Ally Sentnor

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Ally Sentnor
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Sentnor with North Carolina in 2023
Personal information
Full name Allyson Marie Sentnor [1]
Date of birth (2004-02-18) February 18, 2004 (age 20)
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Position(s) Midfielder / forward
Team information
Current team
 Utah Royals
Number 9
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 North Carolina 48 (21)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Utah Royals 5 (1)
International career
2018–2019 United States U17 4 (3)
2019 United States U18 2 (2)
2022– United States U20 10 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 22, 2024

Allyson Marie Sentnor (born February 18, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels and has played internationally for the United States national under-20 team. She was drafted first overall by the Royals in 2024.

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Early life

Sentnor grew up in Hanson, Massachusetts, in Boston's South Shore, the oldest of three children born to Richard and Lee Sentnor. [2] [3] She began playing soccer at age four, and her father coached her first team. [4] She scored so often in her youth that her father would put her in goal or let her score only with her non-dominant left foot, making her equally comfortable off both feet. [5] [6] She played club soccer from age six for South Shore Select of Hingham, Massachusetts, and often trained with the Boston Bolts boys' team. [5] [7] She also played futsal, an indoor soccer variant, which helped develop her touch in limited space. [8] [9] She graduated a year early from Thayer Academy in 2021, where she began playing varsity soccer as an eighth grader. [5] [10]

College career

Sentnor began attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the fall of 2021. She suffered an ACL tear minutes into her first preseason game in August 2021 and took nine months to recover after surgery. [11] [12] She returned to the college field in August 2022, scoring in a 2–0 win against UNC Wilmington. [13] She scored ten goals in her redshirt freshman season and was named to the All-ACC first team; five of her goals came in the 2022 NCAA tournament, where North Carolina reached the final. [2] In her redshirt sophomore season in 2023, she led the team with 11 goals and 7 assists and was named the ACC Midfielder of the Year, first-team All-ACC, and third-team All-American. [14] She finished her college career having contributed a goal or assist in each of her last seven games. [15]

Professional career

The Utah Royals, returning to the NWSL after four years, selected Sentnor with the first overall pick in the 2024 NWSL Draft; she and North Carolina teammate Savy King were the top two picks. [16] She signed a three-year contract with the club in February 2024. [17] She made her debut as a starter in the season opener against the Chicago Red Stars on March 16. [18] The next week, she scored her first professional goal, taken from the corner of the penalty box off a long dribble, in a 2–1 home win over the North Carolina Courage on March 22. [19]

International career

Sentnor began participating in youth national team training camps in seventh grade. [7] She was the youngest player at the under-14 team camp in July 2016 at age 12 and at the under-15 team camp in June 2017 at 13. [20] [21] She traveled to Germany as the youngest member of the under-15 team in November 2017, scoring five goals in two games. [7] [22] She was named the most valuable player of the 2018 Weifang Cup, won by the under-15 team. [23] She was the youngest player on the national under-18 team roster in February 2019 and scored twice in two friendlies against England. [24] [25]

Following her ACL recovery, Sentnor was called up to the national under-20 team and played her first matches outside of scrimmages at the 2022 Sud Ladies Cup in June 2022. [7] In August 2022, she appeared in all three group stage matches at 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, scoring once against Ghana. [7] The next year, she scored four goals at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship to help the team qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [26] [27]

Awards and honors

Individual

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  2. 1 2 "Ally Sentnor – Women's Soccer". University of North Carolina Athletics . Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  3. ↑ Sigal, Jonathan (September 5, 2018). "Thayer Academy freshman Ally Sentnor carries sky-high potential" . New England Soccer Journal. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
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  5. 1 2 3 Touri, Amin (March 13, 2024). "How Hanson's Ally Sentnor, the NWSL's top draft pick, became 'destined for greatness'". The Boston Globe . Archived from the original on March 13, 2024.
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  9. ↑ Bachman, Rachel (August 4, 2023). "U.S. Women's Soccer Is Struggling. Thinking Small Could Help". Archived from the original on August 18, 2023.
  10. ↑ Sigal, Jonathan (November 18, 2020). "Ally Sentnor accelerates graduation timeline, joins UNC's Class of 2021" . New England Soccer Journal. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
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  21. ↑ "Lilly Reale and Ally Sentnor Attend U15 U.S. National Training Camp". South Shore Select. June 12, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
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