Sophia Boman
.jpg) Boman with Minnesota in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sophia Boman | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting JAX | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Minnesota Thunder | |||
| 2016–2019 | Edina High School | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | 86 | (24) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Sporting JAX | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sophia Boman is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Sporting Club Jacksonville. She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, where she earned four-time All-Big Ten honors.
Early life and college career
Born in California, Boman's family moved to Duluth, Minnesota when she was in kindergarten. She grew up in Edina, Minnesota, one of three daughters born to Steve and Julie Boman.[1] Her mother is a pediatrician.[2][3] Boman attended Edina High School, where she played soccer all four years and was named All-American twice and the Minnesota Star Tribune All-Metro Player of the Year in 2019.[1][3] She played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Academy.[1]
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Boman started all 86 games for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 2020 to 2024, playing the full 90 minutes in all but nine of them.[1][4] She recorded 16 goals and 15 assists in 64 games during her first four seasons as a central or attacking midfielder, earning Big Ten Conference all-freshman, two-time second-team All-Big Ten, and third-team All-Big Ten honors, and becoming a team captain in her senior season. In her graduate season, she was shifted to defensive midfielder by head coach Erin Chastain and played every minute of the campaign, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors as Minnesota went undefeated at home during the regular season. She scored a career-high 8 goals (5 of them penalties) in 22 games, including 3 in the NCAA tournament as Minnesota reached the third round.[1][2]
Club career
Sporting JAX
Boman was invited to train as a non-roster player with the Kansas City Current in the 2025 preseason.[5] On June 18, 2025, USL Super League expansion club Sporting JAX announced the signing of Boman to their inaugural roster.[6] She was Sporting JAX teammate, Jessie Hunt's first friend when Hunt moved to Minnesota from Ohio.[7]
Career statistics
College statistics
| Season | Games | Scoring | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | G | A | PTS | SH | SOG | |||
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | |||||||||
| 2020-21 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 11 | ||
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 36 | 18 | ||
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 54 | 25 | ||
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 22 | ||
| Career | |||||||||
| Career Total | 74 | 74 | 23 | 12 | 58 | 161 | 76 | ||
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sophia Boman". Minnesota Golden Gophers. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
- ^ a b Greder, Andy (October 30, 2024). "Gophers soccer: Sophia Boman carves out a time-tested legacy at the U". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
- ^ a b La Vaque, David (October 22, 2019). "Challenged to score more, ego-free Sophia Boman delivers for Edina". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
- ^ Rippel, Joel (November 15, 2024). "Gophers soccer team defeats South Dakota State in NCAA tournament". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
- ^ Minnesota Soccer [@GopherSoccer] (January 16, 2025). "MPLS 👉 KC" (Tweet). Retrieved January 17, 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Sporting JAX signs four standout college stars to inaugural roster". SportingJAX.com. Sporting JAX. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
- ^ "THE COACHES SHOW PRESENTED BY SPORTING JAX 7-28-25". SoundCloud.com. 1010XL 92.5FM Jax Sports Radio. Retrieved August 6, 2025.