Sophia Boman
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Boman with Minnesota in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sophia Boman | ||
| Place of birth | Edina, Minnesota, U.S. | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting JAX | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Minnesota Thunder | |||
| 2016–2019 | Edina High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | 86 | (24) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Sporting JAX | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sophia Boman is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Sporting Club Jacksonville. She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, where she earned four-time All-Big Ten honors.
Early life and college career
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
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
Boman was invited to train as a non-roster player with the Kansas City Current in the 2025 preseason.[5]
Sporting JAX
On June 18, 2025, USL Super League expansion club Sporting JAX announced the signing of Boman to their inaugural roster.[6] She was youth and high school teammates with Sporting JAX teammate, Jessie Hunt.
Career statistics
College statistics
| Season | Games | Scoring | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | G | A | PTS | SH | SOG | |||
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | |||||||||
| 2020-21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 11 | ||
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 36 | 18 | ||
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 25 | ||
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 22 | ||
| Career | |||||||||
| Career Total | 74 | 74 | 23 | 12 | 58 | 161 | 76 | ||
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sophia Boman". Minnesota Golden Gophers. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rippel, Joel (November 15, 2024). "Gophers soccer team defeats South Dakota State in NCAA tournament". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
- ^ Minnesota Soccer [@GopherSoccer] (January 16, 2025). "MPLS 👉 KC" (Tweet). Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Sporting JAX signs four standout college stars to inaugural roster". SportingJAX.com. Sporting JAX. Retrieved June 24, 2025.