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Sophia Boman

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Sophia Boman
Boman with Minnesota in 2024
Personal information
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers 86 (24)

Sophia Boman is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder. She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, where she earned four-time All-Big Ten honors.

Early life and college career

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Boman grew up in Edina, Minnesota, one of three daughters born to Steve and Julie Boman.[1] Her mother is a pediatrician.[2] Her family moved to Duluth, Minnesota, from California when she was in kindergarten.[3] Boman attended Edina High School, where she played soccer all four years and was named All-American twice and the Minnesota Star Tribune All-Metro Player of the Year in 2019.[1][3] She played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Academy.[1]

Minnesota Golden Gophers

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Boman started all 86 games for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 2020 to 2024, playing the full 90 minutes in all but nine of them.[1][4] She recorded 16 goals and 15 assists in 64 games during her first four seasons as a central or attacking midfielder, earning Big Ten Conference all-freshman, two-time second-team All-Big Ten, and third-team All-Big Ten honors, and becoming a team captain in her senior season. In her graduate season, she was shifted to defensive midfielder by head coach Erin Chastain and played every minute of the campaign, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors as Minnesota went undefeated at home during the regular season. She scored a career-high 8 goals (5 of them penalties) in 22 games, including 3 in the NCAA tournament as Minnesota reached the third round.[1][2]

Club career

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Boman was invited to train as a non-roster player with the Kansas City Current in the 2025 preseason.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Sophia Boman". Minnesota Golden Gophers. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Greder, Andy (October 30, 2024). "Gophers soccer: Sophia Boman carves out a time-tested legacy at the U". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  3. ^ a b La Vaque, David (October 22, 2019). "Challenged to score more, ego-free Sophia Boman delivers for Edina". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  4. ^ Rippel, Joel (November 15, 2024). "Gophers soccer team defeats South Dakota State in NCAA tournament". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
  5. ^ Minnesota Soccer [@GopherSoccer] (January 16, 2025). "MPLS 👉 KC" (Tweet). Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Twitter.
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