Zoe Matthews

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Zoe Matthews
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-05-25) May 25, 2007 (age 17) [1]
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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Early life

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]

Club career

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]

International career

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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