"s national football team = Seattle Sounders Women Perez played for the Seattle Sounders Women during the 2009 and 2012 seasons and was a leading scorer.
= Stjarnan Women During the summer of 2012, Perez and her Sounders teammate and fellow University of Washington alum, Kate Deines, played for Stjarnan Women in Iceland"s top division.
= Western New York Flash On January 11, 2013, Perez joined the Western New York Flash as part of the NWSL Player Allocation for the inaugural season of the National Women"s Soccer League. = Washington Spirit March 3, 2014, Western New York Flash traded Perez and a 2015 fourth-round draft pick to the Washington Spirit in exchange for a 2014 and 2015 international roster spot. = KIF Örebro DFF Perez joined Swedish top division club KIF Örebro DFF in January of 2016.
International
Perez played for both the Mexico women"s national football team and the United States women"s national under-23 soccer team during the Summer of 2009.
On November 5, 2010, she scored the winning goal for Mexico in the CONCACAF Women"s World Cup Qualifying game against the United States. Perez led the Mexico to a third-place finish in the 2011 Pan American Games.
In 2011, Perez represented Mexico in the 2011 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup in Germany. Perez is an assistant coach for her former club, PSV Union Football Club.
