Sophia Boman

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Sophia Boman
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Boman with Minnesota in 2024
Personal information
Full name Sophia Boman
Date of birth (2002-01-16) January 16, 2002 (age 23)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sporting JAX
Number 3
Youth career
Minnesota Thunder
2016–2019 Edina High School
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers 86 (24)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Sporting JAX 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 30, 2025

Sophia Boman (born January 16, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers,.

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Early life

Born in California, Boman's family moved to Duluth, Minnesota when she was in kindergarten. She grew up in Edina, Minnesota, one of three daughters born to Steve and Julie Boman. [1] Her mother is a pediatrician. [2] [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]

College career

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 eight goals (five of them penalties), including three in the NCAA tournament as Minnesota reached the third round. [1] [2]

Club career

Boman was a trialist with the Kansas City Current in the 2025 preseason. [5] On June 18, 2025, USL Super League expansion club Sporting JAX announced that they had signed Boman to their inaugural roster. [6] She made her professional debut on August 23, playing the entirety of Sporting's inaugural game, a 3–1 loss to DC Power FC. [7]

Career statistics

College statistics

As of match played November 24, 2024 [1]
SeasonGamesScoring
GPGSGAPTSSHSOG
Minnesota Golden Gophers
2020-2112122153311
2022232385213618
2023171755155425
2024222281173822
Career
Career Total747423125816176

Honors and awards

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sophia Boman". Minnesota Golden Gophers . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Greder, Andy (October 30, 2024). "Gophers soccer: Sophia Boman carves out a time-tested legacy at the U". St. Paul Pioneer Press . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  3. 1 2 La Vaque, David (October 22, 2019). "Challenged to score more, ego-free Sophia Boman delivers for Edina". Minnesota Star Tribune . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ Rippel, Joel (November 15, 2024). "Gophers soccer team defeats South Dakota State in NCAA tournament". Minnesota Star Tribune . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  5. ↑ Minnesota Soccer [@GopherSoccer] (January 16, 2025). "MPLS 👉 KC" (Tweet). Retrieved January 17, 2025– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "Sporting JAX signs four standout college stars to inaugural roster". SportingJAX.com. Sporting JAX. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Sporting JAX 1–3 DC Power FC". USL Super League . Retrieved August 24, 2025.
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