Huerta in May 2015 with Chicago Red Stars
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | December 14, 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Boise, Idaho | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Chicago Red Stars | ||
Number | 11 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Santa Clara Broncos | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Chicago Red Stars | 45 | (13) |
2016–2017 | → Adelaide United (loan) | 12 | (8) |
National team | |||
2012 | Mexico U20 | 4 | (3) |
2012 | United States U20 | ||
2012–2013 | Mexico | 4 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 12, 2017. |
Sofia Huerta (born December 14, 1992) is a Mexican-American professional soccer forward and midfielder. She played for the Santa Clara Broncos of Santa Clara University from 2011 to 2014, the Mexico women's national football team in 2012–2013, and the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League since 2015. She was loaned to Adelaide United in the W-League for the 2016-2017 season.
The daughter of Mauricio Huerta, an electrical engineer, and Jody Jensen Huerta, Huerta attended Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho. She played soccer, basketball, and ran track. She was named Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year twice in soccer, playing for FC NOVA, All-Idaho First Team Basketball selection (2011), and set high-school records for fastest time running the 100 and 300 meter hurdle races (2011). She was also named to several All-Academic teams (2007–2011).
Huerta was a four-year starter as a forward for Santa Clara University in Silicon Valley, Santa Clara, California. As a freshman, she was All-West Coast Conference, scoring eight goals and two assists. As a sophomore, she was again All-West Coast Conference and NCAA Division 1 Women All-West Region Second Team. She scored six goals and six assists. As a junior in 2013, she was again First Team All-WCC, scoring 16 goals and with 8 assists, leading her team in goals scored and tying for the lead in assists. She was a third-team All-American selection. In her senior year in 2014 she scored 17 goals with 3 assists and was again a third-team All-American selection and co-player of the year in the West Coast Conference.