Sophia Nguyen

Sophia Jean Nguyen (born September 13, 2003) is an American soccer player who plays as a right back or midfielder. She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles, winning the 2023 and 2025 national championships.

Early life

Nguyen grew up in Pensacola, Florida, the youngest of four children born to Angela and Hung Nguyen. She committed to play college soccer for Florida State as a rising junior. She missed her entire senior season after tearing her the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in her left knee, ending her high school career with 61 goals and 33 assists in 34 games.

Nguyen was also a competitive skimboarder growing up, winning United Skim Tour world titles in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021. Her first win at age 14 made her one of the sport's youngest champions.

College career

Nguyen played for the Florida State Seminoles from 2022 to 2025, making 84 appearances (58 starts) and scoring 2 goals. Primarily a right back, she wore a knee brace throughout her freshman season as she recovered from her PCL injury, helping the Seminoles reach the NCAA tournament semifinals. Nguyen was an undisputed starting midfielder in her junior year in 2024, helping the Seminoles win their fifth consecutive ACC tournament title, but were upset on penalties in the NCAA tournament second round. She was again a starter in her senior year until she was injured in the ACC tournament quarterfinals, playing off the bench for most of the NCAA tournament as the Seminoles won their fifth national title. She earned the winning assist through her cross to Wrianna Hudson in the 1–0 win over TCU in the semifinals, then won 1–0 against Stanford in the final.

Honors and awards

Florida State Seminoles NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament: 2023, 2025 ACC women's soccer tournament: 2022, 2023, 2024