Cameron Brooks

Cameron Brooks
Brooks with the North Carolina Courage in 2026
Personal information
Full name Cameron Renee Brooks[1]
Date of birth (2000-04-17) April 17, 2000[2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position Center back
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage
Number 5
Youth career
Lonestar SC
2015–2017 Cedar Ridge Raiders
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2022 Texas Longhorns 72 (9)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024–2025 Fort Lauderdale United 19 (0)
2025–2026 Napoli 10 (1)
2026– North Carolina Courage 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of April 23, 2026

Cameron Renee Brooks (born April 17, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Texas Longhorns. She also previously played for USL Super League club Fort Lauderdale United and Serie A Femminile club Napoli.

Early life

Brooks grew up in Round Rock, Texas, the daughter of Roger and Eva Renwick-Brooks, and has two brothers.[2] She began playing soccer when she was seven years old.[3] She played high school soccer for Cedar Ridge High School in Round Rock, scoring 27 goals with 19 assists in her career and being named the district MVP in 2017.[2] She played ECNL club soccer for Lonestar SC.[2]

College career

Brooks enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin in the spring of 2018.[4] She played in 11 games off the bench as a freshman.[2] Having been recruited as a defender, she gained playing time for the Texas Longhorns with a move to left winger as a sophomore in 2019.[3] She played in 15 games, starting 7, and scored 2 goals.[2] In her junior year in 2020, she scored 3 goals in 12 games, starting 8, but the season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which gave her a fifth year of college eligibility.[2] In her senior year in 2021, she played in 20 games, making 15 starts, and scored 1 goal as she helped the Longhorns finish runner-up for the Big 12 Conference regular-season and tournament titles.[2] She started 14 games and scored 3 goals in her fifth season in 2022,[2] before tearing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and missing the rest of the season.[5]

Club career

Brooks was considered a potential selection in the 2023 NWSL Draft but was ultimately not drafted.[6] After working multiple jobs while recovering from her ACL injury,[5] she got back onto the field with FC Málaga City Academy in Spain.[7] Following unsuccessful trials with the NWSL's San Diego Wave and Portland Thorns,[5] in May 2024, she signed her first professional contract with USL Super League club Fort Lauderdale United before the league's inaugural season.[8]

Brooks made her professional debut as a halftime substitute for Sheyenne Allen in United's second game, a 2–1 loss to the Carolina Ascent, on September 6, 2024.[9] The following week, she made her first professional start and assisted Addie McCain in a 2–0 win over DC Power FC for the club's first victory.[10] She helped clinch a playoff berth with an assist to Sh'Nia Gordon in a 1–1 draw against the Spokane Zephyr in the season finale on May 31, 2025.[11] In the playoffs, she played the entirety of two extra-time contests as United won 2–1 against the Carolina Ascent in the semifinals, then lost 1–0 to the Tampa Bay Sun in the final.[9]

Brooks then signed with Italian club Napoli on a one-year deal with the option to extend another year.[12] She made her debut with the start in a 2–1 loss to Lazio in the Serie A Women's Cup on August 23, 2025.[9] On September 7, in the following game, she scored her first professional goal with a header in a 2–2 draw with Parma.[13] She scored her first league goal in a 4–3 win over Ternana on October 12.[14] She played every minute of the league campaign through ten matchdays before leaving the club.[15]

In January 2026, Brooks transferred to the NWSL's North Carolina Courage for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year contract with a club option for another year.[15] On April 23, she made her NWSL debut as a late substitute for Dani Weatherholt in a 2–1 win over Racing Louisville.[9]

International career

Brooks was called into training camps with the United States under-14, under-16, and under-18 teams between 2014 and 2018.[16]

Honors

Texas Longhorns

References

  1. ↑ "Fall 2021 Graduation". University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Cameron Brooks". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Cameron Brooks - Texas Soccer". Untold Athletes. June 4, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  4. ↑ Davis, Danny (January 16, 2018). "Texas adds two local recruits to soccer team's roster". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 Total Italian Football [@serieatotal]; (November 28, 2025). "🗣️ I've had a shaky start to my pro career ..." Retrieved January 23, 2026 – via Instagram.
  6. ↑ Anderson, Jason (January 11, 2023). "NWSL draft preview: What to expect from each team". USA Today. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Cameron Renee Brooks". Fútbol con Lupa. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Fort Lauderdale FC signs Texas titan, Cameron Brooks". USL Super League. May 20, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Cameron Brooks at Flashscore
  10. ↑ "FTL UTD wins first match in club history". Fort Lauderdale United FC. September 13, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  11. ↑ "FTL UTD Clinches Playoff Spot in Draw with Spokane". Fort Lauderdale United FC. June 1, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Welcome to Napoli: nuovi arrivi in maglia azzurra" (in Italian). Napoli. September 8, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  13. ↑ Scarpitti, Diego (September 7, 2025). "Napoli Women-Parma 2-2, the Azzurri came back in the 91st minute". Il Mattino (in Italian). Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Cameron Brooks 2025-2026 Match Logs". FBref.com. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
  15. 1 2 "NC Courage Acquire Defender Cameron Brooks From Napoli". North Carolina Courage. January 29, 2026. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Soccer's Cameron Brooks called to U.S. Under-18 National Team Camp". Texas Longhorns. May 6, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2026.
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