7 Fun Facts About Sophia Smith, USWNT's Breakout World Cup Star

This may be the year Smith makes her World Cup debut, but 2022 was also a pretty great year for her. It was so good, in fact, that she was named the 2022 BioSteel US Soccer Female Player of the Year for her achievements. In 2022, she also led the entire USWNT in scoring (with 11 goals), was part of the NWSL Championship-winning team, and was voted the Championship Game MVP and the NWSL MVP, making her the youngest league MVP to date. In April 2022, she also scored a hat trick against Uzbekistan, becoming the fifth-youngest to score a hat trick in USWNT history, according to US Soccer.