Sarah Weber

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Sarah Weber
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-02-14) February 14, 2003 (age 21)
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Racing Louisville
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Nebraska Cornhuskers 78 (43)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Racing Louisville 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sarah Weber (born February 14, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Racing Louisville FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, where she earned first-team All-Big Ten honors three times.

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Early life and college career

Weber grew up in Gretna, Nebraska, one of four children born to Kevin and Tammy Weber. [1] She attended Gretna High School, where she scored 100 goals with 49 assists in three seasons. She was named all-state, All-American, and the Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year two times. In her senior season, she had 48 goals and 29 assists as she led Gretna to the Class A state championship. [1] [2] She played club soccer for Gretna Sports Club and Sporting Nebraska FC. [1]

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Weber started all but one game for the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 2021 to 2024. In her freshman season, she scored 6 goals with 2 assists in 18 games and was named to the Big Ten Conference all-freshman team. She led the team with 10 goals and added 5 assists in 20 games in her sophomore season, including one goal and one assist in the Big Ten tournament as Nebraska made the semifinals. In her junior season, she scored 16 goals with 6 assists in 23 games, helping Nebraska win a share of the Big Ten regular-season title and match their best-ever NCAA tournament performance. After scoring twice in two games of the Big Ten tournament, she scored four times in four games of the NCAA tournament, including in their 2–1 quarterfinal loss to eventual finalists Stanford. She scored 11 goals including two hat tricks with 3 assists in 17 games in her senior season. She was named first-team All-Big Ten each of her last three seasons and third-team All-American by TopDrawerSoccer in her junior season. [1] [3]

Club career

Racing Louisville

Racing Louisville FC announced on January 17, 2025, that they had signed Weber to her first professional contract on a two-year deal. [4]

International career

Weber was called up to the United States under-23 team for friendlies against NWSL teams in the 2023 preseason. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sarah Weber". Nebraska Cornhuskers . Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  2. Wagner, Brent (June 17, 2021). "Future Husker Sarah Weber is the state's Gatorade girls soccer player of the year". Lincoln Journal Star . Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  3. Rubek, Nick (August 19, 2024). "'Brutally refreshing' Gretna grad Sarah Weber wraps historic Nebraska soccer career" . Kearney Hub . Retrieved January 9, 2025.
  4. "Racing signs youth international forward Weber to first pro deal". Racing Louisville FC. January 17, 2025. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  5. Burtnett, Peter (March 6, 2023). "Soccer: Weber selected to USA U-23 National Team for friendlies" . The Daily Nonpareil . Retrieved January 9, 2025.