Amanda Poorbaugh

Amanda Nicole Poorbaugh (born July 31, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Penn State Nittany Lions.

Early life Poorbaugh was born and raised in Westerville, Ohio. where she contributed to two conference championships and one district championship. In 2020, she was named the conference Player of the Year and a second-team all-state honoree. Poorbaugh graduated from Olentangy Orange having set school records in shutouts and having earned first-team all-district and all-conference honors as well. She played club soccer in the Elite Clubs National League for Ohio Premier, in addition to SC Buitenveldert when she lived abroad in the Netherlands for a number of years.

In the offseason before her redshirt junior year, Poorbaugh played in the pre-professional USL W League for Minnesota Aurora FC. She helped the Aurora register an undefeated season until being defeated in the playoffs by Indy Eleven. Upon returning to Penn State in 2024, Poorbaugh had her most prominent season, racking up a career-high 1,126 minutes. She played one more year at Penn State before departing from the program having starred in 21 total matches.

On July 1, 2026, Sporting JAX announced that they had signed Poorbaugh to her first professional contract ahead of the team's second season in the USL Super League.

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