Seven Castain

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Seven Castain
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Castain with Utah United in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-04-26) April 26, 2004 (age 21)
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 TCU Horned Frogs
Number 7
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2025 TCU Horned Frogs 93 (40)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Utah Avalanche ? (13)
2025 Utah United 12 (21)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Seven Castain (born April 26, 2004) is an American soccer player who plays as a forward. She played college soccer for the TCU Horned Frogs, earning first-team All-American honors after leading TCU to its first NCAA College Cup appearance in 2025. She was named first-team All-Big 12 three times.

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Early life

Castain grew up in Draper, Utah, the only child born to Heidi and Daren Castain. [1] [2] She was named for the number 7's biblical meaning of "lucky", "perfection", or "completeness". [2] [3] She played high school soccer at Waterford School in Sandy, Utah, setting a school record with 113 career goals in two-and-a-half seasons and earning first-team all-state selections three times. In her senior year in 2021, she was named high school All-American after setting a state record with 71 goals, including all four goals for her side in a 4–3 victory over Rowland Hall in the Class 2A state title game. [1] [3] She played club soccer for the Utah Avalanche, earning ECNL all-conference honors. [4] She committed to TCU during her junior year. [5]

College career

Castain enrolled early at Texas Christian University at age 17 in the spring of 2022. [6] [7] In her freshman season, she scored 2 goals with 4 assists in 24 games (9 starts), earning Big 12 Conference all-freshman honors, and helped the TCU Horned Frogs to runner-up finishes for the Big 12 regular-season and tournament titles and the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament. [1] [8] She started all 19 games and scored 7 goals in her sophomore season in 2023, earning first-team All-Big 12 honors after helping TCU finish third in the conference. [1] [9]

Castain jointly led the conference with 13 goals in 23 games in her junior season in 2024, including a four-goal outburst against Colorado, and was named first-team All-Big 12 and fourth-team All-American. She helped lead the Horned Frogs to the Big 12 regular-season title and was named in the all-tournament team after reaching the Big 12 tournament final. [1] [10]

Castain ranked second in the conference with 17 goals in 24 games in her senior season in 2025, leading the team to their second consecutive Big 12 regular-season title. [1] [11] In the NCAA tournament, she scored five goals in the first two rounds as TCU reached the NCAA semifinals for the first time in program history. In the semifinals, she had two good chances including one in the last seconds in the 1–0 loss to Florida State. [12] She was named first-team All-Big 12 and first-team All-American and won the Elite Scholar-Athlete award for having the best grade-point average (4.0) at the NCAA College Cup. [13]

During college, Castain also played for the Utah Avalanche in the Women's Premier Soccer League and Utah United in the USL W League. [10] In 2025, Utah United's first year in the USL W League, she led the nation with 17 goals in 9 regular-season games. [14] She added four goals in three playoff games, including one in the 4–0 victory over the North Carolina Courage U23 in the national final, and was named the USL W League Player of the Year. [15]

Honors and awards

TCU Horned Frogs

Utah United

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Seven Castain". TCU Horned Frogs . Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Butler, Eric (October 23, 2021). "Waterford beats Rowland Hall 4-3 to claim girls' 2A soccer title". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Walker, Sean (October 23, 2021). "Lucky 7: Castain's 4 goals help Waterford snap Rowland Hall's state-record 2A title streak". KSL.com. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  4. ↑ "ECNL All Conference Northwest". Elite Clubs National League . Retrieved November 4, 2025– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  5. ↑ Clark, Travis (January 4, 2021). "Commitments: Utah forward heads to TX". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  6. ↑ Brown, Tyler (June 12, 2022). "TCU Women's Soccer: New Kids On The Block". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  7. ↑ Walker, Sean (July 16, 2025). "How a Utah semipro soccer team went from tryouts to league final in less than a year". KSL.com. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  8. ↑ "TCU Falls in Overtime in Big 12 Championship". TCU Horned Frogs. November 6, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  9. ↑ "2023 Soccer Standings". Big 12 Conference . Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  10. 1 2 "College Feature: Seven Castain, TCU". Women's Premier Soccer League. November 22, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  11. ↑ Engel, Mac (November 3, 2025). "George Costanza would be hot; someone stole 'Seven.' She's a great soccer player". Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Retrieved November 3, 2025.
  12. ↑ Sperry, Daniel (December 4, 2025). "TCU women's soccer can't conjure late magic again, falls in national semifinals" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Castain Selected as NCAA Elite Scholar-Athlete". TCU Horned Frogs. December 3, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Utah United's Seven Castain wins 2025 Golden Boot". USL W League. July 14, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Utah United's Seven Castain named 2025 W League Player of the Year". USL W League. August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
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