Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Vignola was adopted at birth. She is a biracial African American, and her adoptive parents are white. She has an older brother who is also adopted.[4]
Vignola began playing soccer recreationally when she was five years old.[5] She played youth soccer for Ohio Elite, competing in the Elite Clubs National League as a forward.[6] She also played high school soccer for St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati, scoring 35 goals and being credited with 26 assists in her high school career.[3][5]
Vignola declined to register for the 2019 NWSL College Draft and sought playing opportunities overseas.[6]
Þróttur, 2020
In 2020, Vignola signed with Icelandic club Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur, competing in the Úrvalsdeild kvenna, where she scored six goals in 12 appearances.[2] She scored her first professional goal on June 23, 2020, a long-range equalizing goal during second-half stoppage time in a 2–2 draw against Fylkir.[7]
Valur, 2021
In 2021, Vignola transferred to Icelandic competitors Valur. She tore her right acetabular labrum in her first match with the club but continued playing through the injury, scoring two goals in 18 appearances and winning the Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[6][8]
NWSL expansion club Angel City FC recruited Vignola and signed her on December 5, 2021, making her the team's second-ever player signing after Christen Press. The team was required to negotiate a trade of $30,000 in NWSL allocation money and protection in the 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft with the Washington Spirit, which had acquired the rights to sign Vignola through the league's discovery process.[10][11] The club provided rehabilitation services for her hip injury, and she debuted late in her rookie season on September 5, 2022, as an 80th-minute substitute for Madison Hammond in the 2022 Copa Angelina against the Mexico women's national football team.[2][8]
Vignola made her first start for Angel City on April 15, 2023, against Racing Louisville FC.[6] On June 10, 2023, she scored her first goal for Angel City in a 1–2 loss against Washington Spirit.[12] A week later, she scored the match-winning goal against rivals San Diego Wave FC.[13] Vignola was named to the NWSL 2023 Best XI Second team at the conclusion of the 2023 season, contributing 3 goals and 1 assist in Angel City's first run to the playoffs.[14]
^Vignola, M.A. (December 23, 2022). "ACFC x BIRDIES: The Value of Family with M.A. Vignola" (Video). Interviewed by Jennifer Pransky. Retrieved June 18, 2023. So I didn't know that I was adopted until around the age four or five, and even then like I really couldn't even process that. Like I really didn't know what it meant. I just remember my mom coming up to me and sitting me down and saying like, 'Okay, you are loved by us no matter what, we just want you to know we're not your biological parents.' ... I am mixed race, I'm 50 black, 50 white, but my parents are white and I was raised in a very white community.