Sophie Schmidt

Sophie Schmidt
Personnel
Surname	Sophie Diana Schmidt
birthday	June 28, 1988
place of birth	Winnipeg , Manitoba ,  Canada
size	173 cm
position	Midfielder
Juniors
Years	station
2004	Abbotsford Rush
2007-2010	Portland Pilots
Women
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2005-2010	Vancouver Whitecaps Women	39 0(6)
2011	magicJack	11 0(1)
2012	Kristianstads DFF	6 0(0)
2013-2015	Sky Blue FC	41 0(8)
2015-2018	1. FFC Frankfurt	55 0(6)
2019–	Houston Dash	18 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2004	Canada U-16 / U-17	3 0(0)
2004-2008	Canada U-19 / U-20	29 0(3)
2005–	Canada	199 (19)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2019 2 As of March 10, 2020

Sophie Schmidt, November 2016

Sophie Diana Schmidt (born June 28, 1988 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian soccer player . Schmidt has German ancestors, her grandparents come from Paraguay . She studied German. She has played for the Canadian national team since 2005 .

Career

societies

After the Summer Olympics in London, Schmidt signed for the Swedish Damallsvenskan club Kristianstads DFF in July 2012 .

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

On July 31, 2015, Schmidt initially signed a one-year contract with the Bundesliga club 1. FFC Frankfurt .

In November 2016 she extended her contract in Frankfurt, which was initially extended for another season in May, until June 30, 2018.

The midfielder was bid farewell on June 3, 2018 in Frankfurt am Main and returned to Canada after 55 Bundesliga games for 1. FFC Frankfurt . From August 2018 to spring 2019, she kept fit on the men's soccer team at the University of Victoria before Schmidt signed for Houston Dash on March 12, 2019 .

National teams

Schmidt went through the Canadian youth national teams and played a total of 29 times for the U-19/20 teams. With the U-19 team, she reached the quarter-finals at the 2004 Women's U-19 World Cup , and won the silver medal at the 2006 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship , thereby qualifying for U-20 football - 2006 Women's World Cup , but Canada was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Schmidt made her first international match against the Netherlands on April 19, 2005 at the age of 16 . From then on she was part of the team's tribe and played every year until 2009, but continued to play for the U-20 team until 2008, with which she won the CONCACAF U-20 championship for women in 2008 - the final against the USA was their last U-20 game.

In 2006 she won silver at the Gold Cup , in 2007 she took part in the World Cup, where Canada was eliminated in the preliminary round and she was used in all three games and scored one goal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics , she and her team made it to the quarter-finals. There they lost 2-1 in extra time against eventual tournament winners United States .

In 2010 she won the Gold Cup with Canada , with which 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 game against Germany. She was also in the starting line-up in the other two group games, but retired with Canada after three defeats in the preliminary round.

She was also nominated for the 2012 Olympic Games . She was in the starting line-up in all six games and won the bronze medal with Canada.

On March 6, 2013, she made her 100th international match against Switzerland in the Cyprus Cup and scored the 1-0 opening goal in the second minute.

A year later, on March 5, 2014, she was in the starting line-up for the 100th time in the first game of the Cyprus Cup 2014 against Finland , where she contributed the first two goals to the 3-0 win.

In 2015 she was appointed to the squad for the World Cup in her own country . There she was chosen to play the opening game. However, the Canadians were eliminated in the quarter-finals against England .

She was also on the roster for the 2016 Summer Olympics qualifier , where Canada qualified for the Olympics. She was used in all games and was in the starting line-up three times. Almost three weeks after qualifying for the Olympics, she won the Algarve Cup with Canada for the first time with a 2-1 final victory over Brazil .

On July 20, 2016, she made her 150th international match in a friendly against China .

At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she won the bronze medal with the Canadian team again, where she was used in all six games, scored the only goal of the game in the quarter-finals against France and won the bronze medal against hosts Brazil.

On May 25, 2019, she was nominated for the 2019 World Cup . She was used in the Canadians' four games and did not miss a minute, but was eliminated with her team in the round of 16 against later third Sweden .

Personal

Schmidt has been in a relationship with the New Zealand actor and singer Nic Kyle since 2017 . The couple married on December 31, 2018 in Christchurch , New Zealand .

successes

• Cyprus Cup 2008 winner 2008 (without final appearance)
• 2008 CONCACAF U-20 Championship Winner
• Gold Cup winner 2010
• Cyprus Cup 2011 winner 2011
• Pan American Games 2011 : Gold Medal
• Olympic Games 2012 : bronze medal
• Algarve Cup winner 2016
• Olympic Games 2016 : bronze medal

Web links

Commons : Sophie Schmidt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Profile on the home page of the Canadian Football Association
• Sophie Schmidt in the database of weltfussball.de
• Sophie Schmidt in the database of the German Football Association
• Sophie Schmidt in the database of Soccerdonna.de
• Profile on the homepage of the 1. FFC Frankfurt
• Profile on the Houston Dash website
• Sophie Schmidt in the soccerway.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vancouver Whitecaps Kader 2005 (name misspelled) ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Vancouver Whitecaps roster 2006 ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Vancouver Whitecaps squad 2007 ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Vancouver Whitecaps Kader 2008 ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Vancouver Whitecaps squad 2009 ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Vancouver Whitecaps Squad 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Albert Sigurdsson: Sweden: Sophie Schmidt signs with Kristianstads DFF , WSoccerNews.com. April 2, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012. 
8. ↑ ussoccer.com: NWSL Announces Allocation of 55 National Team Players to Eight Clubs ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Sophie Schmidt: World Cup star with German roots ( Memento of the original from August 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Extended early until 2018
11. ↑ With Kathrin Hendrich, Sophie Schmidt, Lily Agg, Nadine Anstatt, Celine Brandt and Kumi Yokoyama, six more players will take on new challenges.
12. ↑ Sophie Schmidt - player profile - DFB data center
13. ↑ . In Sophie Schmidt, who leaves Frankfurt at the end of the season and returns to her home country
14. ↑ Sophie Schmidt impresses at Vikes men's training camp
15. ↑ Houston Dash _ Houston Dash sign Sophie Schmidt through NWSL Discovery Process of March 12, 2019
16. ↑ FIFA.com: Match Report: USA v Canada2: 1 aet (1-1, 1-1)
17. ↑ FIFA.com Squad Canada
18. ↑ FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™ - Matches - Canada-China PR - FIFA.com. de.fifa.com, accessed June 8, 2015 . 
19. ↑ Canada - France 1-0
20. ↑ canadasoccer.com: "Together We Rise: Canada Soccer announces squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019"
21. ↑ Nic Kyle: It was in Germany where he met his girlfriend Canadian Sophie Schmidt, a professional football player who is a midfielder for FFC Frankfurt in the German national league.
22. ↑ Sophie Schmidt and fiancé Kyle Nic plan to marry in December.
23. ↑ sophieschmidt13 Always hard to leave my better half. The past 2 months have been incredible! Exploring New Zealand. Watching Nic back on stage doing what he loves. Having family and friends from all around the world share and be apart of the most incredible day. I'm a wifey now. It's only been 10 days, but what a great 10 days so far. Breaking records every day. @nickylekiwi you are incredible and my love for you deepens and grows with everyday that passes by. I am truly the luckiest.