Alya McLaren

Alya Guthrie McLaren is a recurring and former background character from the Head Coach series. She is portrayed by Soraya Durham, and made her recurring debut in the S01E04 episode, "J-E-T-S! Jets Jets Jets!".
== Backstory ==
=== Childhood ===
Alya McLaren was born in Albany, New York, on May 8th, 1999. She grew up rooting for the New York Giants, but lost interest when she got older, and began rooting for the Jets instead. Growing up, Alya loved to draw. She also loved money, saving every dollar and penny she earned, filling up over 13 piggy banks and 25 small jars by the time she turned 18.
=== Teen years ===
Alya spent most of her time in high school working and improving her art skills. She had over 6 jobs since she turned 16, and she made over $3500 by the time she graduated.
=== College ===
Alya went to college for both an Associates in accounting and an Associates in graphic design. She graduated in 2019 and got a job with the New York Jets as a ticket sales accountant in 2020.
== Time in the NFL ==
==== Before her TV debut ====
Before the premiere of season 1, episode 4 of Head Coach, Alya spent time as a background character. She was seen either working on a computer or drawing in her sketchbook.
====== J-E-T-S! Jets Jets Jets! ======
In her recurring debut in “J-E-T-S! Jets Jets Jets!”, Alya, dressed up in a cat costume at Spoolie’s Nightclub. Throughout the episode, she helps her friends serve food and drinks at the bar. In one point in the episode, Alya finds out that a party attendee urinated in the lemonade bowl. Luckily, none of the Jets decided to pee in the bowl, and it was a local drunk attendee.
“Jay, that ain’t lemonade.” - Allen
“So? I don’t care if I drink piss.” - Jakob
“There’s pee in the lemonade? You gotta be kidding me.” - Alya
“Drunk man did it.” - Allen
Also during the episode, Alya encounters Deacon, who was, coincidentally, wearing the same exact costume as her.
“Yoooo… We’re wearing the same costume!” - Alya
“You got the Target cat costume too??? Oh my god. I’m out.” - Deacon