Sofia Huerta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Boise, Idaho | ||
| Height | 5 ft, 7 in. | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Chicago Red Stars | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2011-2014 | Santa Clara Broncos | ||
| 2012 | Mexican U-20 women's national soccer team | ||
| 2012 | United States U-20 women's national soccer team | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2012 | Mexico women's national U-20 football team | 4 | (3) |
| 2012-2013 | Mexico women's national football team | 4 | (2) |
| † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Sofia Huerta (born December 14, 1992) is a Mexican-American professional soccer forward. She played for the Santa Clara Broncos of Santa Clara University from 2011 to 2014, the Mexico women's national football team in 2012-2013, and was drafted to play for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League college draft on January 16, 2015.
Early life
The daughter of Mauricio Huerta, an electrical engineer, and Jody Jensen Huerta, Huerta attended Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho. She played soccer, basketball, and ran track. She was the two-time Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year (2009-2011) in soccer, All-Idaho First Team Basketball selection (2011), and set high-school records for fastest time running the 100 and 300 meter hurdle races (2011). She was also named to several All-Academic teams (2007-2011).[1]
University
Huerta was a four year starter as a forward for Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, California. As a freshman, she was All-West Coast Conference, scoring eight goals and two assists. As a sophomore she was again All-West Coast Conference and NCAA Division 1 Women All-West Region Second Team. She scored six goals and six assists. As a junior in 2013, she was again First Team All-WCC, scoring 16 goals and with 8 assists, leading her team in goals scored and tying for the lead in assists. She was a third-team All-American selection.[2] In her senior year in 2014 she scored 17 goals with 3 assists and was again a third-team All-American selection and co-player of the year in the West Coast Conference.[3]
Her college major is communications and she received a Senior Scholar Award for maintaining a grade point average higher than 3.8 on a 4.0 point scale.[4]
International career
Huerta was not selected by the United States team for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan in August 2012. She joined the Mexican team instead. Playing with a broken elbow, she scored three of Mexico's seven goals in its two win and two loss performance.[5] In December 2012, Huerta played for the Mexico women's national football team at the City of São Paulo International Women's Football Tournament, scoring two goals. Huerta was a second-half substitute for Mexico in its September 4, 2013 match with the United States.
In December 2014 Huerta announced that she was not going to continue to play with the Mexico national team, but would attempt to become a member of the US Women's national team.[6]
NWSL
Huerta was drafted to play for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League in the college draft on January 16, 2015. She was the eleventh player selected in the college draft.[7]
References
- ↑ "Sofia Huerta" http://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-soccer/2013-14/bios/huerta_sofia_r66l, accessed 27 Nov 2013
- ↑ http://www.nscaa.com/awards/2013-ncaa-division-i-women-s-all-america-teams?utm_medium=short_url, accessed 31 Mar 2014
- ↑ http://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-soccer/2014-15/bios/huerta_sofia_a2fa
- ↑ "Sofia Huerta" http://www.santaclarabroncos.com/sports/w-soccer/2013-14/bios/huerta_sofia_r66l, accessed 27 Nov 2013
- ↑ Huerta shines on the biggest stage" http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20womensworldcup/japan2012/news/newsid=1688808/index.html, accessed 26 Nov 2013
- ↑ "Huerta to Spurn Mexico, Hope for Shot with UNWNT", The Equalizer, http://equalizersoccer.com/2014/12/27/sofia-huerta-declining-mexico-wants-play-uswnt/, accessed 18 Jan 2015
- ↑ "NWSL Announces Results of the 2015 College Draft" http://www.nwslsoccer.com/home/857002.html, accessed 20 Jan 2015
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