Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | May 25, 2007||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Central or attacking midfielder [3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Houston Dash | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Houston Dash | 1 | (0) |
International career | |||
2023 | United States U-16 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Zoe Matthews (born May 25, 2007) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She signed with the Dash at the age of 17 in 2024.
Matthews was raised in Southlake, Texas, and attended Carroll Senior High School. [2] She helped lead her high school team to the UIL Class 6A state championship as a freshman in 2022, scoring and assisting in the final while teammate Kennedy Fuller scored a hat trick. [4] She was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-American team as a sophomore in 2023. [2] She won the ECNL under-14 national championship with Solar SC in 2021. She led Legends SC to the ECNL under-17 title game in 2024. [2]
The Houston Dash announced Matthews's signing on October 11, 2024, on a contract running through the 2026 season. This made her the youngest player in club history at the age of 17. [2] She had previously committed to play college soccer for the LSU Tigers. [5] She made her professional debut in the 85th minute against the Seattle Reign on October 18. [6]
Matthews trained with the United States under-15 and under-16 national teams in 2022. [7] [8] She also received an international call-up to train with the Jamaica senior national team at age 15 that year. [2] [9] Matthews was called up with her high school teammate Kennedy Fuller for an under-16 tournament in France in 2023, where she started in the final win over the hosts. [2] [10]
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