Sophie Schmidt



Sophie Diana Schmidt (born 28 June 1988) is a Canadian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League. She is also a member ofCanada national women's soccer team. Schmidt won bronze at the 2012 Olympics as a member of the Canadian squad that competed in London.



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[edit] == Schmidt was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to parents, Elmer and Cornelia Schmidt. She attended W. J. Mouat Secondary School in Abbotsford, British Columbia and played for the Abbotsford Rush club team in 2004.[1]
 * 1.1 University of Portland
 * 2 Playing career
 * 2.1 Club
 * 2.2 International
 * 2.2.1 International goals
 * 3 References
 * 4 External links

According to Soccer Buzz, she was rated as the number two international recruit for the 2006 class. ===University of Portland[edit] === Schmidt attended the University of Portland and played for the Pilots from 2007-2009. She did not play during the 2006 season due to her Canadian national team commitments.[1]

As a sophomore, Schmidt played forward for the Pilots despite having never played the position at a competitive level. She finished the season with seven goals and seven assists in 14 games. Schmidt was fourth in the West Coast Conference in total points (21), sixth in goals and third in assists. She scored the lone goal in a 1-0 NCAA second round win at Colorado.[1]

In 2009, Schmidt finished the season tied for first on the team with 12 assists and third on the team with 12 goals.

She was named to the Soccer America MVP Team (All-America) First Team, NSCAA First Team All-American, NSCAA All-West Region First Team, and ll-WCC First Team. She ranked ninth in school history for career points per game (1.60) and assists per game (0.46) and tenth in Pilots' history in goals (33) and goals per game (0.58) in 57 matches.[1] ==Playing career[edit] == ===Club<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Schmidt in August 2011<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Schmidt played for the Vancouver Whitecaps from 2005 to 2006, alongside former Pilots Christine Sinclair and Tiffeny Milbrett. She appeared and started in eight games for the Whitecaps, recording three assists.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-up_bio_1-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 2011, Schmidt played for magicJack in the WPS in the United States.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In March 2012, Schmidt signed a short-term contract with Kristianstads DFF in Kristianstad, Sweden.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">On January 11, 2013 she joined Sky Blue FC in the new National Women's Soccer League. ===International<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Schmidt has been a member of the Canada National Team since 2005. She made her senior Canadian National Team debut on April 19, 2005 in a match against Holland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-up_bio_1-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Schmidt has represented Canada on the U-17 and U-20 youth teams. She captained the Canadian Under-20 team at the 2006 FIFA World Championships in Russia.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">She has participated in two FIFA Women's World Cups—in both the 2007 and 2011 events. She appeared in all three matches for Canada at the 2007 World Cup and scored one goal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-up_bio_1-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Schmidt started all four matches at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Schmidt and her team won a 2011 Pan American Games gold medal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2012_olympic_bio_5-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">On February 28, 2012, Schmidt made her 30th consecutive international appearance in a match against Scotland at Cyprus and had her first two-goal game. She has the longest current streak, but is 8th all-time for consecutive games.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Schmidt and her teammates won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">On July 25th 2012, during the London Olympics, in a group stage game against Japan, Sophie,during the 73', fell with no one around her, moments like this are known as "Sophie Moments"