Sophia Smith (soccer, born 2000)

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Sophia Smith
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Smith with the Portland Thorns in 2024
Personal information
Full name Sophia Olivia Smith [1]
Date of birth (2000-08-10) August 10, 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Windsor, Colorado, United States
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Portland Thorns
Number 9
Youth career
Real Colorado
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Stanford Cardinal 33 (24)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Portland Thorns 61 (34)
International career‡
2015–2016 United States U17
2017–2020 United States U20 25 (21)
2020– United States 46 (18)
Medal record
CONCACAF W Championship
Winner 2022 Mexico
CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Winner 2024 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 16, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 9, 2024

Sophia Olivia Smith (born August 10, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. [2] She played collegiate soccer for Stanford University, helping the Cardinal win the national championship in 2019. Smith was the #1 overall pick in the 2020 NWSL College Draft.

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In 2022, Smith was named NWSL Most Valuable Player (MVP) and US Soccer Female Player of the Year. She earned MVP honors at the 2022 NWSL Championship (after helping the Thorns win the 2022 title) and was named to the NWSL Best XI. In 2023 she won the NWSL Golden Boot for most goals in the season.

Early life

Born to parents Mollie and Kenny Smith, Sophia was raised in Windsor near Fort Collins, Colorado with her two older sisters Gabrielle and Savannah. [3] [4] Smith's father played basketball at the University of Wyoming and her older sister Savannah played basketball at the University of Northern Colorado where she was the all-time leading scorer. [4] [5]

Sophia's father said he knew when Sophia was 6 years old that she would be a soccer star after watching her dominate a 3-on-3 league. [6] On a car ride to one of her games, she told her father she was going to score ten goals, which she did accomplish. [5] Smith began playing co-ed soccer as a young child. She played U-6 through U-10 with the Timnath Twisters and U-11 through U-13 with Arsenal Colorado. [7] She won two state cups with Arsenal Colorado in 2012 and 2013. [7]

Smith attended Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins, where she played for the varsity soccer and basketball teams as a freshman. She notched 10 goals and 4 assists in just 8 games and was named First-Team All-Conference. [7] Smith also played for the varsity basketball team. [7] She played club soccer for Real Colorado and was first called up to the U-14 national team in 2013. [3] With Real Colorado, Smith and the team finished runners-up at the ECNL National Championship in 2014 and 2016 and finished in fourth-place in 2015. [7] As a high schooler, Smith and her family would frequently drive 3–4 hours from Fort Collins to Denver and back for soccer practice with youth national teams. She earned a call up to the senior national team at age 16. [8] [9]

College career

Smith attended Stanford University where she played for the Cardinal. She finished her abbreviated collegiate career as a two-time Pac-12 Champion and NCAA Champion after just two seasons. [4]

During her freshman season in 2018, Smith scored 7 goals and recorded 2 assists in 13 appearances. [4] She led the Pac-12 Conference with three game-winning goals and was named to the All-Pac-12 freshman and second teams. [4]

During the 2019 season, Smith scored 17 goals and provided 9 assists in 21 appearances. She was named to the Hermann Trophy watch list [4] and helped lead the Cardinal to win the 2019 NCAA College Cup. She scored a hat-trick in the semi-final leading Stanford to defeat the UCLA Bruins. [10] Stanford went on to win the national title via a penalty shootout in the final. [11] Smith was named the College Cup's Most Outstanding Offensive Player and earned All-Tournament team honors. She was named to the All-Pac-12 second team and tied for the seventh-most goals in Cardinal history. [4]

Club career

Smith playing for Portland Thorns FC at the 2022 NWSL Championship. 2022 NWSL Championship 57 - Sophia Smith (cropped).jpg
Smith playing for Portland Thorns FC at the 2022 NWSL Championship.

Smith was the #1 pick at the 2020 NWSL College Draft and selected by Portland Thorns FC. [12] Smith's first season with the Thorns was sidetracked by a foot injury and the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] She made four appearances during the NWSL Fall Series and scored one goal in a 3–0 win against the Utah Royals FC. [13] The Thorns finished in first place with a 3–0–1 record. [14]

Smith was a starting forward in 17 of her 22 appearances in the 2021 season and scored seven goals. [15] During her regular season league debut on May 16, 2021, Smith scored a brace against the Chicago Red Stars in a 5–0 win. [16] Portland finished in first place winning the NWSL Shield and earned a berth to the NWSL Playoffs where they were defeated by the Chicago Red Stars in the semi-finals. [17]

Smith scored three goals in five matches in the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup. [15] She earned league MVP honors for the 2022 NWSL season. The Thorns won the NWSL Championship, with Smith scoring the first goal, and she was named Championship MVP. [18]

On April 1, 2023, Smith scored her first professional hat-trick in a 4–1 victory against Kansas City Current. [19] She was named NWSL Player of the Month for March/April and to the NWSL Best XI of the month. [20] Two months later in June, she was named NWSL Player of the Month for the second time during the 2023 season after scoring six goals in four matches. [21] Despite a knee injury that kept her out for three games after returning from the 2023 FIFA World Cup, Smith went on to finish the 2023 season as the league's top soccer. She secured the NWSL Golden Boot after scoring 11 goals in 17 matches and she was named to the NWSL Best XI for the second time in her career at the conclusion of the season. [22] [23]

International career

Smith has competed for the United States on the under-17, under-20, and senior national teams.

