Talia Sommer

About

Talia Sommer (Hebrew: טליה זומר; born 19 February 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gotham FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she plays for the Israel national team. She played college soccer for the Butler Bulldogs.

Born in New York, Sommer moved from the United States to Israel at the age of six. She began playing football at the age of four, and in her early years she played for the boy’s team of Maccabi Tel Aviv, before her family relocated to the United States, where she played youth football with the Manhattan Soccer Club. She attended Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Israel, where she won the Israeli High School Cup.
She then attended Butler University in the United States, where she studied physics. Sommer obtained outstanding athlete status designation in the IDF when she was 18, allowing her to begin her NCAA Division I career.

Sommer played for the Butler Bulldogs from 2022 to 2025, scoring 28 goals and adding 24 assists in 72 games. She cited the coaching staff at Butler as the primary reason for her choice to join the program. She earned All-Big East honors every year…