Izzy Engle

Last updated

Izzy Engle
Notre Dame at Duke (Oct 2024) 28.jpg
Engle with Notre Dame in 2024
Personal information
Full name Isabela Engle [1]
Place of birth 2006 (age 17–18) [2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Number 3
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Notre Dame Fighting Irish 19 (17)
International career‡
2024 United States U-19 1 (1)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 3, 2024

Isabela Engle (born 2006) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. She was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Freshman of the Year in 2024.

Contents

Early life and college career

Engle grew up in Edina, Minnesota, the daughter of Patricia and Ryan Engle, and has three brothers. She played high school soccer for Edina High School, which she helped reach the state semifinals in 2021, finish runner-up in 2022, and go undefeated 22–0 and claim the state championship in 2023. She totaled 41 goals with 11 assists that year, including a hat trick in a 4–2 win in the semifinals and a brace in a 2–1 win in the final. She was named a United Soccer Coaches All-American, Minnesota Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year, and Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year. [3] [4] She committed to the University of Notre Dame as a junior. [5] She also competed in high school track and field. [6] She played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Academy, where she was a five-time ECNL first-team all-conference selection. [6]

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Engle scored a hat trick against Samford in her second game for Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which made her the first Notre Dame freshman with a hat trick since Melissa Henderson in 2008. [7] She recorded six multi-goal games in the 2024 season, including a brace in a 3–3 draw against No. 1 Duke. [8] She scored three goals in four games of the NCAA tournament, helping lead Notre Dame to the quarterfinals. [6] She finished the season a national-second-best 19 goals in 22 games, the most goals by a freshman since 2014. She was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Freshman of the Year, first-team All-ACC, and TopDrawerSoccer Freshman of the Year. [9] [8]

International career

Engle was called into camp with the national under-17 team in 2023. [5] She was included as an alternate to the under-19 team at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they won bronze playing against other countries' senior teams. [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anders Lee</span> American ice hockey player (born 1990)

Anders Mark Lee is an American professional ice hockey winger and captain of the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lee attended the University of Notre Dame, where he played hockey for the Fighting Irish ice hockey team. The Islanders drafted him in the sixth round, 151st overall, in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.

Melissa Suzanne Keeling is an American retired soccer forward who last played as a midfielder with the Houston Dash.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morgan Andrews</span> American soccer player (born 1995)

Morgan Elizabeth Andrews is an American soccer player who last played as a midfielder for OL Reign in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for Perth Glory and Boston Breakers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2017 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team</span> American college soccer season

The 2017 Clemson Tigers women's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2017 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Ed Radwanski, in his seventh season. Home games were played at Riggs Field.

Ousseni Bouda is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes and the Burkina Faso national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tziarra King</span> American soccer player (born 1998)

Tziarra Lanae King is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Seattle Reign. She played college soccer for the NC State Wolfpack and was drafted by the Utah Royals in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ella Stevens</span> American soccer player (born 1997)

Ella Hendley Stevens is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club NJ/NY Gotham FC. She played college soccer for the Duke Blue Devils before being drafted by the Chicago Red Stars in the 2020 NWSL College Draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natalie Jacobs</span> American professional soccer player

Natalie Ann Jacobs is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for the Houston Dash.

Bryce Boneau is an American soccer player at the University of Notre Dame. Boneau is the 2021 recipient of the Gatorade Player of the Year for Boys' Soccer, a national recognition for the top boys high school soccer player in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Lynn (soccer)</span> American soccer player

John Charles Lynn is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Orlando City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Taylor Malham</span> American soccer player (born 1999)

Taylor Malham is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). A native of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, she played college soccer at Arkansas.

Abdul Shakur Mohammed is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Orlando City.

Sonia Citron is an American college basketball player for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olivia Wingate</span> American soccer player (born 2000)

Olivia Ann Wingate is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Raised in Wilmington, Massachusetts, she played college soccer for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. She was selected by the Courage sixth overall in the 2023 NWSL Draft.

Elizabeth Franklin is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Arkansas Razorbacks before being drafted by the Red Stars with the 41st overall pick of the 2024 NWSL Draft. A former two-sport athlete, she also played for the Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball team in her final year of college.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team</span> American college soccer season

The 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's soccer team represents the University of Notre Dame during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It is the 37th season of the university fielding a program. The Fighting Irish are led by seventh year head coach Nate Norman and play their home games at Alumni Stadium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mackenzie Wood</span> American soccer player (born 2000)

Mackenzie Kay Wood is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played collegiately for the Northwestern Wildcats and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leah Klenke</span> American soccer player (born 2004)

Leah Michelle Klenke is an American college soccer player who plays as a defender for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maddie Dahlien</span> American soccer player (born 2004)

Madeline Grace Dahlien is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the North Carolina Tar Heels. A two-sport athlete in high school, Dahlien won multiple Minnesota state track and field championships at Edina High School. She won the 2024 national championship with the Tar Heels. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Alexa Marie Troisi Pino is a Filipino-American footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for the Philippines women's national football team and St. Joseph High School varsity soccer team as a senior.

References

  1. ↑ "Isabela Engle Juggling Around the Colleges". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Under-17 Women's Youth National Team Calls Up 23 Players For Training Camp In North Carolina". United States Soccer Federation. May 19, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  3. ↑ La Vaque, David (October 30, 2023). "The Metro Player of the Year in girls soccer: Edina's Izzy Engle" . Minnesota Star Tribune . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Gatorade 2023–2024: Player of the Year: Girls Soccer – Minnesota". Gatorade . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Furtado, Noah (July 21, 2023). "Edina's Maddie Dahlien puts Minnesota soccer back on USWNT radar". Star Tribune . Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 "Izzy Engle". Notre Dame Fighting Irish . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  7. ↑ Clark, Geoffrey (August 18, 2024). "Notre Dame freshman Izzy Engle scores hat trick in victory vs. Samford". USA Today . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "2024 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  9. ↑ "2024 Women's DI Postseason Awards". TopDrawerSoccer . December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  10. ↑ "U19 WNT Roster Named for Pan-American Games". United States Soccer Federation. October 9, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.