Cari Roccaro

New York Fury While still in high school, Roccaro played for Long Island Fury in Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States. She joined the club New York Fury, in the new WPSL Elite which was created after the folding of Women's Professional Soccer in early 2012.

College career Roccaro attended the University of Notre Dame where she played as a defender for the Fighting Irish. She was also named Big East Conference Rookie of the Year

Club career Roccaro was selected by the Houston Dash with the 5th overall pick in the 2016 NWSL College Draft. Over two seasons with the Dash, she made 33 appearances. On March 19, 2018, she was waived by the club.

She signed with North Carolina Courage on April 12, 2018. She made two appearances for the club during the 2018 season. North Carolina won the 2018 NWSL Shield & NWSL Championship.

In December 2021, the North Carolina Courage traded Roccaro's rights to Los Angeles-based Angel City Football Club (ACFC) in exchange for roster protection in the 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft. In January, 2022, ACFC announced that Rocarro had been signed to a two-year contract. Roccaro had four goals and one assist during the 2022 season.

On January 24, 2023, Angel City traded Roccaro to the Chicago Red Stars (later renamed Chicago Stars FC) in exchange for $65,000 in allocation money. Roccaro made 61 NWSL appearances for Chicago across three seasons before departing from the club at the end of 2025.

International career

Roccaro has represented the United States as a member of the U-15, U-17, U-18 and U-20 national youth teams. In March 2010, she scored her first international goal in a qualifier match against Haiti during the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. She played two matches in the group stage; and played in all three matches in the knock-out stage.

Roccaro captained the United States under-20 women's national soccer team that competed at 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada. She played all 360 minutes of the four matches played by the team, which was eliminated in the quarter-final.

Club North Carolina Courage NWSL Champions: 2018, 2019 NWSL Shield: 2018, 2019