Pietra Tordin

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Pietra Tordin
Personal information
Full name Pietra Adao Tordin [1]
Date of birth (2004-03-30) March 30, 2004 (age 20) [1]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Princeton Tigers
Number 14
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Princeton Tigers 45 (30)
International career‡
2023 Brazil U-20
2024 United States U-20 11 (6)
Medal record
Women's soccer
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Colombia 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 11, 2024

Pietra Adao Tordin (born March 30, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward or midfielder for the Princeton Tigers. Tordin played international friendlies for Brazil and the United States at the under-20 level before going to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup with the United States.

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Early life

Tordin's parents, Fábio and Cristina, emigrated from Brazil to the United States in 2003. [3] She was raised in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida, where she played soccer on boys' teams growing up because there was no nearby team for girls; at age 14, she joined a girls' team that was a 40-minute drive away. [2] [4] She quit soccer for a year during high school before returning with her school team at Doral Academy and played ECNL club soccer for Sunrise Prime FC. [2] [4]

College career

Tordin became a starter for the Princeton Tigers by the end of her freshman season in 2022. She led her team in scoring with eight goals, the first Princeton freshman to do so since Tyler Lussi in 2017, and was named the Ivy League rookie of the year. [2] She scored 12 goals in her sophomore year in 2023, second-most in the Ivy League, and was named to the All-Ivy first team and United Soccer Coaches All-American third team alongside senior teammate Madison Curry. She helped Princeton qualify for the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the second round to Texas Tech on penalties. [2] [5] She trained with NWSL team Orlando Pride in the summer before her junior year. [3]

International career

Tordin has United States and Brazilian citizenship. She received her first international call-up with the Brazil under-20 team in October 2023. Two months later, she appeared for Brazil in a youth international friendly against France and scored to make it a 1–1 draw. [3]

Tordin was first called up to the United States under-20 team in January 2024, scoring in stoppage time of her debut the next month in a 1–0 friendly win over Colombia. [3] [6] She played for her birth country throughout the year and was selected to the roster for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [3] [7] She emerged as the top scorer for the United States at the U-20 Women's World Cup with four goals, the most by an American at the tournament since Maya Hayes in 2012. [8] She scored a hat trick in a 7–0 win over Paraguay in the group stage, becoming the fifth American to score a hat trick at the U-20 World Cup and the first since Savannah DeMelo in 2018. [9] She started five of the last six games for the United States, which finished in third place. [8]

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  4. 1 2 Pampolina, Lily (March 28, 2024). "Sophomore star Pietra Tordin shines on the international stage". The Daily Princetonian . Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Halftime: Soccer's All-American Tordin Looks Back at First Two Years of Standout Career". Princeton Tigers. January 24, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  6. ↑ "U.S. U-20 Women's Youth National Team Defeats Colombia, 1-0, in Bogotá on Second Half Stoppage Time Goal from Forward Pietra Tordin". United States Soccer Federation. February 25, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  7. ↑ "U.S. U-20 WYNT Head Coach Tracey Kevins Names 21-Player Roster for 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia". United States Soccer Federation. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "USA Scores Dramatic 119th-Minute Game-Winner To Defeat The Netherlands 2-1 And Finish Third At 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  9. ↑ U.S. Soccer YNT [@USYNT] (September 7, 2024). "67' | Pietra Tordin becomes ..." (Tweet). Retrieved September 7, 2024– via Twitter.
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