Tierna Davidson

About

Tierna Lillis Davidson ( TEER-nə; born September 19, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Gotham FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
Davidson played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, helping lead the team to the 2017 national championship and earning first-team All-American honors as a sophomore. After three years at Stanford, she was drafted first overall by the Chicago Red Stars in the 2019 NWSL College Draft. She spent five seasons with Chicago before signing with Gotham FC as a free agent in 2024.
Davidson made her international debut for the United States in 2018, winning U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. She was the youngest member of the squad that won the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Davidson intended to become an astronaut before actively pursuing professional soccer.

In her freshman year, Davidson started all 21 games for the Cardinal and was named to the Pac-12 All Freshman team and the All-Pac-12 Second Team. In…