Sophie Schmidt

Sophie Schmidt

Personal information
Full name	Sophie Diana Schmidt
Date of birth	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988
Place of birth	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
2004	Abbotsford Rush
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	Portland Pilots
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2010	Vancouver Whitecaps	39	(6)
2011	magicJack	11	(1)
2012	Kristianstads DFF	6	(0)
2013–2014	Sky Blue FC	41	(8)
2015–2018	FFC Frankfurt	52	(6)
National team‡
2004	Canada U17	3	(0)
2004–2008	Canada U20	28	(3)
2005–	Canada	170	(18)
Honours Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 April 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2018

Sophie Diana Schmidt (born 28 June 1988) is a Canadian soccer midfielder who plays for the Canadian national team, with whom she won a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics and the Rio 2016 Olympics. She previously played her club soccer for German club FFC Frankfurt and Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League.

Early life

Schmidt was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Elmer and Cornelia Schmidt. She attended W. J. Mouat Secondary School in Abbotsford, British Columbia and played for the Abbotsford Rush club team in 2004.^[2] She grew up in a Mennonite community and has described her faith as the most important thing to her.^[3]

Club career

Schmidt played for the Vancouver Whitecaps from 2005 to 2006, alongside former Pilots Christine Sinclair and Tiffeny Milbrett. She appeared and started in eight games for the Whitecaps, recording three assists.^[2] In 2011, she played for magicJack in the WPS,^[4] followed by a short-term contract with Kristianstads DFF in 2012.^[5][6]

Schmidt playing for Sky Blue FC, 2013

On 11 January 2013, she joined Sky Blue FC in the new National Women's Soccer League, Schmidt played two seasons with Sky Blue, making 42 appearances and scoring 8 goals.

Schmidt signed a one-year deal for German club 1. FFC Frankfurt of the Bundesliga on 31 July 2015.^[7] Schmidt left 1. FFC Frankfurt following the 2017–2018 Bundesliga season. ^[8]

International career

Schmidt has represented Canada at both the U-17 and U-20 level, and captained Canada at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia. She made her senior debut against Netherlands on 19 April 2005.^[2]

In her first World Cup she scored against Ghana on 15 September 2007. She subsequently started all four Olympic matches at Beijing 2008, and played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[2] Schmidt and her team won a 2011 Pan American Games gold medal.^[9]

On 28 February 2012, Schmidt made her 30th consecutive international appearance in a match against Scotland in Cyprus and had her first two-goal game. Schmidt and her teammates won an Olympic bronze medal at London 2012.^[10][11] She scored two goals in a 3–0 win over Finland at the 2014 Cyprus Cup on 5 March 2014.^[12]

Career statistics

International goals

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Lineup	#	Min	Score	Result	Competition
1	2005-04-27[m 1]	Bischheim, France	France	Start	1.1	75	5150.01005 1–0	5250.02005 2–0	Friendly
2	2006-03-04[m 2]	Vancouver, Canada	Netherlands	Start	1.1	71	5250.03005 3–1	5250.03005 3–1	Friendly
3	2007-09-15[m 3]	Hangzhou, China	Ghana	Start	1.1	55	5250.02005 2–0	5450.04005 4–0	FIFA Women's World Cup
4	2012-01-23[m 4]	Vancouver, Canada	Costa Rica	60. off 60' (on Timko)	1.1	10	5250.02005 2–0	5250.04005 4–2	Olympic qualifier
5	2012-02-28[m 5]	Larnaca, Cyprus	Scotland	77. off 77' (on Buckland)	2.1	36	5150.02005 2–1	5450.05005 5–1	Cyprus Cup
6					2.2	51	5250.03005 3–1
7	2012-03-31[m 6]	Malmö, Sweden	Sweden	Start	1.1	87	4850.01005 1–3	5050.01005 1–1	Friendly
8	2013-03-06[m 7]	Larnaca, Cyprus	Switzerland	86. off 86' (on Lawrence)	1.1	2	5150.01005 1–0	5250.02005 2–0	Cyprus Cup
9	2013-12-22[m 8]	Brasilia, Brazil	Scotland	Start	1.1	90	5150.02005 1–0	5150.02005 1–0	Brasilia Tournament
10	2014-03-05[m 9]	Nicosia, Cyprus	Finland	72. off 72' (on Ezurike)	2.1	35	5150.01005 1–0	5350.03005 3–0	Cyprus Cup
11					2.2	42	5250.02005 2–0
12	2014-03-12[m 10]	Nicosia, Cyprus	Republic of Ireland	Start	1.1	90	5150.02005 2–1	5150.02005 2–1	Cyprus Cup
13	2014-06-18[m 11]	Vancouver, Canada	Germany	80. off 80' (on Leon)	1.1	54	5050.01005 1–1	4950.01005 1–2	Friendly
14	2014-06-18[m 12]	Vancouver, Canada	Japan	Start	2.1	58	5050.02005 1–1	4950.02005 2–3	Friendly
15					2.2	90+1	4950.01005 2–2
16	2015-05-29[m 13]	Hamilton, Canada	England	Start	1.1	23	5150.01005 1–0	5150.01005 1–0	Friendly
17	2016-08-12[m 14]	São Paulo, Brazil	France	81. off 81' (on Quinn)	1.1	55	5150.01005 1–0	5150.01005 1–0	Olympics: quarterfinal
18	2017-03-03[14]	Almancil, Portugal	Russia	78. off 78' (on Carle)	1.1	9	1-0	2-1	Algarve Cup

Honours

References

Match reports

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sophie Schmidt.

• Official website [dead link]
• Sophie Schmidt profile at National Women's Soccer League
• Sophie Schmidt profile at Sky Blue FC
• Canadian Soccer Association bio
• Sophie Schmidt – FIFA competition record (archive)
• Sophie Schmidt at the Canadian Olympic Committee
• Sophie Schmidt at the International Olympic Committee
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Sophie Schmidt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
• University of Portland player profile
• Twitter