The are plenty of ways to describe Sophia Smith. She is an athlete with a nose for goal and a killer left foot. Pure ruthlessness with a smile. Or as Alex Morgan puts it, Smith is 'THAT girl.' itsmeglinehan on the USWNT's talented forward:
On Saturday, after the long wait to determine if her second goal stood, VAR confirmed it was onside and Smith celebrated. She drew her hand across her face as if to zip her lips, then threw away the key. For the casual observer, perhaps, it looked like a warning to people to stop running their mouths. But that would be stopping at “THAT girl” Sophia.
The nerves were there against Vietnam, she admitted afterwards, despite the fact that she usually doesn’t get nervous. But she was also ready to dance through the leading questions as swiftly and sure-footedly as she had danced through defenders only minutes before, shrugging aside inquiries on if the USWNT had scored enough goals on Saturday or if she was already thinking about winning the tournament’s golden boot.
Smith is aware of just how much she is being talked about, and that is only going to get more and more intense as the team progresses through this tournament. The energy seems to power “THAT girl”, but maybe there’s also some sort of magic around her debuts too. “Being on this team, it just comes with a big target on your back, it comes with pressure, it comes with a big platform. We all know this is nothing new, even the young players who haven’t played in the World Cup,” Smith said. “We know that — the veterans make sure we know that.”Luckily for everyone prepared to watch her at this World Cup, that combination was something she found exciting.
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