Isabel Hodgson
{{short description|Australian soccer player (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Isabel Hodgson
| image = Adelaide United v Canberra United W-League Rd 6 2019-12-22 IHodgson (49258070571).jpg
| upright = 1.2
| caption = Hodgson with Adelaide United in 2019
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|5|12}}
| birth_place = Adelaide, Australia
| height = 1.70 m
| currentclub = Adelaide United
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Fulham United
| collegeyears1 = 2015–2018
| college1 = ETSU Buccaneers
| collegecaps1 = 78
| collegegoals1 = 11
| years1 = 2011–2013
| clubs1 = Fulham United
| caps1 = 51
| goals1 = 45
| years2 = 2013–2015
| clubs2 = Adelaide United
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2018
| clubs3 = Adelaide City
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2019–
| clubs4 = Adelaide United
| caps4 = 72
| goals4 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2014
| nationalteam1 = Australia U19
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 =
| club-update = 28 May 2024
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Isabel Hodgson (born 12 May 1996) is an Australian soccer player, who is a defender and currently serves as captain for A-League Women team Adelaide United.{{Cite news |last=Allman |first=Kate |date=30 August 2023 |title='It's so backwards': women call for equal prize money in South Australian football |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/31/its-so-backwards-women-call-for-equal-prize-money-in-south-australian-football |access-date=13 November 2023}}{{Cite news |last=Walsh |first=Liz |date=3 December 2021 |title=Finals to Motivate Campaign |work=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2605377126 |access-date=13 November 2023 |id={{ProQuest|2605377126}}}} She also plays in the Women's National Premier League.
Youth career
Hodgson played for Fulham United for 10 seasons.{{Cite news |date=19 July 2015 |title=ETSU adds to roster with signing of Australian Isabel Hodgson |work=Elizabethton Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/elizabethton-star-etsu-adds-to-roster-wi/135361456/ |access-date=17 November 2023 |via=Newspapers.com}} From 2011, she scored 65 career goals for the club, including 35 goals in her breakout 2013 season.
She represented South Australia on the state soccer team from under-12s to under-15s, and featured in the under-15s national soccer championship in 2011.{{Cite news |last=Schultz |first=I. D. |date=13 July 2011 |title=National call-up beckons for Fulham girls |work=Weekly Times Messenger |location=Port Adelaide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/876033040 |access-date=14 November 2023 |id={{ProQuest|876033040}} }} She was then on the National Training Centre (NTC) South Australia under-18 squad, competing at the NTC nationals in 2012, 2013, and 2014. In 2014, she led the South Australia under-18s as captain, finishing with a 6–0–2 record and the team's first-ever championship.
= International appearances =
Hodgson was selected for the under-19 Young Matildas squad and started in two of the three matches she played at the AFC Qualifiers Championship in Hanoi. She was a striker.{{Cite news |last=Miglaccio |first=Val |date=1 November 2014 |title=Country girl earns national squad spot |work=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1618911612 |access-date=18 November 2023 |id={{ProQuest|1618911612}} }}
Professional career
Hodgson has played for the Adelaide United Lady Reds for her entire senior career.{{Cite news |last=Yap |first=Kieran |date=16 February 2022 |title=Isabel Hodgson On Captaincy, Versatility and Aiming For Finals |work=Impetus |url=https://impetusfootball.org/2022/02/16/isabel-hodgson-on-captaincy-versatility-and-aiming-for-finals/ |access-date=14 November 2023}} She made 15 appearances between 2013 and 2015, before leaving Australia to play in the U.S.{{Cite news |last=Greenwood |first=Rob |date=30 November 2018 |title=All-star Hodgson back in Reds' shirt |work=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2139126326 |access-date=18 November 2023 |id={{ProQuest|2139126326}}}} Hodgson returned to Adelaide United in 2018, and was named captain in 2021.{{Cite news |last=Filosi |first=Gianluca |date=10 December 2021 |title=Hodgson confident the reds can bounce back from drubbing |work=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2608216271 |access-date=13 November 2023 |id={{ProQuest|2608216271}}}}
Although she now mainly plays in the position of defender, Impetus has described Hodgson as "a skilful and tenacious fullback who is also capable of driving upfield and setting up goals". In the final match of the 2020–21 season, she was moved forward into an attacking role, and scored a goal in front of a crowd of 5,159 at Hindmarsh Stadium.{{Cite news |last=Gilby |first=Ben |date=24 June 2021 |title=Isabel Hodgson on the Adelaide United Development Story |work=Beyond 90 |url=https://beyond90.com.au/isabel-hodgson-on-the-adelaide-united-development-story/ |access-date=18 November 2023}}
