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Lexi Missimo
Personal information
Full name Alexis Missimo
Date of birth (2003-01-30)January 30, 2003(age 21)[1]
Place of birth Grapevine, Texas,U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Texas Longhorns
Number 10
Youth career
2008–2020 Solar SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Texas Longhorns 66 (44)
International career
2016 United States U-14
2017 United States U-15
2018–2020 United States U-17
2021–2022 United States U-20 7 (3)
2023– United States U-23

Alexis Missimo(born January 30, 2003) is an American collegesoccerplayer who plays as amidfielderfor theTexas Longhorns.She has represented the United States at the youth international level, mostly recently with theunder-23 team.She was named theTopDrawerSoccerPlayer of the Year after her 2023 college season.

Early life

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Missimo played youth soccer for Solar Soccer Club ofDallas, Texas,beginning at age five.[2]She helped win theUSYSnational under-13 championship in 2016[3]and reached theECNLunder-15 national championship game the next year.[4]Between 2017 and 2019, Missimo scored 100 goals in 62 games in theGirls' Development Academy.[5][6]Playing up four age groups in 2017–18, she led the Solar under-18/19 team in goals and helped them reach the national championship game, receiving conference Best XI recognition.[7][8]She led Solar to win the national under-16/17 championship in 2019, receiving the Golden Boot as the playoffs' top scorer with 11 goals and being named the region's player of the year.[9]She was a two-timeUnited Soccer CoachesAll-American (2018–2019) at the youth level.[10]

College career

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Missimo verbally committed to Texas when she was in seventh grade.[11]She was the number one recruit for the class of 2021,[12][13]but elected to graduate from Southlake Carroll High School in three years in 2020 and enrolled at theUniversity of Texasin the fall of that year.[14]She had offers to go pro out of high school fromArsenalandManchester City,the latter of which she had trained with.[2][15]She scored in her college debut on March 5, 2021, a 4–0 win overTexas State.She scored two goals in a 4–0 win overBayloron March 31. She finished theabbreviated spring seasonwith three goals and two assists in three games.[16]

Missimo started all 22 games during her freshman fall season in 2021, recording nine goals and 14 assists. Her assist total led theBig 12 Conferenceand tied the Texas program record for assists in a season. She was named the Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year and recognized with All-Big 12 first-team, Big 12 all-tournament, and Big 12 All-Freshman honors.[17]

During her sophomore season in 2022, Missimo played in 17 games after suffering an injury early in the season that forced her to miss six games. Despite the absence, she led the Big 12 and set the Texas program record for assists in a season with 15, which ranked third in NCAA Division I that season. Texas won the Big 12 regular season championship and reached theconference tournamentsemifinals. Missimo contributed an assist in the Longhorns' first-roundNCAA tournamentwin overTexas A&M,and the team's season ended a 1–0 loss toDukein the next round.[17]

In her third full season with Texas in 2023, Missimo earned All-American honors and was named theTopDrawerSoccerNational Player of the Year. She scored 26 goals and recorded 20 assists.[17]She became the first player in the history of the Texas program to record a 20–20 season. She led the Big 12 in goals, assists, and points for the season.[18]

She announced following the 2023 season that she would return for her senior year.[19]

International career

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Missimo began training with the United States youth national team at theunder-14 levelin March 2016.[20]She made her international debut at the youth level on May 12, 2017, with thenational under-16 teamin a 4–0 win over Croatia.[21]She scored her first youth international goal for theunder-15 teamagainst Germany on November 1, 2017.[22]She and club teammateTrinity Byarsled the under-16 team with five goals each at the Torneo delle Nazioni in 2018, which they won.[23]

Missimo played up two age groups with thenational under-17 teamin the lead-up to the2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup,[24]but did not make the roster for the World Cup. She was a key player in the build-up to the2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup,scoring three goals and adding two assists in two tournaments in Europe in 2019.[25][26][27][28]She had both assists in the 2–0 win over England in Florida on February 22, 2020, which was the final game for the team before the qualifying event.[29]However, the World Cup andthe Concacaf Women's U-17 Championshipwere canceled due tothe covid pandemic.

