Sophia Smith 指名するd US サッカー 女性（の） Player of the Year
今後 Sophia Smith was 指名するd the U.S. サッカー 女性（の） Player of the Year on Friday after 主要な the 国家の team with 11 goals and starting in a team-high 17 matches.
The 22-year-old Smith is the youngest player to 勝利，勝つ the award since Mia Hamm won it, also at 22, in 1994. Smith is also the youngest player to lead the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs in 得点する／非難する／２０ing since Hamm had 10 goals in 1993.
"明白に this is surreal, and I´m 最高の humbled," Smith said in a 声明. "It´s been a very 出口ing year, and certainly there´s been some challenges, but just 存在 able to grow and develop in the 環境s with the 国家の Team and the Thorns, and 存在 surround by such amazing players, players that I have looked up to for so long, has 押し進めるd me to become a better player and person."
Smith, who plays for the Portland Thorns, was also 指名するd the 国家の Women's サッカー League Most 価値のある Player after 得点する／非難する／２０ing 14 goals in 18 正規の／正選手-season matches. She also 得点する／非難する／２０d for the Thorns in the league's 肩書を与える game,
"This was a big year for Sophia, and she deserves this 承認, but I´m just excited about where she can take her game from here," 国家の team coach Vlatko Andonovski said. "She is a special player with special 質s, but the best thing is that she has the humbleness, work ethic and 運動 to keep developing all 面s of her game."
Smith is 現在／一般に nursing a foot 傷害 that kept her off the 国家の team's roster for its January training （軍の）野営地，陣営 in New Zealand. The 部隊d 明言する／公表するs will play New Zealand on Jan. 18 in Wellington and on Jan. 21 in Auckland. The matches will help both teams ramp up for this summer's World Cup, which will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
FILE - Portland Thorns FC 今後 Sophia Smith 持つ／拘留するs the 最高殊勲選手 トロフィー after the NWSL 選手権 サッカー match against the Kansas City 現在の, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, in Washington. 今後 Sophia Smith was 指名するd the U.S. サッカー 女性（の） Player of the Year on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, after 主要な the 国家の team with 11 goals and starting in a team-high 17 matches.(AP Photo/Nick Wass, とじ込み／提出する )
Smith is one of the players who have 現れるd as Andonovski has 焦点（を合わせる）d on developing young talent in 準備 for the World Cup.
Andonovski said in a 会議／協議会 call with reporters on Thursday that Smith's 傷害 is not serious.
"We felt that this was the time that we 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 直す／買収する，八百長をする this and not have any problems going 今後," he said. "In fact, she´s 支援する to training or light training now. Because of the 治療 that she received in December, she wasn´t able to train and get up to 速度(を上げる） or necessary fitness ーするために be in the January （軍の）野営地，陣営."
Smith is just the fourth player in history to 勝利，勝つ both player of the year and young player of the year 栄誉（を受ける）s, joining Lindsey Horan, Julie Ertz and Tobin ヒース／荒れ地.
Smith finished second on the team with 1,192 minutes played last year. She became the youngest player since 2000 to 得点する／非難する／２０ a hat trick when she had her first career three-goal match against Uzbekistan on April 9.
The awards are decided through 投票（する）s cast by 国家の team coaches and players, member of the U.S. サッカー board of directors, the 連合's 競技者s' 会議, NWSL coaches, select マスコミ members, college coaches and fans.
Smith won with 50.8% of the 投票（する）, ahead of Alex Morgan with 18.4%.
Jaedyn Shaw, 18, a midfielder and 今後 who was a standout at the under-20 Women´s World Cup, was 指名するd U.S. サッカー Young 女性（の） Player of the Year. Shaw, who plays for the San Diego Wave, won with 35.1% of the 投票（する）, followed by 今後 Alyssa Thompson with 34.4%.
"It means everything to me to be a part of the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of players who have won this award, but it also tells me I have so much work to do to keep 改善するing and growing," Shaw said in a 声明.
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FILE - 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 今後 Sophia Smith (11) 反応するs after 得点する／非難する／２０ing her second goal of the match during the first half of an international friendly サッカー match against Nigeria, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Kansas City, Kan. 今後 Sophia Smith was 指名するd the U.S. サッカー 女性（の） Player of the Year on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, after 主要な the 国家の team with 11 goals and starting in a team-high 17 matches.(AP Photo/Nick Tre. Smith, とじ込み／提出する )
FILE - Portland Thorns FC 今後 Sophia Smith, left, kicks the ball against Kansas City 現在の defender Addisyn Merrick, 権利, during the first half of the NWSL 選手権 サッカー match, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, in Washington. 今後 Sophia Smith was 指名するd the U.S. サッカー 女性（の） Player of the Year on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, after 主要な the 国家の team with 11 goals and starting in a team-high 17 matches. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - U.S. 今後 Sophia Smith (11) plays against Colombia during the first half of an international friendly サッカー match Saturday, June 25, 2022, in 商業 City, Colo. 今後 Sophia Smith was 指名するd the U.S. サッカー 女性（の） Player of the Year on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, after 主要な the 国家の team with 11 goals and starting in a team-high 17 matches. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, とじ込み／提出する)
