Sammy Smith (soccer, born 2001)

Sammy Smith
Smith with the Boston Legacy in 2026
Personal information
Full name Samantha Rose Smith[1]
Date of birth (2001-05-07) May 7, 2001[1]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Boston Legacy
Number 8
Youth career
South Shore Select
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Boston College Eagles 72 (26)
2023 Texas A&M Aggies 22 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024 FHL 14 (15)
2024 → Breiðablik (loan) 7 (9)
2025 Breiðablik 23 (12)
2026– Boston Legacy 16 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of July 30, 2026

Samantha Rose Smith (born May 7, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Boston Legacy FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Boston College Eagles and the Texas A&M Aggies. She started her professional career in Iceland in 2024, achieving top-flight promotion with FHL and winning two national championships and one national cup with Breiðablik.

Early life

Smith grew up in Hanson, Massachusetts, one of three children born to David and Renee Smith.[2] She played soccer and basketball at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, earning state all-star honors as a defender.[2][3] She played club soccer for South Shore Select. Initially committed to New Hampshire, she switched her college commitment to Boston College.[4][5]

College career

Smith started all 18 games in her freshman season with the Boston College Eagles in 2019. She led the team with 8 goals, which included two braces – in a win against Princeton and a loss to Florida State – and was named to the ACC all-freshman team. She went on to be Boston College's leading scorer in three out of her four years on the team, finishing with 26 goals in 72 games.[2] With a fifth year of college eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Smith transferred to the Texas A&M Aggies in 2023. She scored 3 goals and led the team with 7 assists in 22 games, helping the Aggies to the SEC tournament semifinals.[6]

Club career

FHL and Breiðablik

Smith signed her first professional contract with Icelandic club FHL, playing in the second-tier 1. deild kvenna, in February 2024.[7] She scored 15 goals in 14 games, second in the league only to her teammate Emma Hawkins, as the club won the league title and earned promotion to the top-flight Besta deild kvenna.[8][9] In August 2024, she joined first-tier club Breiðablik on loan until the end of the Besta deild kvenna season.[9] She scored 9 goals in 7 league games, including a 14-minute hat trick against Þór/KA, as she helped Breiðablik win the league title.[10][11] In doing so, she achieved the rare combination of winning Iceland's second-division and first-division league titles in the same year.[8] On September 4, she scored her first continental goal against Minsk in her debut in UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying, before Breiðablik lost to Sporting CP in the next round.[12] She re-signed with Breiðablik for the following season.[13]

Smith scored 12 goals in 24 league games in 2025, helping Breiðablik retain the league title.[12] On August 16, she scored two goals including the extra-time winner in a 3–2 victory over FH to win the Icelandic Women's Football Cup.[14] Later that month, she scored twice against Athlone Town in Champions League qualifying. Breiðablik lost in the next round but earned a place in the inaugural UEFA Women's Europa Cup.[12] On November 19, she scored a goal and forced a stoppage-time own goal in a 4–2 win over Fortuna Hjørring in the second leg of the Europa Cup round of sixteen, helping Breiðablik overturn a three-goal deficit to advance to the quarterfinals.[15]

Boston Legacy

On December 29, 2025, National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) expansion team Boston Legacy announced the signing of Smith on a two-year contract.[16] She made her NWSL debut in the Legacy's first road game, starting in a 3–0 loss to the Houston Dash on March 21, 2026.[17] On April 29, she scored her first NWSL goal in a 2–2 draw with the North Carolina Courage as Boston earned their first point in the standings.[18]

Honors and awards

FHL

Breiðablik

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Samantha Rose Smith". UEFA. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sam Smith". Boston College Eagles. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ "HS Girls: TDS Fall State Stars". TopDrawerSoccer. July 24, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  4. ↑ Clark, Travis (May 15, 2017). "Recruiting Roundup: May 15-21". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Recruiting Roundup: November 5-11". TopDrawerSoccer. November 5, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Sammy Smith". Texas A&M Aggies. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Smith Signs with Icelandic Professional Squad". Texas A&M Aggies. February 9, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (September 26, 2024). "Linda beindi Sammy Smith til Íslands: 'Hugsaði mig ekki tvisvar um'". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Sæmundsson, Ingvi Þór (August 14, 2024). "Samantha Smith í Breiðablik". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  10. ↑ Lárusson, Dagur (September 22, 2024). "Leik lokið: Breiðablik - Þór/KA 6-1 | Blikar skoruðu sex og eru áfram á toppnum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Besta deild Women – 2024 – Championship Round". Soccerway. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 "Samantha Smith". flashscore.com. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  13. ↑ Smith, Sammy [@sammysmlth]; (December 12, 2024). "✍️⚽️🇮🇸 She's back for another season in Iceland!!!". Retrieved May 14, 2025 – via Instagram.
  14. ↑ "Breiðablik bikarmeistarar 2025" (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. August 16, 2025. Retrieved December 13, 2025.
  15. ↑ Eiríksson, Valur Páll (November 19, 2025). "Uppgjörið: Fortuna – Breiðablik 2-4 (3-4) | Ótrúleg endurkoma Blika". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved December 13, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Boston Legacy Football Club signs Massachusetts Local Sammy Smith". Boston Legacy FC. December 29, 2025. Retrieved December 29, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Boston Legacy fall to Houston Dash in first away game". Boston Legacy FC. March 22, 2026. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  18. ↑ Doyle, Peyton (April 29, 2026). "5 takeaways as the Boston Legacy surrender early lead, land first draw in club history". masslive.com. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
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