Julia Dorsey (soccer)
_162.jpg) Dorsey with the North Carolina Courage in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Julia Carroll Dorsey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | August 8, 2000[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dallas Trinity (on loan from the North Carolina Courage) | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | North Carolina (soccer) | 69 | (2) |
| 2020–2023 | North Carolina (lacrosse) | 56 | (3) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | North Carolina Courage | 0 | (0) |
| 2024– | → Dallas Trinity (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | United States U20 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 30, 2024 | |||
Julia Carroll Dorsey (born August 8, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Dallas Trinity FC of the USL Super League, on loan from National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club North Carolina Courage. A former two-sport athlete, she played soccer and lacrosse at the University of North Carolina, winning the NCAA championship with the lacrosse team in 2022. She was selected by the Courage in the 2024 NWSL Draft.
Early life
[edit]Dorsey was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Van and Jessica Dorsey, and has an older sister.[1] She began playing soccer at age five and lacrosse shortly thereafter.[2] Her father, a former college soccer player for the Middlebury Panthers, coached her first club team when she was six or seven.[1][3]
Dorsey played high school soccer, basketball, and lacrosse at McDonogh School, a private prep school in Owings Mills, Maryland. Her lacrosse team went undefeated to win IAAM championships in 2016, 2017, and 2019, with Dorsey in midfield; she sat out the 2018 season after suffering an ACL tear.[2][4] She also won three IAAM titles with the soccer team in 2015, 2017, and 2018, playing as a forward for her first three seasons and right back in her senior year.[5][6] That year, after captaining both teams to undefeated record, she received All-American honors in both sports and was named The Baltimore Sun's high school female athlete of the year.[4][7] While in high school, she played club soccer for the Bethesda Soccer Club and club lacrosse for Sky Walkers Lacrosse.[1][3]
College career
[edit]Dorsey chose the University of North Carolina as a school where she could play both soccer and lacrosse (on a lacrosse scholarship).[4][8] She joined the soccer team's starting lineup during the 2019 season, helping the team to win the ACC tournament and reach the NCAA championship game.[9][10] She was recognized by TopDrawerSoccer.com with Freshman Best XI and second-team Best XI honors.[11] She became the sixth person in school history to play for both programs after debuting for the lacrosse team in the spring of 2020.[1] As a sophomore, she started for the soccer team throughout the fall of 2020, then helped the lacrosse team go undefeated on the way to the 2021 NCAA semifinals.[1][12]
Dorsey sat out the start of her junior soccer season due to injury but returned later in the year and recorded her first career goal, a tap-in to force overtime against Boston College in October 2021.[8][13] In the spring of 2022, as she switched from midfield to defense, she helped the lacrosse team go undefeated to win the NCAA championship.[14] Later that year, she helped the soccer team reach the final of the NCAA tournament, anchoring a conference-best back line and scoring the third goal in a 3–2 win over Florida State in the NCAA semifinals, but they finished runners-up in the title game.[15][16] She suffered an ACL tear ending her senior lacrosse season in the spring of 2023.[1][16]
Club career
[edit]The North Carolina Courage selected Dorsey with the 40th overall pick in the third round of the 2024 NWSL Draft.[17] She was signed to a three-year contract.[18]
On August 9, 2024, ahead of the inaugural 2024–25 USL Super League season, Dorsey was loaned to Dallas Trinity FC for the rest of the NWSL season.[19] She appeared in the starting lineup of Trinity's first-ever game on August 18, which they drew 1–1 to Tampa Bay Sun FC, and marked Dorsey's first game since her ACL injury in 2023.[20]
International career
[edit]Dorsey, who played in the Olympic Development Program in middle school, was called up to the United States national under-20 soccer team for friendlies in December 2019.[3][21]
Career Statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 30 October 2024
| Club | Season | League | Domestic Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| North Carolina Courage | 2024 | NWSL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Trinity FC (loan) | 2024–25 | USL Super League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Career total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Julia Dorsey – Women's Soccer". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
"Julia Dorsey – Women's Lacrosse". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2024. - ^ a b Graham, Glenn (September 13, 2018). "McDonogh star Julia Dorsey poised for senior year with soccer and lacrosse ahead at North Carolina". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024.
- ^ a b c Heubeck, Elizabeth (October 4, 2018). "Two-Sport Wonder". The Towson Times. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ a b c Graham, Glenn (July 2, 2019). "2018–19 High School Female Athlete of the Year: McDonogh three-sport star Julia Dorsey". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 9, 2024.
- ^ Graham, Glenn (December 26, 2018). "2018 All-Metro girls soccer first and second teams". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024.
- ^ "Past Champions – Varsity Soccer Champions". Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
- ^ "United Soccer Coaches Announces 2018 Fall High School All-America Teams". United Soccer Coaches. December 3, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
Graham, Glenn (May 21, 2019). "Five more Baltimore-area players named in final wave of Under Armour lacrosse All-Americans". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on January 10, 2024.
"HS Girls: TDS Fall All-America". TopDrawerSoccer.com. June 24, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2024. - ^ a b Jones, Jody (November 10, 2022). "Dorsey Looking To Make Dual Sport History". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ DaSilva, Matt (March 5, 2020). "Beast Mode: North Carolina's Julia Dorsey is a Soccer–Lacrosse Standout". USA Lacrosse Magazine. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ "2019 Women's Soccer Schedule". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ Trendel, Avery (December 16, 2019). "Top Drawer Soccer Places Five Tar Heels on Women's Best XI Teams". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ "BC Ends Women's Lacrosse Season, 11–10, In NCAA Semis". University of North Carolina Athletics. May 28, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ Koh, Michael (October 10, 2021). "Maggie Pierce's Match-Winner Clinches Dramatic Victory for UNC Women's Soccer". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ "Perfection! Tar Heels Cap Undefeated Season With NCAA Title". University of North Carolina Athletics. May 29, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ Koh, Michael (December 2, 2022). "UNC Women's Soccer Advances to National Championship With 3–2 Win Over FSU". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ a b Singleton, Erin (October 12, 2023). "Dual-sport athlete Julia Dorsey mentors UNC women's soccer, aims for national title". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ Koh, Michael (January 12, 2024). "Sentnor Picked 1st Overall; 5 Other UNC Women's Soccer Players Selected in NWSL Draft". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ "Courage signs 2024 Draft Class". North Carolina Courage. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "Courage loans defender Julia Dorsey to Dallas Trinity FC". North Carolina Courage. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Tampa Bay Sun FC 1–1 Dallas Trinity FC". USL Super League. August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
- ^ "Thirty-Four Players Called to Represent U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team at 2019 Nike International Friendlies". United States Soccer Federation. December 4, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Julia Dorsey at Soccerway.com
