Simi Awujo

About

Simisola Feyishayo Awujo (Yoruba: [sìmísólá fèjíʃàjɔ̀ àwùd͡ʒɔ̀]; born September 23, 2003) is a soccer player who plays as a midfielder for English Women’s Super League club Manchester United. Born in the United States and a former United States under-17 international, she represents Canada at senior international level.

Awujo began playing youth soccer at age seven with AFC Lightning in her hometown Peachtree City, Georgia, United States. Afterwards, she played youth soccer with NASA Tophat and Southern Soccer Academy, as well as three years of Olympic Development Program (ODP) from 2014 to 2016. While at Woodward Academy, she competed in track and field, helping set school records in the 4×100 and 4×400.

In 2021, she began attending the University of Southern California, where she played college soccer for the USC Trojans. She scored her first goal on September 5, 2021, against the Western Michigan Broncos. In her first season, she played in all 20 games including 15 starts, scoring two goals and creating two assists primarily as a holding midfielder, and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. As a sophomore, she made 11 appearances, scoring…