Smith competed at the 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [24] In early 2017, she scored nine goals in six games, which is believed to be a youth national team record for goals in six consecutive games. [25] On March 31, 2017, Smith was called up for the first time to the senior national team for two international friendlies against Russia. [26] [25] [27]

After being a part of the under-20 squad that finished runner-up at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, Smith was named to the USA U-20 roster for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [28]

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Smith with the United States in 2021

Smith was called up to the senior national team for the first training camp of 2020 from January 5 to 15 after having been called into a talent identification camp in December 2019. [29] [30]

On November 27, 2020, Smith earned her first national team cap in a game against the Netherlands, becoming the first player born in the 2000s to compete for the senior national team. [31]

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

Smith with the U.S. national team and Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, July 2023 USWNT with SGOTUS July 2023.jpg
Smith with the U.S. national team and Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, July 2023

Smith was named to the U.S. squad for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. During the team's first group stage match against Vietnam, she scored a brace and provided the assist for the third goal in the team's 3–0 win. Involved in every goal scored, Smith was named Player of the Match. [32]

In the United States' knockout stage match against Sweden, Smith played all 90 minutes of regulation time, as well as all 30 minutes of extra time. At the end of extra time, with a score of 0–0, the match moved to a penalty shootout. Smith was the second of three U.S. players who missed penalty shots, ultimately resulting in the U.S. being eliminated from the World Cup. [33]

2024 tournaments

Smith was included in the USWNT squad for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup, which the US won. [34] She scored one goal, against Canada, at the tournament. [35] She was then included in the squad for the 2024 SheBelieves Cup; she scored two goals in the final, which the US also won (in a penalty shootout, with Smith scoring her shot), and she was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament. [36]

Personal life

Smith met her boyfriend Michael Wilson, an NFL player, while they were both at Stanford. [9] [37] She enjoys science fiction novels. [9] Her nickname is "Soph". [38]

Smith was featured on the June 2023 cover of Sports Illustrated along with national teammates Rose Lavelle, Alex Morgan, and Trinity Rodman. [39] She has been featured in Elle , [9] Vogue , [40] and Time magazines. [6]

Television and film

Smith co-starred in a commercial for ESPN's SportsCenter starting in January 2023 with Megan Rapinoe and Becky Sauerbrunn. [41] Starting in July 2023, she starred in a Nike, Inc. commercial entitled, "Nice to Beat You". [42] She starred in a Wells Fargo Visa commercial called "Lucky Soccer Socks" and a Chipotle commercial called "Starting Wing" the same month. [43] [44]

Endorsements

Smith has endorsement deals with Nike, Inc., [45] BioSteel Sports Nutrition, [46] Ally Financial, [47] Chipotle, [48] Clif Bar, [49] and Hyperice. [50]

Career statistics

Club

As of March 16, 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] Playoffs [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Portland Thorns FC 2020 NWSL —00—4 [lower-alpha 3] 141
2021 2173010—257
2022 18145321—2518
2023 17112010—2011
2024 12———12
Career total573410341417539

International

As of match played April 9, 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 202010
202191
20221711
2023113
202483
Total4618
Scores and results list United States's goal tally first; score column indicates score after each Smith goal.
List of international goals scored by Sophia Smith
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1September 21, 2021 Cincinnati, Ohio Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 2–08–0 Friendly [m 1]
2April 9, 2022 Columbus, Ohio Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 3–09–1 [m 2]
34–0
46–0
5June 25, 2022 Commerce City, Colorado Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1–03–0 [m 3]
62–0
7July 7, 2022 Guadalupe, Mexico Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1–05–0 2022 CONCACAF W Championship [m 4]
82–0
9September 3, 2022 Kansas City, Kansas Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1–04–0Friendly [m 5]
103–0
11October 7, 2022 London, England Flag of England.svg  England 1–11–2 [m 6]
12November 13, 2022 Harrison, New Jersey Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–12–1 [m 7]
13July 22, 2023 Auckland, New Zealand Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1–03–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup [m 8]
142–0
15December 2, 2023 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1–03–0Friendly [m 9]
16March 6, 2024 San Diego, California Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2–12–2
( a.e.t. )
(3–1 p)		 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup [m 10]
17April 9, 2024Columbus, OhioFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1–1
2–2
(5–4 p)
 2024 SheBelieves Cup [m 11]
18
2–1

Honors and awards

Team

Stanford Cardinal

Portland Thorns FC

United States U20

United States

Individual

See also

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