Sophia Boman
.jpg) Boman with Minnesota in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sophia Boman | ||
| Date of birth | January 16, 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | California, USA | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | 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 | 17 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of February 11, 2026 | |||
Sophia Boman (born January 16, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Minnesota Golden Gophers,.
Early life
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]
College career
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 eight goals (five of them penalties), including three in the NCAA tournament as Minnesota reached the third round.[1][2]
Club career
Boman was a trialist with the Kansas City Current in the 2025 preseason.[5]
On June 18, 2025, USL Super League expansion club Sporting JAX announced that they had signed Boman to their inaugural roster.[6] She made her professional debut on August 23, playing the entirety of Sporting's inaugural game, a 3–1 loss to DC Power FC.[7]
Boman scored her first professional goal on a header in the 16th minute against Brooklyn FC on October 4, 2025. The match ended in a 3–3 draw.[8]
On January 8, 2026, Boman was named to the USL Super League Team of the Month as a midfielder for December 2025.[9]
Career statistics
College
- As of match played November 24, 2024[1]
| 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 | ||
Professional
- As of match played February 11, 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting JAX | 2025–26 |  USLS
|
17 | 2 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 17 | 2 | — | — | 17 | 2 | ||||
Honors and awards
USL Super League
- Team of the Month: December 2025
Individual
- First-team All-Big Ten: 2024
- Second-team All-Big Ten: 2021, 2022
- Third-team All-Big Ten: 2023
References
- ^ a b c d e f "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.
- ^ "Sporting JAX 1–3 DC Power FC". USL Super League. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
- ^ Freeman, Clayton. "Baylee DeSmit nets milestone goal for Sporting Jax soccer in Brooklyn". Jacksonville.com. The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
- ^ GainbridgeSuperLeague.com Staff. "Gainbridge Super League Team of the Month – December". GainbridgeSuperLeague.com. USL Super League. Retrieved January 8, 2026.