Joanna Lohman

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Joanna Lohman
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-06-26) June 26, 1982
Place of birthSilver Spring, Maryland, United States
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Playing positionMidfielder/Defender
Club information
Current clubApollon Limassol
(on loan from Boston Breakers)
Number11
Youth career
1992–2000Bethesda (MD) Soccer Club Scorpions
2000–2003Penn State Nittany Lions
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2001–2002Maryland Pride
2006Washington Freedom0(0)
2008Bälinge IF
2009Saint Louis Athletica0(0)
2009Washington Freedom7(0)
2010–2011Philadelphia Independence33(5)
2011–2012Espanyol21(3)
2012D.C. United5(0)
2013–Boston Breakers
2013–→ Apollon Limassol (loan)
National team‡
2000–2005United States U-21
2001–2007United States9(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:59, September 11, 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:59, September 11, 2013 (UTC)

Joanna Lohman (born June 26, 1982) is an American professional soccer midfielder/defender who plays for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol, on loan from the Boston Breakers of the American National Women's Soccer League. She previously played for the Washington Freedom and Philadelphia Independence in the Boston Breakers. In addition, she served as the general manager of the Washington Freedom Futures, the Washington Freedom Soccer Club's W-League team. Lohman is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team.

Early life

Lohman grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended Springbrook High School. In 1999, she was named an All-Met selection.[1][2]

Penn State

Lohman was captain of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 2002-2003 and was the first four-time First Team All-Big Ten selection in the school's history. She earned a 3.98 GPA while obtaining her business degree at Penn State, resulting in her also being a four-time Academic All-American.[3][4] In 2004, she was named Pennsylvania's NCAA Woman of the Year.[5]

In 2002, Lohman was a MAC Hermann Trophy finalist and earned first-team NSCAA All-America honors for the second-straight year.[6]

Playing career

Club

Joanna Lohman playing for the Philadelphia Independence, 2010.

Lohman was selected by the Saint Louis Athletica during the 2008 WPS General Draft. Lohman did not want to leave the DC area, however, so Athletica traded Lohman's rights to the Washington Freedom in January 2009.[2] She appeared in seven games with the Freedom during the 2009 season.[7]

In September 2009, Lohman traveled to Japan with Freedom teammate, Rebecca Moros to train with NTV Beleza, a professional team based outside of Tokyo.[7]

As a free agent, Lohman signed to the Philadelphia Independence for the 2010 season. She ended the season with 24 appearances and 5 goals.[8] Lohman was tied as the second-leading goal scorer and started 20 of 24 games.[9]

Lohman returned to the Independence during the 2011 season, making 10 appearances.[8]

During the 2011-2012 off-season, Lohman and her teammate, Lianne Sanderson, joined RCD Espanyol de Barcelona in Spain.[10][11]

After the folding of the WPS in early 2012, Lohman and Sanderson joined D.C. United Women in the W-League for the 2012 season.[12] Lohman played in five games, for a total of 391 minutes.[13]

In February, 2012, she and Sanderson joined Boston Breakers in the new National Women's Soccer League. The duo went on loan to Cypriot club Apollon Limassol after the American season had finished, to play in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[14]

International

From 2000-2005, Lohman was a member of the U-21 US national team and served as captain of the squad through 2003–2004.[15] In 2002, she helped lead the team to three Nordic Cup championships, earning MVP honors.[16]

Lohman trained with United States national women's soccer team during the 2004 Olympic Residency Training Camp and has nine caps with the senior team.[17] She made her debut with the senior team in 2000–2001 during the Algarve Cup in a 1–0 defeat to Italy.[18] In 2006, she helped the team defeat Australia 2–0 during the Peace Queen Cup.[19]

Honors & Awards

  • First Team NSCAA Academic All-American (2001-2003)
  • Two-time Herman Trophy and Honda Sports Award Finalist (2002-2003)
  • First Team All-Big Ten (2000-2003)
  • Big Ten Player of the Year (2003)
  • Three-time NSCAA All- American selection and CoSIDA Academic All-American (2001-2003)
  • 2000 Big Ten Freshman of the Year

Personal life

In 2010 while playing for the Philadelphia Independence, Lohman met her partner, English teammate Lianne Sanderson.[5] The couple moved to Spain together and founded JoLi Academy, a training centre for young female footballers in India.[20][21]

Lohman helped launch an organization called GO! Athletes that aims encourage schools to create safer spaces for lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and questioning athletes.[11][22]

Lohman is Vice President of Tenant Consulting, LLC, a commercial real estate firm in the Washington DC area. She helped create the first "carbon neutral calculator" for office buildings, resulting in an invitation to meet former Vice President Al Gore.[23][24]

References

  1. ↑ "Joanna Lohman". Athletes for Hope. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Terino, Paul. "Joanna Lohman of the Washington Freedom Finds Success Away From the Soccer Field". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Lohman's Seven-Point Weekend Earns Big Ten Honors". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Founders". JoLi Academy. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "An interview with Women's Professional Soccer players Joanna Lohman and Lianne Sanderson". After Ellen. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Penn State's Joanna Lohman an SI Face in the Crowd". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Independence's Lohman went to great lengths to improve". Philly.com. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Philadelphia Independence". Soccerway Women Soccer. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Joanna Lohman". Changing the Game. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Lohman, Sanderson to join Espanyol". Philly Soccer News. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Catching up with former Philadelphia Independence and Penn State midfielder Joanna Lohman". Philly.com. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Ex-Springbrook star joins D.C. United Women". Gazette.net. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  13. ↑ "DC United Women 2012 Statistics". USL Soccer. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  14. ↑ Leonidou, John (11 September 2013). "Ambitious Apollon sign Sanderson, Lohman". Uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 11 September 2013. 
  15. ↑ "w/ U-21 WNT midfielder Joanna Lohman". US Soccer. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  16. ↑ "Joanna Lohman bio". Women's Professional Soccer. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  17. ↑ "U.S. Women's National Team All-Time Player Appearances". United States Soccer Federation. Retrieved 11 September 2013. 
  18. ↑ "Midfielder - Joanna Lohman". Soccertimes. Retrieved 11 September 2013. 
  19. ↑ "U.S. Women Scare Up 2-0 Halloween Win Over Australia at Peace Queen Cup". US Soccer. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  20. ↑ "Lianne Sanderson & Joanna Lohman (JoLi Academy)". She Kicks. 2011-12-14. Retrieved 2012-03-13. 
  21. ↑ Henderson, Val. "Soccer players change lives of girls through sport". ESPN. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  22. ↑ "Our Mission". GO! Athletes. Retrieved 26 December 2012. 
  23. ↑ "Studley broker Craig Lussi starts new firm". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 
  24. ↑ "Former soccer player Joanna Lohman a step closer to reaching her dream of being Redskins' GM". Washington Post. Retrieved 25 December 2012. 

External links

Boston Breakers – current squad
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