2023-07-22 15:44:22
Take the car and go train. That has been the day to day of Sophia Smith since he can remember. Her parents would pick her up 20 minutes before she finished school to head to Denver from her native Fort Collins (Colorado). After three hours by car (four if the traffic was heavy) she arrived just ten minutes before training. Two hours of training and the same way back home, where she Smith took the opportunity to have dinner and do her homework. Her family efforts and her innate talent have cemented her as the heiress of american soccer. A status that he has defended in the first match of the United States in the World Cup against Vietnam (3-0)where the striker has signed two goals and has given the assistance in the third goal of the North Americans.
The Smith family carries sport in their genes. His father, Kenny, played basketball at the University of Wyoming, and her older sister, Savannah, followed in her footsteps by breaking records at the University of North Colorado. Sophia, however, fell in love with soccer from a very young age. She wanted to be an athlete and, when she did not raise an inch from the ground, she had between eyebrows to be a soccer player. At an early age, she was already aware of the sacrifices that this entailed, but the youngest of three sisters had a goal that she has more than met.
At 22 years and 346 days of age, @sophsssmith is the second-youngest player in #USWNT history to score multiple goals in a World Cup game and the youngest since Cat Whitehill in 2003 ???????? pic.twitter.com/G2cqJDYsNm
— U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (@USWNT) July 22, 2023
Laughing, funny and at times introverted, on the pitch she is pure electricity. The one who was the first choice of the 2020 Draft plays for the Portland Thorns, where, from the first moment, she focused on the attack alongside her greatest reference: Christiane Sinclair, the captain of Canada. Since then, his career has only taken off until reaching 2022, his best year yet. After an exceptional season, Smith has become the first black woman to be named the “Best Player in the USA” and she adds to her feat that she is also the youngest to lift the award.
She’s THAT girl. Great team win???? pic.twitter.com/6r9IV9XJcG
— Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13) July 22, 2023
The year before the World Cup has exalted Sophia Smith, who has arrived at the World Cup as the greatest exponent of the generational change in the US dressing room. With big stars like Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe saying goodbye to national team football at this event, the young promises have taken up the challenge of keeping the United States at the top. Like Smith, up to 13 players will debut with the national team at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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In the debut against Vietnam this Saturday, Smith has led el conjunto directed by Vlatko Andonovski with a performance that has helped her to be named as the best player of the team in her debut in a World Cup. However, the trophy has faded into the background and the Smith family has given all the fans a touching moment. Kenny Smith, Sophia’s father, has come down to the grass to present her with the trophy. “Thanks, dad” the front woman told him with glazed eyes.
That gratitude, beyond the award, went for all the efforts they have made for her over the years. Smith, an example of determination, is the future of a team that has been the hegemony of world football.
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