Izzy Engle
_28.jpg) Engle with Notre Dame in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Isabela Engle[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 19 | (17) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024 | United States U-19 | 1 | (1) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 3, 2024 | |||
Isabela Engle is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. She was named the Atlantic Coast Conference freshman of the year in 2024.
Early life
[edit]Engle grew up in Edina, Minnesota, the daughter of Patricia and Ryan Engle, and has three brothers. She played high school soccer for Edina High School, which she helped reach the state semifinals in 2021, finish runner-up in 2022, and go undefeated 22–0 and claim the state championship in 2023. She totaled 41 goals with 11 assists that year, including a hat trick in a 4–2 win in the semifinals and a brace in a 2–1 win in the final. She was named a United Soccer Coaches All-American, Minnesota Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year, and Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year.[2][3] She committed to the University of Notre Dame as a junior.[4] She also competed in high school track and field.[5] She played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Academy, where she was a five-time ECNL first-team all-conference selection.[5]
College career
[edit]Notre Dame Fighting Irish
[edit]Engle scored a hat trick in her second game for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in 2024, a 6–0 win over Samford, making her the first Notre Dame freshman with a hat trick since Melissa Henderson in 2008.[6] She quickly emerged as the team's top scorer with ten goals in her first seven games.[7] She recorded six multi-goal games in the regular season, including a brace in a 3–3 draw to No. 1 Duke.[8] She scored in a 2–1 loss to Florida State in the ACC tournament quarterfinals.[9] She was recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference freshman of the year and named first-team All-ACC.[8]
International career
[edit]Engle was called into camp with the national under-17 team in 2023.[4] She was included as an alternate to the under-19 team at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they won bronze playing against other countries' senior teams.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Isabela Engle Juggling Around the Colleges". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ La Vaque, David (October 30, 2023). "The Metro Player of the Year in girls soccer: Edina's Izzy Engle". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "Gatorade 2023–2024: Player of the Year: Girls Soccer – Minnesota". Gatorade. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ a b Furtado, Noah (July 21, 2023). "Edina's Maddie Dahlien puts Minnesota soccer back on USWNT radar". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ a b "Izzy Engle". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ Clark, Geoffrey (August 18, 2024). "Notre Dame freshman Izzy Engle scores hat trick in victory vs. Samford". USA Today. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ Vowles, Joshua (October 21, 2024). "Women's Soccer: Notre Dame star freshman Izzy Engle has helped Irish soar". One Foot Down. SB Nation. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "#6 Irish Rally Falls Short In 2-1 Loss at #3 FSU". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
- ^ "U19 WNT Roster Named for Pan-American Games". United States Soccer Federation. October 9, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
External links
[edit]- Izzy Engle at Soccerway.com
