Boyles attended the University of North Carolina . In her freshman year with the Tar Heels she made 23 appearances all as a substitute . In 2014 she started in all 20 of her appearances . In 2016 she took a red-shirt season in order to recover from back-to-back ACL tears in both knees . She returned for her senior year in 2017 , helping the team win the 2017 ACC Women 's Soccer Tournament and was selected to the All-ACC Second team . Her college coach Anson Dorrance said Boyles was " technically my most gifted player . Even if you look at our entire history of our brilliant technicians she ranks right up there with the Tobin Heaths and the Meghan Klingenbergs and some of the best technical players that we ’ve ever had here at UNC . " Boyles was drafted in the fourth round ( 32nd overall ) of the 2018 NWSL College Draft by the Boston Breakers but the team folded one week later . She was picked up in the third round ( 25th overall ) of the 2018 NWSL Dispersal Draft by the Chicago Red Stars . She spent the 2018 season with the team 's reserves in the Women 's Premier Soccer League
2017 ACC Women 's Soccer Tournament
2017 ACC Women's Soccer Tournament
Joanna Boyles