Missimo was named to thenational under-20 teamfor the2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[30]She scored three goals in seven appearances while leading the United States to the championship and was one of four Americans to make the tournament's Best XI.[31]Prior to the2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup,she announced on social media that she removed herself for consideration for the roster to focus on her sophomore college season.[32]She was called into camp with theunder-23 teamin 2023.[33]

Personal life

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Her parents areDerek Missimoand Susan Missimo. Her father is the all-time leading scorer (56) and all-time points leader (138) forNorth Carolina[34]and coached her youth club teams.[35]Her mother was a four-year letter winner forTexas Christianfrom 1991 to 1994. She has an older sister Gabriella, who was part of theTexasLonghorns women's soccer team in 2019.[36]

References

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  1. ^"National team roster, 2022 Women's Under 20 Championship: USA"(PDF).CONCACAF.February 22, 2022. p. 20.Archived(PDF)from the original on February 26, 2022.RetrievedJuly 20,2022.
  2. ^ab"Faces in the Crowd".Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  3. ^"2016 US YOUTH SOCCER CHAMPIONS • SoccerToday".SoccerToday.2016-08-02.Retrieved2021-06-02.
  4. ^"ECNL Girls".ECNL Girls.2017-02-15.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  5. ^"Solar Soccer Club".solr.ussoccerda.com.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  6. ^www.girlssoccernetwork.comhttps://www.girlssoccernetwork.com/staging/news/club/ussda-player-of-the-year-awards/.Retrieved2021-06-02.{{cite web}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)
  7. ^"SOLAR SOCCER CLUB TO FACE LAFC SLAMMERS FOR FIRST-EVER U.S. SOCCER DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY U-18/19 GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP – Solar Soccer Club".www.solarsoccerclub.com.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  8. ^"Girls Development Academy end-of-season awards, Best XIs announced".SoccerWire.Retrieved2021-06-02.
  9. ^"Solar SC captures Girls Development Academy U-16/17 championship".SoccerWire.Retrieved2021-06-02.
  10. ^Coaches, United Soccer."United Soccer Coaches Announces 2019 Youth All-Region and All-America Teams | United Soccer Coaches".Retrieved2021-06-03.
  11. ^"A Seventh Grader Just Verbally Committed to Women's Soccer at University of Texas".www.vice.com.29 July 2016.Retrieved2021-06-10.
  12. ^"Alexis Missimo – No. 1 Player – class of 2021".TopDrawerSoccer.com.Retrieved2021-06-02.
  13. ^"Club Soccer Player Rankings".TopDrawerSoccer.com.Retrieved2021-06-02.
  14. ^"Soccer announces eight signees in 2021 recruiting class".University of Texas Athletics.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  15. ^"The same path as Hamm, Wambach or going pro straight out of HS: an emerging trend, and choice, two Dallas-area soccer prodigies face".Dallas News.2020-05-19.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  16. ^"Texas Soccer Stats (PDF)"(PDF).University of Texas Athletics.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  17. ^abc"Lexi Missimo – Soccer".University of Texas Athletics.Retrieved2022-03-25.
  18. ^"Big 12 2023 Women's Soccer Stats".
  19. ^https://twitter.com/MissimoLexi/status/1744495359533986297
  20. ^"Alexis Missimo".TopDrawerSoccer.com.Retrieved2021-06-02.
  21. ^"U.S. U-16 Girls National Team defeats Croatia 4–0".SoccerWire.Retrieved2021-06-02.
  22. ^"USA U15 GIRLS DEFEAT GERMANY TWICE".SoccerToday.2017-11-04.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  23. ^"Youth: U.S. U-16 girls rout all foes at Torneo delle Nazioni".www.socceramerica.com.29 April 2018.Retrieved2021-06-13.
  24. ^"U.S. U-17 Women's National Team plays Korea Republic to 4–4 draw".SoccerWire.Retrieved2021-06-10.
  25. ^"U-17 WNT Opens UEFA Development Tournament in Portugal with 4–0 Victory Against Mexico".www.ussoccer.com.Retrieved2021-06-10.
  26. ^"U-17 USWNT Falls 4–3 To Spain At Friendly Tournament In Sweden".www.ussoccer.com.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  27. ^"U.S. U-17 WNT Downs Sweden 2–1 To Open Friendly Tournament".www.ussoccer.com.Retrieved2021-06-10.
  28. ^"U-17 WNT at UEFA Development Tournament".Twitter.Retrieved2021-06-10.
  29. ^U.S. Soccer."U.S. U17 WNT sweeps England".Twitter.Retrieved2021-06-10.
  30. ^"Soccer's Missimo & Byars named to U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team".University of Texas Athletics.Retrieved2022-03-25.
  31. ^"Soccer's Missimo named to CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship Best XI".University of Texas Athletics.Retrieved2022-03-25.
  32. ^https://twitter.com/MissimoLexi/status/1545938249067159553/photo/1
  33. ^"U.S. Under-23 Women's Youth National Team Will Start 2023 Programing with Trip to Paris for Two Matches Against the France U-23 WNT | U.S. Soccer Official Website".
  34. ^"media guide 2020 (PDF)"(PDF).University of North Carolina Athletics.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  35. ^"Dad coach leads Solar's decade of dominance | Club Soccer | Youth Soccer".TopDrawerSoccer.com.Retrieved2021-06-03.
  36. ^"Gabriella Missimo – Soccer".University of Texas Athletics.Retrieved2021-06-03.
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