Zandy Soree

Alexandra Soree (born 1 August 1998), known as Zandy Soree, is an American-born Belgian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Orlando Pride of the NWSL and the Belgium national team.[4]

Zandy Soree
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Soree
Date of birth (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998[1]
Place of birth Weston, Florida, United States
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Youth career
American Heritage HS
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 UCF Knights 67 (14)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Orlando Pride 0 (0)
National team‡
2014 Belgium U17 3 (3)
2017 Belgium U19 5 (0)
2017– Belgium 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 March 2020[3]

Early life

Soree was raised in Weston, Florida and was a four-time state champion with American Heritage HS. In 2013 she attended the U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Developmental Program.[2]

UCF Knights

Soree played college soccer for the UCF Knights between 2016 and 2019.[2] In her rookie year she was named to the AAC All-Rookie team[5] and was a Second Team All-Conference selection as a senior in 2019.[6]

Club career

Orlando Pride

Soree declared for the 2020 NWSL College Draft but was not selected.[7] On 8 September 2020, with the 2020 NWSL season dealing with significant disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, Soree was one of seven players signed to a short-term contract with Orlando Pride in order to compete in the Fall Series following the team's decision to loan out 11 senior players to play regularly overseas.[8][9] She was named as a substitute in one matchday squad but did not make an appearance for the team.[4][10]

International career

Youth

Soree has dual citizenship of both the United States, her country of birth, and Belgium, her father's country of birth. She first represented Belgium in 2014 during 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification, appearing in all three qualifying round group games and scoring three goals.[11][12] In 2017, Soree stepped up to the under-19s, playing in double-header friendlies against Switzerland in April 207 before competing in the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification elite round. Belgium failed to qualify, finishing second in the group to eventual tournament winners Spain.

Senior

Soree made her senior debut on 19 January 2017 in a friendly against France.[13] She didn't return to the squad until the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup, making two appearances as Belgium finished third, beating Austria on penalties in the third-place playoff.[14] In 2020, Soree was included in the 2020 Algarve Cup squad, making one appearance.[15]

References
  1. Zandy Soree – UEFA competition record
  2. "Zandy Soree - 2019 - (W) Soccer". UCF Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. "Zandy Soree Belgium profile". Royal Belgian FA.
  4. Zandy Soree at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. "2016 AAC Regular Season Awards Announced". theamerican.org.
  6. "The American Announces 2019 Women's Soccer Honors". theamerican.org.
  7. "NWSL 2020 College Draft list". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  8. "Orlando Pride Signs Seven Players to Short-Term Contracts". www.orlandocitysc.com.
  9. "How to watch Orlando Pride players on loan abroad". news.yahoo.com.
  10. "October 9, 2020 Orlando Pride vs. Houston Dash". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  11. "Belgium-Belarus Women's Under-17". UEFA.com.
  12. "Wales-Belgium". UEFA.com.
  13. "France 1–2 Belgium, 19 January 2017 match report". Royal Belgian FA.
  14. @BelRedFlames (17 February 2019). "Belgium 2019 Cyprus Cup squad announcement" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. "Ives Serneels maakt selectie Red Flames voor Algarve Cup bekend". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 February 2020.


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