Teenage sensation and high school student Alyssa Thompson was selected with the No. 1 overall pick of the National Women’s Soccer League Draft
Teenage sensation and high school student Alyssa Thompson was selected with the No. 1 overall pick of the National Women’s Soccer League Draft on Thursday. Thompson was picked by Angel City FC, who later described the 18-year-old as a “phenom and generational player.
“The boys’ game, it’s super-fast and they’re super physical as well,” she explained. “You have to be able to play the ball quickly off one touch and pass accurately because, if you take one bad touch, they’re on you and you’ve already lost the ball.” In 2021, she was named the 2021 High School Soccer Player of the Year after scoring 48 goals in 18 games with Harvard-Westlake School.
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