Zandy Soree

Zandy Soree

Personal information
Full name	Alexandra Genevieve Soree [1]
Date of birth	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 25) [2]
Place of birth	Weston, Florida, United States
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [3]
Position(s)	Midfielder [2]
Team information
Current team	Afturelding
Number	17
Youth career
	American Heritage HS
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	UCF Knights	67	(14)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020	Orlando Pride	0	(0)
2021	Houston Dash	0	(0)
2021–2022	Breiðablik	2	(0)
2022–	Afturelding	2	(0)
International career‡
2014	Belgium U17	3	(3)
2017	Belgium U19	5	(0)
2017–	Belgium	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 March 2020 [4]

Alexandra Genevieve "Zandy" Soree (born 1 August 1998) is an American-born Belgian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Afturelding of the Icelandic Besta deild kvenna and the Belgium national team. ^[5]

Early life

Soree was raised in Weston, Florida and was a four-time state champion with American Heritage HS. In 2013 she attended the U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Developmental Program. ^[3]

UCF Knights

Soree played college soccer for the UCF Knights between 2016 and 2019. ^[3] In her rookie year she was named to the AAC All-Rookie team ^[6] and was a Second Team All-Conference selection as a senior in 2019. ^[7]

Club career

Orlando Pride

Soree declared for the 2020 NWSL College Draft but was not selected. ^[8] On 8 September 2020, with the 2020 NWSL season dealing with significant disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, Soree was one of seven players signed to a short-term contract with Orlando Pride in order to compete in the Fall Series following the team's decision to loan out 11 senior players to play regularly overseas. ^{[9] [10]} She was named as a substitute in one matchday squad but did not make an appearance for the team. ^{[5] [11]}

Houston Dash

Having spent preseason on trial with Houston Dash ahead of the 2021 season, Soree was signed to a National Team Replacement contract on 5 April 2021 but did not make an appearance for the team. ^[12]

Breiðablik

In September 2021, Soree joined Breiðablik of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild. ^[13] Although the 2021 domestic season had already concluded, Soree was registered for the team's squad during the 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage. Soree played in all six games against Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv as Breiðablik finished bottom of the group.

International career

Youth

Soree has dual citizenship of both the United States, her country of birth, and Belgium, her father's country of birth. She first represented Belgium in 2014 during 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, appearing in all three qualifying round group games and scoring three goals. ^{[14] [15]} In 2017, Soree stepped up to the under-19s, playing in double-header friendlies against Switzerland in April 207 before competing in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification elite round. Belgium failed to qualify, finishing second in the group to eventual tournament winners Spain.

Senior

Soree made her senior debut on 19 January 2017 in a friendly against France. ^[16] She didn't return to the squad until the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup, making two appearances as Belgium finished third, beating Austria on penalties in the third-place playoff. ^[17] In 2020, Soree was included in the 2020 Algarve Cup squad, making one appearance against Denmark. ^[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 May 2022. ^{[5] [19]}

Club	Season	League			National Cup [lower-alpha 1]		League Cup [lower-alpha 2]		Continental [lower-alpha 3]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Orlando Pride	2020	NWSL	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Houston Dash	2021	NWSL	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Breiðablik	2021	Besta deild kvenna	—		—		—		6	0	—		6	0
	2022		2	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	10	2
	Career total		2	0	0	0	7	2	6	0	1	0	16	2
Afturelding	2022	Besta deild kvenna	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
Career total			4	0	0	0	7	2	6	0	1	0	18	2

1. NWSL Challenge Cup
2. Icelandic Women's Football League Cup
3. UEFA Women's Champions League
4. Icelandic Super Cup

References

1. "Candidates for Bachelor's Degrees – College of Sciences – Bachelor of Arts: Human Communication BA" (PDF). Commencement. Orlando, Florida: University of Central Florida. 2 May 2020. p. 71. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
2. Zandy Soree – UEFA competition record (archive)
3. "Zandy Soree - 2019 - (W) Soccer". UCF Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
4. "Zandy Soree Belgium profile". Royal Belgian FA.
5. Zandy Soree at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
6. "2016 AAC Regular Season Awards Announced". theamerican.org. November 2016.
7. "The American Announces 2019 Women's Soccer Honors". theamerican.org. 5 November 2019.
8. "NWSL 2020 College Draft list". www.nwslsoccer.com.
9. "Orlando Pride Signs Seven Players to Short-Term Contracts". www.orlandocitysc.com.
10. "How to watch Orlando Pride players on loan abroad". news.yahoo.com. 31 August 2020.
11. "October 9, 2020 Orlando Pride vs. Houston Dash". www.nwslsoccer.com.
12. "Houston Dash announce 2021 28-player roster". www.houstondynamofc.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
13. "Belgískur miðjumaður í Kópavoginn". www.mbl.is (in Icelandic).
14. "Belgium-Belarus Women's Under-17". UEFA.com.
15. "Wales-Belgium". UEFA.com.
16. "France 1–2 Belgium, 19 January 2017 match report". Royal Belgian FA.
17. @BelRedFlames (17 February 2019). "Belgium 2019 Cyprus Cup squad announcement" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
18. "Ives Serneels maakt selectie Red Flames voor Algarve Cup bekend". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 February 2020.
19. "Leikmaður - Alexandra Soree". www.ksi.is (in Icelandic).