Mia Justus

About

Mia Taylin Justus (born September 3, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Utah Royals of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles and the Texas Longhorns. She was part of the Florida State team that won the 2021 national championship before transferring to Texas, where she led the team to two conference tournament titles. She represented the United States at the youth level, appearing at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

Justus was born and raised in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, Ohio, one of six children born to Lauren and Leon Justus. She is a cousin of longtime United States men’s national team goalkeeper Tim Howard. She attended IMG Academy and first committed to Rutgers before switching to Florida State.

Justus spent two years as the understudy to Cristina Roque for the Florida State Seminoles. She kept five clean sheets in her eight starts in the 2021 season, being named to the Atlantic Coast Conference all-freshman team. She was an unused substitute as Florida State won the ACC and national championships…