Sophie Schmidt

Sophie Diana Schmidt ( born June 28, 1988 in Winnipeg, MB ) is a Canadian soccer player. Schmidt has German ancestors, their grandparents are from Paraguay. She studied German. She plays for Sky Blue FC and the Canadian National Team in the midfield.

Career

Schmidt went through the Canadian youth national teams and played a total of 29 times for the U-19/20-Mannschaften. With the U-19 team reached 2004, the quarter-finals of the U-19 World Cup of women took at the 2006 CONCACAF U -20 Women's Championship 2006 silver medal and qualified for the U-20 football world Women's Championship in 2006, but resigned in Canada in the preliminary round.

Schmidt made ​​the age of 16 on 19 April 2005 against the Netherlands their first of now 86 internationals. It then became part of the tribe of the team and came up at 2009 every year to missions, played until 2008 but continued also for the U -20 team, with whom she won the CONCACAF U -20 Women's Championship 2008 - the final against the USA was their last U-20 game.

In 2006 she won the Gold Cup Silver, 2007, she participated in the World Cup, was eliminated in the first round in Canada and it was used in all three games and scored one goal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she came with her team to the quarter- finals. There they lost in extra time 2-1 to eventual tournament winner United States.

In 2010 she took with Canada to the Gold Cup, with the Canada qualified directly for the 2011 World Cup. In 2011 she won the Cyprus Cup with Canada and was appointed to the Canadian squad for the World Cup and was used in the opening match against Germany. Also in the other two group matches they was in the starting, but resigned after three defeats Canada in the preliminary round of.

For the 2012 Olympics, she was also nominated. She stood in all six games in the starting lineup.

After the Olympic Summer Games in London Schmidt signed in July 2012 for the Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kristianstad DFF.

In the 2013 season they played in the newly established National Women 's Soccer League, the highest league in American professional women's football for Sky Blue FC.

On March 6, 2013, it made ​​the game against Switzerland as part of the Cyprus Cup her 100th international game, scoring in the second minute of the 1-0 hits.

Achievements

  • CONCACAF U -20 Women's Championship 2008 Winner
  • Gold Cup Winner 2010
  • Cyprus Cup Winner 2011
  • Olympic Games 2012: Bronze Medal
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