is a Japanese football coach and former player. She is currently an assistant coach with the NWSL's Washington Spirit. She played for the Japan national team and last played for Detroit City FC.
Club career Yamaguchi previously played for the Florida State Seminoles at the collegiate level, where she won the MAC Hermann Trophy in 2007. She became the first player in Florida State Soccer history to have her jersey retired. She played for Atlanta Beat (WPS) in the United States and Umeå IK, where she won the double, and made it to UEFA Champions Cup Final, and Hammarby in Sweden's Damallsvenskan.Profile in Soccerway.com
She joined United Women's Soccer amateur club AFC Ann Arbor in 2019, scoring the team's first-ever goal.
National team career On 28 July 2007, Yamaguchi debuted for Japan national team against the United States.Japan Football Association She played 18 games and scored 8 goals for Japan until 2011.
Coaching career Yamaguchi began coaching as a volunteer at Florida State during the 2015–16 season. In 2019, she took an assistant coach position with Livonia City F.C., a club now in the second division of United Women's Soccer. In 2021, she became a player-coach at Detroit City FC.
In April 2023, National Women's Soccer League club Washington Spirit hired Yamaguchi as an assistant coach, reuniting her with former Florida State head coach Mark Krikorian, who had become the Spirit's general manager.
Club statistics ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNippon TV Beleza2003189--189200475--75Total2514-2514Umeå IK2008223118032420092241040274Total-598Atlanta Beat2010221---221Total221---221Nippon TV Beleza201063-63Total6122--83Hammarby2011120---120Total120---50Okayama Yunogo Belle2012812300-104Total812300-104Career total12930
National team statistics List of match in 2010, 2011 at Japan Football Association
Japan national teamYearAppsGoals2007102008002009112010145201122Total188
International goals # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 1 August 2009 Maurice Beraud Stadium, Montargis, France Friendly Match 2. 13 January 2010 Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile 2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup (es) 3. 23 January 2010 Estadio Municipal Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo, Chile 2010 Bicennteniall Woman's Cup 4. 13 February 2010 Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu Japan 2010 EAFF Women's Football Championship 5. 20 May 2010 Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu China 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup 6. 20 May 2010 Chengdu Sports Centre, Chengdu China 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup 7. 4 March 2011 Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal 2011 Algarve Cup 8. 4 March 2011 Municipal Stadium, Lagos, Portugal 2011 Algarve Cup
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