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Lauryn Thompson
Personal information
Full name Lauryn Ida Belle Thompson[1]
Date of birth (2007-11-04) 4 November 2007 (age 18)[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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Dominican Republic 2024 Squad List" (PDF). FIFA. p. 5. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "NC Courage Sign Forward Lauryn Thompson Through 2029". North Carolina Courage. 8 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b "ECNL Players Competing at the Highest Levels". Indy Eleven Academy. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "USL Academy Cup Wraps Up". USL Academy League. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  6. ^ Clark, Travis (21 October 2024). "Commitments: FSU Adds More Firepower". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b Thompson, Lauryn (20 October 2024). "Lauryn Thompson's Women's Under-17s World Cup diary". The Football Association. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Report: England WU17s 0-4 Korea DPR". The Football Association. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
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Category:Living people Category:2007 births 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