Pietra Tordin

About

Pietra Adao Tordin (born March 30, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Princeton Tigers, earning third-team All-American honors in 2023.
Born in the United States to Brazilian parents, Tordin was briefly a youth international for Brazil before switching to the United States. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

Tordin was born and raised in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida. She played soccer on boys’ teams growing up because there was no nearby team for girls. When she was 14, she joined a girls’ team that was a 40-minute drive away. While attending Doral Academy, she quit soccer for a year before returning to play for her high school team and the ECNL club Sunrise Prime FC.

Tordin became a starter for the Princeton Tigers during her freshman season in 2022. She led the team in scoring with 8 goals in 17 games, Princeton’s first freshman top scorer since Tyler Lussi in 2013, and was named the Ivy League rookie of the year and second-team All-Ivy. In the summer of 2023…