Alyssa Thompson

Alyssa Paola Thompson (born November 7, 2004)[3][4] is an American soccer player who plays as a forward for Angel City FC and the United States national team.

Alyssa Thompson
Personal information
Full name Alyssa Paola Thompson[1]
Date of birth (2004-11-07) November 7, 2004
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Angel City FC
Youth career
2013–15 Total Futbol Academy
2015–20 Real So Cal
2020–23 Total Futbol Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Angel City FC 5 (2)
International career‡
2022– United States U20 8 (4)
2022– United States 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 29, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 11, 2023

Youth career

Total Futbol Academy, Real So Cal (2013–23)

Thompson's parents signed Alyssa and her sister Gisele up to Total Futbol Academy (TFA) in 2013, when Alyssa Thompson was 9 years old, in order for them to compete on boys' teams. After two years, they transferred to Elite Clubs National League club Real So Cal in Los Angeles, California, where they played until the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] By the age of 13, Thompson was playing with players four years older than her.[7]

Thompson returned to TFA in 2020 and played for its under-19 team in the MLS Next league at the age of 17, and was the only female player in the league.[7][5][6][8]

Harvard-Westlake School (2020–21)

She also played for Harvard-Westlake School in her freshman and sophomore seasons.[9] scoring 48 goals in 18 games.[7][8] National team and club soccer prevented her from playing in her junior season, and she was drafted to professional play as a high school senior.[8][10]

In April 2021, she was named Gatorade girls' soccer national player of the year.[11]

Club career

In 2020, at the age of 15, Thompson verbally committed to joining the Cardinal of Stanford University starting in the 2023 season.[7][5][6][12][13] However, she later decommitted to enter the 2023 NWSL Draft.[5][6][14] On January 12, 2023, Angel City FC selected Thompson with the first overall pick in the draft.[15][8][10]

Five minutes into her professional debut with Angel City FC, in a friendly match against Club América of Liga MX Femenil, Thompson scored her first goal with the club.[8] Thompson scored a goal 11 minutes into her NWSL regular-season debut on March 26, 2023, in a 1–2 loss against NJ/NY Gotham FC.[16]

International career

Thompson played for the U.S. under-20s,[7] winning a gold medal in the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, playing in five matches and scoring three goals,[17] and in the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, playing in three matches and scoring one goal.[18][19]

She was called up to the senior squad in September 2022, being the youngest player since Sophia Smith in 2017.[20][21][12] She earned her first senior cap at a friendly against England on October 7, 2022, becoming the first player to debut for the United States senior team at Wembley Stadium.[8][22]

On April 9, 2023, Thompson was called up to the senior team to replace an injured Mallory Swanson in a friendly scheduled for April 11 against Ireland.[23]

Personal life

Thompson is of Filipino and Peruvian descent.[24][25][26]

She has two younger sisters, Gisele and Zoe; Gisele is also a soccer player.[13][7] Alyssa and Gisele (USWNT-U-17 member) both signed a deal with Nike, becoming the first high school athletes to sign a name, image, and likeness deal with the brand.[7][8]

Thompson also runs track, and in April 2022 ran 100m in 11.74 seconds, which was the second fastest 100m sprint in 2022 up to that date in California.[8][27]

Career statistics

Club
As of April 29, 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Playoffs[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Angel City FC 2023 NWSL 5210—62
Career total 52100062
  1. Includes the NWSL Challenge Cup
  2. Includes NWSL Playoffs

International
As of match played April 12, 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 202220
202310
Total30

Honors and awards

National Women's Soccer League

United States U20

References
  1. "Squad List, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022: USA" (PDF). FIFA. August 3, 2022. p. 16. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  2. "Alyssa Thompson | USWNT | U.S. Soccer Official Site". www.ussoccer.com.
  3. "Alyssa Thompson". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  4. "USA – A. Thompson". Soccerway. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  5. Oxenham, Gwendolyn (March 22, 2023). "Angel City FC's Alyssa Thompson Set a New Standard for Girls in Soccer". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  6. Clark, Travis (November 10, 2022). "Alyssa and Gisele Thompson's unusual path to USWNT success via MLS NEXT". Major League Soccer. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  7. "Alyssa Thompson: USWNT prospect playing alongside the boys to fuel Olympic dream | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  8. Gibson, Charlotte (March 24, 2023). "Why Alyssa Thompson's path to stardom shifted into hyperspeed". ESPN. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  9. "Roundup: Harvard-Westlake's Alyssa Thompson scores six goals in 6–3 Division 1 playoff win". Los Angeles Times. May 19, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  10. Sawyer, Haley (February 22, 2023). "No Alyssa Thompson, no problem: Harvard-Westlake girls soccer back in CIF-SS final". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  11. "Harvard-Westlake's Alyssa Thompson named Gatorade girls' soccer national player of the year". Los Angeles Times. June 17, 2021.
  12. Ingemi, Marisa (September 29, 2022). "Stanford commit Alyssa Thompson is USWNT's youngest call-up in 5 years". San Francisco Chronicle.
  13. "Column: Thompson sisters are rising soccer stars with an eye on Stanford". Los Angeles Times. September 11, 2020.
  14. Ingemi, Marisa (January 6, 2023). "Stanford recruit Alyssa Thompson decommits, will go No. 1 in NWSL draft". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  15. Yang, Steph (January 12, 2023). "NWSL draft live: Alyssa Thompson goes No. 1; Three FSU players taken in first round". The Athletic. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  16. Bushnell, Henry (March 26, 2023). "Alyssa Thompson, the future of USWNT, explodes onto NWSL scene with golazo in debut". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  17. "Stats". Concacaf. March 11, 2021.
  18. https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/womens/u20womensworldcup/costarica2022
  19. "Sondheimer: Harvard-Westlake's Alyssa Thompson speeds back to class and track team". Los Angeles Times. March 27, 2022.
  20. Laase, Eden (September 29, 2022). "Teen star Alyssa Thompson earns her first USWNT call-up". Just Women's Sports.
  21. "Andonovski on Alyssa Thompson's first USWNT call-up: "She will fit in our system" – SBI Soccer". sbisoccer.com. October 1, 2022.
  22. Herrera, Sandra (January 20, 2023). "Alyssa Thompson is already breaking barriers before her first NWSL pro game with Angel City FC". CBS Sports. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  23. Calhoun, Damian (April 9, 2023). "Angel City FC's Alyssa Thompson to join USWNT for Ireland game". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  24. Davies, Amanda; Howorth, Alasdair (February 25, 2023). "High schooler by day, professional soccer player by night: Alyssa Thompson is doing it all". CNN. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  25. "Alyssa Thompson: Futbolista de madre peruana debutó con la selección de Estados Unidos". americadeportes.
  26. Líbero, Redacción. "Pudo defender a Perú pero acaba de debutar en la selección absoluta de Estados Unidos". libero.pe.
  27. "Soccer star Alyssa Thompson runs second fastest 100 meters in California". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  28. "Angel City FC Forward Alyssa Thompson Named March/April Rookie of the Month, Presented by Ally" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  29. "USA Wins Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship With 2–0 Victory Over Mexico". US Soccer (Press release). March 12, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
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