Sofia Cook

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Sofia Cook
Personal information
Full name Sofia Gabriela Cook [1]
Date of birth (2004-08-07) August 7, 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 NJ/NY Gotham FC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 UCLA Bruins 56 (12)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– NJ/NY Gotham FC 0 (0)
International career
2020 United States U-16 3 (1)
2023–2024 United States U-20 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sofia Gabriela Cook (born August 7, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for NJ/NY Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins, winning the 2022 national championship.

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Early life and college career

Cook was born in Los Angeles, to Gabriela and Jerome Cook, and has a younger brother. [1] She is of Argentine descent on her mother's side. [2] Cook grew up in Huntington Beach and attended Millikan and Marina High School, where she graduated early. [1] She played club soccer for LA Galaxy's academy and So Cal Blues of the ECNL. [1] [3] She was rated by TopDrawerSoccer as the 19th-best recruit of the 2022 class. [1]

UCLA Bruins

Cook appeared in 24 games (7 starts) in her freshman season with the UCLA Bruins in 2022, scoring 7 goals with 4 assists. [1] In the NCAA tournament, she scored the overtime winner in a 2–1 victory over Virginia in the quarterfinals. [4] UCLA mounted a comeback to defeat North Carolina 3–2 in the championship game, winning their second national title. [5] Cook was named to the Pac-12 Conference all-freshman team and the TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI second team. [1]

Cook played in 15 games (10 starts) as a sophomore in 2023, scoring 1 goal with 2 assists, and was named second-team All-Pac 12. [1] Her only goal of the year came in a 1–1 draw against Stanford which clinched the Pac-12 title for the Bruins. [6] In her junior season in 2024, she played in 17 games (13 starts) and scored a team-joint-high 4 goals, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors. [1] UCLA won the Big Ten tournament in their first year in the conference. [7]

Club career

NJ/NY Gotham FC

NJ/NY Gotham FC announced on January 29, 2025, that they had signed Cook to a two-year contract with an option to extend for another year. [8]

International career

Cook began training with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2018. [3] She won the 2018 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship with the under-15 team. [1] She was injured in the lead-up to the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship but recovered and was selected to the roster, making two tournament appearances as they finished runners-up to Mexico. [2] [9]

Honors and awards

UCLA Bruins

United States U-15

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Sofia Cook". UCLA Bruins . Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Sofia Cook: The Day She Met The Legends". United States Soccer Federation. May 29, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Serrano, Adam (February 22, 2018). "LA Galaxy Girls' Academy player Sofia Cook named to U.S. U-14 Girls' National Team camp". LA Galaxy . Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  4. ↑ Smith, Shane (November 26, 2022). "UCLA women's soccer secures spot in College Cup semifinals with win over Virginia". The Daily Bruin . Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ "UCLA rallies past UNC 3-2 for second women's soccer title". Associated Press. December 5, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ Whitaker, Grace (October 29, 2023). "With tie against Stanford, UCLA women's soccer secures Pac-12 championship". The Daily Bruin . Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  7. ↑ Pierson, Tracy (November 11, 2024). "UCLA Wins Its First Big Ten Championship: Women's Soccer". 247Sports . Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Gotham FC Signs UCLA Midfielder Sofia Cook to Multi-Year Contract". NJ/NY Gotham FC. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ Sofia Cook at Soccerway
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