Tierna Davidson
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | September 19, 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Menlo Park, California, United States | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Stanford Cardinal | ||
Number | 10 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Stanford Cardinal | 46 | (5) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2018 | United States U20 | 8 | (0) |
2018– | United States | 12 | (1) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 4, 2018 |
Tierna Davidson (born September 19, 1998) is an American soccer player. She plays as a defender for Stanford and the United States women's national soccer team.
Stanford University
In Davidson's freshman year in 2016 she started all 21 games for the Cardinal, and was named to the Pac-12 All Freshman team and the All-Pac-12 Second Team. 2017 was a breakout year for Davidson as she was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. She was a key part of the Stanford team that won the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament and was named the 2017 College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player.[1]
International career
In 2018 Davidson played for the senior USWNT and the U-20 WNT. She received her first senior cap for the United States on January 21, 2018 in a friendly against Denmark. After the match she joined the U-20 squad in Trinidad & Tobago for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[2] Davidson scored the tying goal in the Championship game against Mexico, but the United States would lose on penalty kicks.[3]
Davidson was not part to the final roster for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as she has continued to receive call-ups for the senior USWNT. On July 18 she was named to the USWNT roster for the 2018 Tournament of Nations.[4]
Davidson scored her 1st international goal on August 31, 2018 against Chile.[5] Davidson was not part of the 2018 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifers due to a fractured ankle injury while playing for Stanford. [6]
International goals
Key (expand for notes on "international goals" and sorting) | |
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Location | Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name |
Lineup | Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time |
# | NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match) |
Min | The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal. |
Assist/pass | The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information. |
penalty or pk | Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.) |
Score | The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team |
Result | The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation |
aet | The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation |
pso | Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time |
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match | |
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament | |
Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match | |
Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match | |
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament | |
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player |
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Lineup | # | Min | Assist/pass | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 2018-08-31[7] | Carson | ![]() |
Start | 1.1 | 8 | Tobin Heath | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honors
USWNT
Stanford
References
- ^ "2017 Women's Soccer Roster". Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "Freshly-Capped Davidson Returns to U-20s with WNT Experience". www.ussoccer.com.
- ^ "CONCACAF WOMEN'S U20". Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "GALLERY: ELLIS NAMES 25 PLAYERS TO PRELIMINARY ROSTER FOR 2018 TOURNAMENT OF NATIONS". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ "USA Dominates First-Ever Match vs. Chile, Wins 3-0 on Wild Night in Carson". www.ussoccer.com.
- ^ https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2018/09/17/22/09/20180918-news-wnt-stanford-defender-tierna-davidson-out-10-weeks-fractured-left-ankle
- ^ "USA DOMINATES FIRST-EVER MATCH VS. CHILE, WINS 3-0 ON WILD NIGHT IN CARSON". August 31, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ^ "WNT WINS 2018 SHEBELIEVES CUP WITH 1–0 VICTORY VS. ENGLAND". March 7, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
External links
- 1998 births
- Living people
- American women's soccer players
- United States women's international soccer players
- Stanford Cardinal women's soccer players
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- People from Menlo Park, California
- Soccer players from California
- Women's association football defenders
- American women's soccer biography stubs