Brianna Visalli enters her second season as an assistant coach with Stanford women's soccer in 2025.
Playing its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024, Visalli helped guide Stanford back to the College Cup for a second consecutive year – the only team to manage the feat. The Cardinal went 16-5-2 overall, including 5-4-1 in the ACC, but missed the ACC Tournament. Using the respite from play, the Cardinal hit its stride as the postseason arrived, advancing past UC Santa Barbara, UConn, Arkansas and Notre Dame to punch a ticket to an All-ACC College Cup featuring Stanford, North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest. The Cardinal ultimately fell 1-0 to Wake Forest in a national semifinal. Four players earned All-ACC recognition following the regular season, with Jasmine Aikey and Mia Bhuta claiming second-team honors. Elise Evans landed on the third team, while freshman Eleanor Klinger earned a spot on the All-ACC Freshman Team. Bhuta, Aikey and Evans each were named All-Atlantic Region, as Bhuta earned a spot on the first team while Aikey and Evans landed on the fourth team. Bhuta, who scored three goals and assisted on two more for eight points while logging 1,849 minutes in Stanford's midfield, was the lone Cardinal to earn All-America honors after being named to United Soccer Coaches’ fourth team.
An accomplished player who has competed in an FA Cup Final and multiple seasons in the NWSL, Visalli played for Brighton and Hove Albion FC, Birmingham City and West Ham United FC in the Barclay's Women's Super League, AGF Kvindefodbold of the Danish Women's League, and the Houston Dash of the NWSL where she helped the Dash to the 2020 Challenge Cup and an appearance in the NWSL Championship.
Throughout her playing career, Visalli has been active in the coaching and enhancement of youth players, assisting the girls academy in individual player development at AGF Kvindefodbold and growing the girls academy program with an emphasis in technical and tactical improvement while with the Houston Dash. She was also a U23 assistant coach and aided the boys academy in individual player development while competing for Brighton and Hove Albion FC.
Prior to being selected 19th in the 2018 NWSL Draft by the Chicago Red Stars, Visalli was a four-time All-WCC selection for Pepperdine University where she scored 25 goals in 83 career appearances. One of the top collegiate players in the nation, Visalli was a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist as a senior and was named 2017 WCC Player of the Year – the first and only selection in Pepperdine women's soccer history. Just the sixth player from Pepperdine to earn All-America honors after being named to the United Soccer Coaches second team in 2017, she finished her career as a three-time All-West Region pick.
On the international scene, Visalli represented the United States at the U-23 level and helped her squad to the 2018 Nordic Cup championship.
A leader in the sport during her playing career, she assisted in the first-ever Collective Bargaining Agreement in domestic women's professional soccer history while competing with Houston.
Among her qualifications, Visalli has her UEFA Coaching B License, US Soccer Coaching C License, and an English FA Level 2 Coaching License.
A 2017 graduate of Pepperdine with a degree in economics, Visalli was a 2017 Academic All-American and earned a spot on the WCC All-Academic first team four times in her career.
Continually expanding her knowledge and skill set within the game, Visalli completed a master's degree in football business and management at Sports Business Institute Barcelona in May 2024.