Aaliyah Shiria Farmer (born 27 October 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Chicago Stars FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she plays for the Mexico national team. She played college soccer for the USC Trojans and began her professional career with Tigres UANL in 2025.
Farmer grew up in Tustin, California, with three sisters. She is of Mexican descent on her mother's side and African American on her father's side. She attended Villa Park High School in Villa Park, California, where she starred on the soccer team, being named the Orange County Register Player of the Year in 2021, and played volleyball for one season. She played club soccer for Slammers FC, earning ECNL All-American and Conference Player of the Year honors at the U16 level in 2019. She was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the 17th-best player of the 2021 class, part of USC's fourth-ranked recruiting class.
Farmer played four seasons for the USC Trojans, making 80 appearances (63 starts) and recording 9 goals and 9 assists. In her senior year in 2024, she helped lead the Trojans to the Big Ten Conference regular-season title in their first season in the conference. USC earned a program first one seed in the NCAA tournament, reaching the quarterfinals.
On 14 January 2025, Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL announced that they had signed Farmer to her first professional contract. She made her professional debut two days later as a substitute in a 2âÂÂ1 loss to Atlas. On 21 May, she scored her first professional goal in the CONCACAF W Champions Cup semifinals against the Portland Thorns, opening a 2âÂÂ0 victory at the Estadio Universitario. She started in the final three days later as Tigres lost 1âÂÂ0 to Gotham FC. On 12 September, she scored her first league goal in a 5âÂÂ1 win over Pumas. She was a starter as Tigres won their record seventh league title in the 2025 Apertura, defeating Club América in the final 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate. She left the club after a year, with head coach Pedro Losa commenting that she had requested a transfer due to harassment in Mexico.
On 3 February 2026, Farmer transferred to the NWSL's Chicago Stars FC, signing a three-year contract. She made her NWSL debut as a late substitute for Maitane López in a 4âÂÂ0 loss to Angel City FC in the season opener on 15 March.
Mexico head coach Pedro López gave Farmer her first international call-up for the Pinatar Cup in February 2025, but she was unable to feature due to injury. She made her international debut on May 30, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2âÂÂ2 friendly draw against Uruguay. She scored her first international goal in a 1âÂÂ0 friendly win over New Zealand on October 23.
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