During her seventh season with Adelaide, Hodgson became only the fifth player in Adelaide United history to reach 50 A-League Women's matches.{{Cite news |date=21 January 2022 |title=A fine 50 for United captain |work=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2621390669 |access-date=13 November 2023 |id={{ProQuest|2621390669}}}} In 2023, she injured her ankle during the pre-season and missed the first two matches of the season.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Erin |date=11 November 2023 |title=Hodgson itching to get on the park |work=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2888407069 |id={{ProQuest|2888407069}}}}
College career
Hodgson played for the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers, an NCAA Division I soccer team in the United States on scholarship, and served as captain for all four years.{{Cite web |date=December 2021 |title='Come on, it's what I do!' Skipper's (not so secret) gift |url=https://aleagues.com.au/news/reds-skipper-shines-on-the-pitch-and-stage/ |access-date=18 November 2023 |website=The A-Leagues}} During her freshman season, she was mainly a defender, occasionally moving to right wing and back to left defense.{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Alex |date=23 September 2015 |title=Hodgson brings defensive talents to women's soccer |work=University Wire |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1715827181 |access-date=18 November 2023 |id={{ProQuest|1715827181}}}}
While at ETSU, she returned to play for Adelaide United twice "on loan". She was offered a contract with United during her July 2018 summer break, when she was back in Australia playing for Adelaide City in the SA Women's National Premier League.
Personal life
Hodgson juggled her interests in football and musical theatre from a young age, with training and rehearsals often happening on the same day. At the age of six, Hodgson appeared in an Australian theatre production of The Sound of Music, playing Gretl von Trapp. She also starred in the title role in Annie at Annesley College. As a freshman studying theatre in the US, she starred in the role of Maureen Johnson in an ETSU production of Rent.
Hodgson is active on TikTok, offering commentary on women's soccer, guest appearances from teammates, and her own spin on viral trends.{{Cite news |last=Van Der Heyden |first=Monique |date=17 March 2022 |title=The SA Aussie sports stars having a crack at TikTok fame |work=The Advertiser |location=Online |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2641555043 |id={{ProQuest|2641555043}} }} She has also spoken openly about her own experience coming as a gay player in her late teens.{{Cite news |last=Eccleston |first=Roy |date=26 March 2022 |title=Pride & Prejudice |work=The Weekend Australian Magazine |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2643066742 |access-date=13 November 2023 |id={{ProQuest|2643066742}}}}{{Cite news |last=Hodgson |first=Isabel |date=25 February 2022 |title=Isabel Hodgson about coming out: If I can do it, you can do it |work=FIFPRO |url=https://fifpro.org/en/supporting-players/safe-working-environments/diversity-equality-and-inclusion/isabel-hodgson-about-coming-out-if-i-can-do-it-you-can-do-it/ |access-date=13 November 2023}}
In 2022, she was named as an ambassador for Football South Australia FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Legacy Plan and Committee.{{Cite news |last=Gilbertson |first=Matt |date=16 January 2022 |title=Hans' hear say Signed up and inspired by cup |work=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2619771618 |access-date=13 November 2023 |id={{ProQuest|2619771618}} }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.etsubucs.com/wsoccer/roster/2017-18/9217/isabel-hodgson/ East Tennessee State bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924231155/http://www.etsubucs.com/wsoccer/roster/2017-18/9217/isabel-hodgson/ |date=24 September 2017 }}
{{Adelaide United FC (W-League) squad}}
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Category:Australian women's soccer players
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Adelaide United FC (women) players
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:East Tennessee State Buccaneers women's soccer players
Category:Soccer players from Adelaide
Category:Australian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Australian lesbian sportswomen
Category:Australian LGBTQ soccer players
Category:Australian expatriate women's soccer players
Category:Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States