 Boman with Minnesota in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | 86 | (24) |
Sophia Boman is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder. She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, where she earned four-time All-Big Ten honors.
Boman grew up in Edina, Minnesota, one of three daughters born to Steve and Julie Boman. [1] Her mother is a pediatrician. [2] Her family moved to Duluth, Minnesota, from California when she was in kindergarten. [3] Boman attended Edina High School, where she played soccer all four years and was named All-American twice and the Minnesota Star Tribune All-Metro Player of the Year in 2019. [1] [3] She played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Academy. [1]
Boman started all 86 games for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 2020 to 2024, playing the full 90 minutes in all but nine of them. [1] [4] She recorded 16 goals and 15 assists in 64 games during her first four seasons as a central or attacking midfielder, earning Big Ten Conference all-freshman, two-time second-team All-Big Ten, and third-team All-Big Ten honors, and becoming a team captain in her senior season. In her graduate season, she was shifted to defensive midfielder by head coach Erin Chastain and played every minute of the campaign, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors as Minnesota went undefeated at home during the regular season. She scored a career-high 8 goals (5 of them penalties) in 22 games, including 3 in the NCAA tournament as Minnesota reached the third round. [1] [2]
Boman was invited to train as a non-roster player with the Kansas City Current in the 2025 preseason. [5]