Draft:Lauryn Thompson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lauryn Ida Belle Thompson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 November 2007[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Courage | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2017–2020 | Indy Eleven | ||
| 2020–2023 | North Carolina Courage | ||
| 2023–2025 | Indy Eleven | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024 | Indy Eleven | 2 | (0) |
| 2026– | North Carolina Courage | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | England U-17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2025– | England U-19 | 11 | (2) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 October 2025 | |||
Lauryn Ida Belle Thompson (born 4 November 2007) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She represented England at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Early life
[edit]Thompson grew up in Wake Forest, North Carolina.[2] After three years with the Indy Eleven Academy,[3] she played for the North Carolina Courage Academy, earning multiple ECNL all-conference honors.[4] In 2023, at age 15, she helped the Courage win the U19 Girls Elite USL Academy Cup and was named the tournament's best young player.[5] She returned to the Indy Eleven later that year, helping the U17s to the ECNL national semifinals.[3] Before signing professionally, she was verbally committed to play college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles.[6]
Club career
[edit]On 8 December 2025, the North Carolina Courage announced that they had signed Thompson to her first professional contract on a four-year deal through 2029.[2]
International career
[edit]Eligible to represent the United States or England, Thompson was called into training camps with the United States under-15s and under-16s in 2022 and 2023.[7] She then joined the England youth set-up and was included in the roster for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.[8] She scored in the opening 2–0 win over Kenya and played in all three group stage games.[8] She was injured in the last group game and missed the rest of the tournament as the Young Lionesses finished fourth.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Dominican Republic 2024 Squad List" (PDF). FIFA. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ a b "NC Courage Sign Forward Lauryn Thompson Through 2029". North Carolina Courage. 8 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ a b "ECNL Players Competing at the Highest Levels". Indy Eleven Academy. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ "ECNL Girls Mid-Atlantic All-Conference". Elite Clubs National League. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
"ECNL Girls Mid-Atlantic All-Conference". Elite Clubs National League. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer. - ^ "USL Academy Cup Wraps Up". USL Academy League. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ^ Clark, Travis (21 October 2024). "Commitments: FSU Adds More Firepower". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ "U15 GNT camp roster for California camp". United States Soccer Federation. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
"U16 WNT Heads to Florida for Training Camp". United States Soccer Federation. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer. - ^ a b Thompson, Lauryn (20 October 2024). "Lauryn Thompson's Women's Under-17s World Cup diary". The Football Association. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ "Report: England WU17s 0-4 Korea DPR". The Football Association. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
External links
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Category:Living people
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Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
Category:Soccer players from North Carolina
Category:People from Wake Forest, North Carolina
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:English women's footballers
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:England women's youth international footballers
Category:USL W League players
Category:North Carolina Courage players