Mia Justus

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Mia Justus
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Justus with Texas in 2024
Personal information
Full name Mia Taylin Justus [1]
Date of birth (2002-09-03) September 3, 2002 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Lakewood, Ohio, U.S.
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Utah Royals
Number 23
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Florida State Seminoles 14 (0)
2023–2024 Texas Longhorns 48 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Utah Royals 1 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 United States U-16
2018 United States U-17
2019–2020 United States U-18 3 (0)
2018–2020 United States U-19 3 (0)
2019–2022 United States U-20 8 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 3, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of August 17, 2022

Mia Taylin Justus (born September 3, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles and the Texas Longhorns. She was part of the Florida State team that won the 2021 national championship before transferring to Texas, where she led the team to two conference tournament titles. She represented the United States at the youth level, appearing at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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Early life

Justus was born and raised in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, Ohio, [3] one of six children born to Lauren and Leon Justus. She is a cousin of longtime United States men's national team goalkeeper Tim Howard. [2] She attended IMG Academy and first committed to Rutgers before switching to Florida State. [4]

College career

Florida State Seminoles

Justus spent two years as the understudy to Cristina Roque for the Florida State Seminoles. She kept five clean sheets in her eight starts in the 2021 season, being named to the Atlantic Coast Conference all-freshman team. She was an unused substitute as Florida State won the ACC and national championships with Roque in goal. [5] [6] She kept four shutouts in six starts as a sophomore in 2022, helping the team win the ACC regular-season title. Roque played as the Seminoles won another ACC tournament and reached the NCAA semifinals. After the season, she transferred to the Texas Longhorns to get more playing time. [5] [7]

Texas Longhorns

Justus started every game for the Longhorns in her junior season in 2023, being named second-team All-Big 12 with 9 shutouts in 26 games. She led the team to the Big 12 championship as the tournament's most valuable player. Texas reached the third round of the NCAA tournament, where they fell to Florida State. [2] [8] [9] With the program's move to the Southeastern Conference in 2024, Justus kept a program-record 12 clean sheets and was named to the All-SEC third team. She led the Longhorns to the SEC championship as the tournament's most valuable player, posting a career-high 14 saves in a 2–1 win against Arkansas in the semifinals. [2] [10]

Club career

Utah Royals

The Utah Royals announced on December 30, 2024, that the club had signed Justus to her first professional contract on a three-year deal. [11] She reunited with Cristina Roque in the goalkeeper room as the backup to Mandy McGlynn. [11] [12] On August 3, 2025, with McGlynn injured, she made her professional debut in a 1–1 draw against the Orlando Pride. [13]

International career

Justus trained with the United States youth national team beginning at the under-14 level in 2015. [2] [14] She traveled for international friendlies with the under-16 team in 2017 and 2018, [15] the under-17 team in 2018, [16] the under-18 team in 2019 and 2020, [17] and the under-19 team in 2018 and 2020. [18] She started for the under-20 team through the quarterfinals of the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, a tournament the United States won. [19] She started two games at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, but the team did not make it out of the group stage. [2] [20] She played friendlies for the under-23 team against NWSL clubs in the 2023 preseason. [21] She was called into Futures Camp, practicing alongside the senior national team, in January 2025. [22]

Honors

Florida State Seminoles

Texas Longhorns

United States U-20

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Squad List: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022 – USA" (PDF). FIFA. August 3, 2022. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mia Justus – Soccer". Texas Longhorns . Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mia Justus". RSL. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Chasing excellence with grit: Mia Justus". Texas Longhorns. September 29, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "Mia Justus – 2022–23 – Women's Soccer". Florida State Seminoles . Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Cristina Roque". Florida State Seminoles . Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  7. ↑ Kassim, Ehsan (December 9, 2022). "Florida State women's soccer: Backup Seminoles' goalkeeper Mia Justus transfers to Texas". Tallahassee Democrat . Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  8. ↑ Brown, Chris Allen (November 19, 2023). "Soccer falls to Florida State, sees historic season come to end". Texas Longhorns . Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  9. ↑ Deleon-Rios, Ylver (March 8, 2024). "Mia Justus discusses her first year with Texas, ambitions for next season". The Daily Texan . Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  10. ↑ Jones, Thomas (November 14, 2024). "Texas soccer: Mia Justus, the cousin of U.S. legend Tim Howard, carrying on keeper tradition" . Austin American-Statesman . Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Utah Royals FC Adds Rookie Goalkeeper Mia Justus". Utah Royals. December 30, 2024. Retrieved December 30, 2024.
  12. ↑ Rueter, Jeff (April 5, 2025). "USWNT no longer has a goalkeeping succession plan, leaving opportunity in net wide open". The Athletic . Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Utah Royals FC Draw Against Defending NWSL Champions 1-1 Away in Orlando". Utah Royals. August 3, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  14. ↑ "48 players called into U14 GNT camp". United States Soccer Federation. March 18, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  15. ↑ "U16 GNT heading to Germany for friendlies". United States Soccer Federation. August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "U16 GNT to play in UEFA tournament". United States Soccer Federation. May 4, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  16. ↑ "U17 WNT heads to Korea for pair of matches". United States Soccer Federation. August 8, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  17. ↑ "U18 WNT roster for trip to England". United States Soccer Federation. February 8, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "U18 WNT roster named for Tricontinental Cup". United States Soccer Federation. January 23, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  18. ↑ "U19 WNT roster named for trip to Europe". United States Soccer Federation. October 30, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
    "U19 WNT roster announced for La Manga". United States Soccer Federation. February 25, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  19. ↑ Clark, Travis (March 9, 2022). "U.S. U20 WNT rolls into Concacaf semifinals". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  20. ↑ "USA Bows Out Of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup With 3-1 Loss To Japan". United States Soccer Federation. August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  21. ↑ "U23 WNT Roster for Thorns Tournament". United States Soccer Federation. March 3, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  22. ↑ "Emma Hayes Names 24 Players to the 2025 Futures Camp Which Will Run Concurrently With USWNT Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
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