Mia Taylin Justus (born September 3, 2002) is an American college soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Texas Longhorns. She previously played for the Florida State Seminoles, winning an NCAA championship in 2021. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mia Taylin Justus[1] | ||
| Date of birth | September 3, 2002[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Texas Longhorns | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Florida State Seminoles | 14 | (0) |
| 2023– | Texas Longhorns | 24 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | United States U-16 | ||
| 2018 | United States U-17 | ||
| 2018–2020 | United States U-19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | United States U-20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | United States U-18 | 3 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 17, 2022 | |||
Early life
editJustus was 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.[2] She attended IMG Academy and first committed to Rutgers before switching to Florida State.[3]
College career
editJustus spent two years as the backup to Cristina Roque for the Florida State Seminoles. She won seven of her eight starts in the 2021 season, being named to the Atlantic Coast Conference all-freshman team and part of an NCAA championship team with Roque in goal. She won six of seven starts as a sophomore in 2022, helping the team win the ACC regular-season title, before transferring to the Texas Longhorns to get more playing time.[4][5]
Justus started every game for the Longhorns in the 2023 season, leading the team to win the Big 12 championship and make it to the third round of the NCAA tournament, where they fell to Florida State.[2][6] She was named second-team All-Big 12 and the conference tournament's most outstanding defensive player.[2][7]
International career
editJustus trained with the United States youth national team beginning at the under-14 level in 2015.[2][8] She traveled for international friendlies with the under-16 team in 2017 and 2018,[9] the under-17 team in 2018,[10] the under-18 team in 2019 and 2020,[11] and the under-19 team in 2018 and 2020.[12] She started for the under-20 team through the quarterfinals of the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, a tournament the United States won.[13] She started two games at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, but the team did not make it out of the group stage.[2][14] She played friendlies for the under-23 team against NWSL clubs in the 2023 preseason.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b "Squad List: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022 – USA" (PDF). FIFA. August 3, 2022. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mia Justus – Soccer". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Chasing excellence with grit: Mia Justus". Texas Longhorns. September 29, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "Mia Justus – 2022–23 – Women's Soccer". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Kassim, Ehsan (December 9, 2022). "Florida State women's soccer: Backup Seminoles' goalkeeper Mia Justus transfers to Texas". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Brown, Chris Allen (November 19, 2023). "Soccer falls to Florida State, sees historic season come to end". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ Deleon-Rios, Ylver (March 8, 2024). "Mia Justus discusses her first year with Texas, ambitions for next season". The Daily Texan. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "48 players called into U14 GNT camp". United States Soccer Federation. March 18, 2016. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ^ "U16 GNT heading to Germany for friendlies". United States Soccer Federation. August 27, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
"U16 GNT to play in UEFA tournament". United States Soccer Federation. May 4, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer. - ^ "U17 WNT heads to Korea for pair of matches". United States Soccer Federation. August 8, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ^ "U18 WNT roster for trip to England". United States Soccer Federation. February 8, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
"U18 WNT roster named for Tricontinental Cup". United States Soccer Federation. January 23, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer. - ^ "U19 WNT roster named for trip to Europe". United States Soccer Federation. October 30, 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
"U19 WNT roster announced for La Manga". United States Soccer Federation. February 25, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer. - ^ Clark, Travis (March 9, 2022). "U.S. U20 WNT rolls into Concacaf semifinals". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "USA Bows Out Of FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup With 3-1 Loss To Japan". United States Soccer Federation. August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
- ^ "U23 WNT Roster for Thorns Tournament". United States Soccer Federation. March 3, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.