Talia Staude

Talia Staude
Staude with the North Carolina Courage in 2025
Personal information
Full name Natalia Alyse Staude[1]
Date of birth (2001-04-30) April 30, 2001[2]
Place of birth Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage
Number 12
Youth career
Tophat SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Virginia Cavaliers 103 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– North Carolina Courage 7 (0)
2024 → Tampa Bay Sun (loan) 12 (1)
International career
2017–2018 United States U-17 17 (0)
2019 United States U-20 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 8, 2025

Natalia Alyse Staude (/ˈstaʊdi/ STOW-dee;[2] born April 30, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers and was drafted by the Courage in the second round of the 2024 NWSL Draft. Internationally, she represented the United States at the youth level, winning CONCACAF championships at the under-15 and under-17 levels and appearing at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Early life

Staude was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Alisa and Greg Staude, and has a younger sister, Kiera.[3][4] Her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, when she was an infant.[4] Her mother and grandfather played college basketball; her sister plays college soccer at Georgia.[3][5]

Staude played high school soccer for the Westminster Schools, a private school in Atlanta, and helped the school win three GHSA titles; she missed her junior season while playing for her club team.[3][6] She was named United Soccer Coaches All-American in 2017 and 2018.[3] She scored eight goals as a senior in 2018–19 and was named The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Girls' Soccer Player of the Year and All-American by TopDrawerSoccer.[6][7] She played club soccer for Tophat Soccer Club.[8] She also lettered in high school basketball and swimming.[3] She committed to Virginia as a sophomore.[9]

College career

Staude became a starter for the Virginia Cavaliers during her freshman season in 2019, playing in all 22 games and starting the last 15. She helped Virginia reach the final of the ACC tournament and earn a one seed in the NCAA tournament, earning TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI honors.[3][10] She played in 18 games, all but one as a starter, as a sophomore in 2020. She scored her first college goal in the first round of the NCAA tournament and played every minute of the tournament as Virginia reached the semifinals.[3] She started all 23 games for the Cavaliers in her junior season in 2021, with her second career goal coming as the 90th-minute game winner against NC State. Virginia went undefeated in conference play to win the ACC regular-season title, made the ACC final, and earned a top seed in the NCAA tournament.[3][11]

Staude started all 23 games in her senior season in 2022, playing every minute of all but three of them. She scored in the first round of the NCAA tournament as Virginia made the quarterfinals, losing to eventual champions UCLA.[3][12] She returned to play a fifth graduate season in 2023 (with an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic). She started all 17 games and scored a career-high 3 goals, including a goal in her final college game against Syracuse.[3][4] She played 103 games for the Cavaliers, second-most in program history.[3][13]

Club career

The North Carolina Courage selected Staude 24th overall in the second round of the 2024 NWSL Draft, the team's highest pick of the night.[14] She was signed to a three-year contract.[15]

On August 20, 2024, the Courage announced that Staude would be loaned to the Tampa Bay Sun of the new USL Super League for the rest of the year.[16] She made her professional debut four days later, coming on as a second-half substitute against DC Power FC.[17] On September 8, in her first start, she scored and assisted Carlee Giammona in a 3–2 victory over Lexington SC.[18] She featured primarily at right back in 12 appearances (10 starts) for the Sun, who went on to win the inaugural USL Super League title.[17][19]

Staude made her Courage and NWSL debut on March 29, 2025, starting at left back and playing the full 0–0 draw against the Portland Thorns.[20] In late April, Courage head coach Sean Nahas refashioned the defense into a back three and made Staude a more regular starter at left-sided center back.[21]

International career

Staude was called into her first training camp with the youth national team at the under-14 level in June 2014.[22] She played with the under-15 team in 2015 and 2016, winning the 2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[23][24] She trained with the under-17 team throughout 2017 and 2018.[25] She recorded three assists in one game at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, a tournament the United States won, and played at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[26][27] While in college, she played friendlies for the under-20 team in 2019.[28] She played friendlies with the under-23 team against NWSL clubs in the preseasons of 2022 and 2023.[29]

Honors and awards

Tampa Bay Sun

Virginia Cavaliers

  • ACC regular-season championship: 2021

United States U-15

United States U-17

Individual

References

  1. ^ "The University of Virginia's One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth Final Exercises" (PDF). University of Virginia. p. 16. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Natalia Staude". North Carolina Courage. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Talia Staude". Virginia Cavaliers. April 28, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c White, Jeff (August 23, 2023). "Staude Speaks With Voice of Experience". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  5. ^ "Kiera Staude". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Saye, Chip (May 30, 2019). "2018–19 High school Player of the Year winners". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "HS Girls: TDS Spring All-America". TopDrawerSoccer.com. July 27, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  8. ^ Yort, Caroline (July 13, 2015). "2019 Girls IMG Academy 150 rankings debut". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  9. ^ Clark, Travis (April 21, 2017). "No. 17 recruit commits for class of 2019". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  10. ^ Goff, Steven (November 11, 2019). "Virginia women's soccer team earns a No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  11. ^ Newton, Matt (November 8, 2021). "Virginia Women's Soccer Earns a No. 1 Seed in the NCAA Championship". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  12. ^ Newton, Matt (November 27, 2022). "Virginia's NCAA Run Ends With Heartbreaking Overtime Loss at UCLA". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  13. ^ Prochaska, Val (October 27, 2023). "Virginia Women's Soccer Wins Season Finale, Downs Syracuse 4–0". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  14. ^ "Staude Selected By North Carolina Courage In NWSL Draft". Virginia Cavaliers. January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  15. ^ "Courage signs 2024 Draft Class". North Carolina Courage. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  16. ^ "NC Courage loans defender Talia Staude to Tampa Bay Sun FC". North Carolina Courage. August 20, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  17. ^ a b Talia Staude at Soccerway
  18. ^ Tampa Bay Sun FC [@tampabaysunfc]; (September 10, 2024). "First start, first goal, and first assist with the Sun". Retrieved September 14, 2024 – via Instagram.
  19. ^ a b "Tampa Bay Sun crowned inaugural USL Super League champions with 1–0 win against Fort Lauderdale United". USL Super League. June 14, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  20. ^ "Courage play to scoreless draw in Portland". North Carolina Courage. March 30, 2025. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  21. ^ "Maycee Bell stepping up, standing out in new Courage system". North Carolina Courage. May 9, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  22. ^ "U-14 GNT Starts New Cycle with Portland Camp". United States Soccer Federation. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  23. ^ "U.S. U15 GNT camp roster revealed". United States Soccer Federation. March 2, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.com.
  24. ^ Eskilson, J.R. (August 21, 2016). "U.S. U15 GNT wins CONCACAF Championship". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  25. ^ Eskilson, J.R. (October 3, 2017). "U.S. U17 WNT Player List – 2017/2018". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  26. ^ "U.S. U17 WNT cruises past Bermuda". United States Soccer Federation. June 7, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.com.
  27. ^ "U17 WNT fall in second World Cup match". United States Soccer Federation. November 17, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.com.
  28. ^ Clark, Travis (December 15, 2019). "U20 WNT wraps up Nike Friendlies". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  29. ^ "U23 WNT Roster for Thorns Tournament". United States Soccer Federation. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.com.
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