Maya Doms
{{Short description|American soccer player (born 2001)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Maya Doms
| image = NC Courage vs Bay FC (Sep 2024) 013.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Doms with Bay FC in 2024
| full_name = Maya Loren Doms https://commencement.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj17666/files/media/file/commencement2024bulletin.pdf
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|5|11}}
| birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = Sassuolo
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| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| collegeyears1 = 2019–2023
| college1 = Stanford Cardinal
| collegecaps1 = 100
| collegegoals1 = 33
| years1 = 2024
| clubs1 = Bay FC
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2025–
| clubs2 = Sassuolo
| caps2 = 8
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017–2018
| nationalteam1 = United States U17
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| nationalyears2 = 2019
| nationalteam2 = United States U20
| nationalcaps2 =
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| club-update = May 11, 2025
}}
Maya Loren Doms (born May 11, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Sassuolo. She was drafted eighth overall by Bay FC in the 2024 NWSL Draft after playing collegiately for the Stanford Cardinal.
Early life
The daughter of Clariza and Rocky Doms, Doms also played golf and basketball for Davis High School.{{cite news |title=Record number of Blue Devils ink college intent letters |url=https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/record-number-of-blue-devils-ink-college-intent-letters/article_4b7a3551-e812-5d40-a499-2946d0deb75e.html |access-date=March 22, 2024 |work=DavisEnterprise.com |date=May 21, 2019 |language=en}} She chose to focus on soccer after receiving invites from regional teams.{{cite news |last1=Ream |first1=Evan |title=Blue Devil Athlete of the Week: Maya Doms |url=https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/blue-devil-athlete-of-the-week-maya-doms/article_5630689c-a38c-5c70-a863-b2310ab976e0.html |access-date=March 22, 2024 |work=DavisEnterprise.com |date=December 24, 2018 |language=en}} Doms has a twin brother.{{Cite web |title=Maya Doms - Women's Soccer 2023 |url=https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/player/maya-doms |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Stanford Cardinal - Official Athletics Website |language=en-US}} She also played with local boys teams and Women's Premier Soccer League teams.{{cite news |last1=Bryson |first1=Chace |title=Maya's Empire – SportStars Magazine |url=https://sportstarsmag.com/2018/01/mayas-empire |access-date=March 22, 2024 |date=January 18, 2018}}
College career
Doms played collegiate soccer for the Stanford Cardinal and helped the team win the 2019 NCAA College Cup. From 2019 to 2023, Doms played in 100 games (84 starts), tallying 33 goals and 20 assists. As a 5th year senior and team captain, Doms was a first team All-American, All-Region, and All-Pac 12 pick, recording 12 goals and six assists while leading the Cardinal to the 2023 Women's College Cup Final.
Club career
= Bay FC =
Doms was selected eighth overall in the 2024 NWSL Draft by expansion team Bay FC.{{cite web |title=Bay FC lands UNC star Savy King and Stanford captain Maya Doms in NWSL Draft |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/12/bay-fc-lands-unc-star-savy-king-and-stanford-captain-maya-doms-in-nwsl-draft/ |website=The Mercury News |access-date=March 22, 2024 |date=January 13, 2024}} On February 20, 2024, she scored her first goal with a professional club, the first in Bay FC history, during a preseason match against San Diego Wave FC at the 2024 Coachella Valley Invitational.{{cite news |last1=Becker |first1=Jon | Bay Area News Group |title=NWSL: Bay FC comes up short against San Diego in its first match ever |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/20/nwsl-bay-fc-comes-up-short-against-san-diego-in-its-first-match-ever/ |access-date=March 22, 2024 |work=The Mercury News |date=February 21, 2024}} Doms made her professional debut on May 1, 2024, coming on in the 76th minute for Joelle Anderson, in Bay FC's home game against Portland Thorns FC at PayPal Park.{{cite web |title=The Doms Debut on #AANHPI Night |url=https://x.com/wearebayfc/status/1786084861251551405 |website=X |access-date=May 2, 2024 |date=May 1, 2024}} On December 10, 2024, Bay FC announced that Doms would not return to the club in 2025.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-10 |title=Bay FC announces end-of-season roster updates |url=https://bayfc.com/press-releases/bay-fc-announces-end-of-season-roster-updates/#top |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Bay FC |language=en-US}}
= Sassuolo =
On February 10, 2025, Doms was signed by Serie A club Sassuolo.{{Cite web |last=RedazioneF |date=2025-02-10 |title=Maya Doms, benvenuta in neroverde! |url=https://www.sassuolocalcio.it/in-evidenza/maya-doms-benvenuta-in-neroverde/ |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=U.S. Sassuolo Calcio |language=it-IT}}
International career
Doms has played for several U.S. women's national youth teams, including U-23{{cite news |last1=Watkins |first1=Claire |title=2023 NCAA College Cup: 8 pro and NWSL prospects to watch |url=https://justwomenssports.com/reads/ncaa-college-cup-soccer-nwsl-pro-prospects-2023/ |access-date=March 22, 2024 |work=Just Women's Sports |date=November 30, 2023 |language=en}} and U-17. She scored the winning goal for the U.S. against Mexico in the final of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.{{cite news |last1=Crooke |first1=Dan |title=US U17 WNT win the Concacaf Championship as three DFW players make the final |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/fc-dallas/2018/06/13/us-u17-wnt-win-the-concacaf-championship-as-three-dfw-players-make-the-final/ |access-date=March 22, 2024 |work=Dallas News |date=June 13, 2018 |language=en}}
Doms is Filipino-American, through her mother,{{citation |title=BAY FC'S MAYA DOMS ON HER FILIPINO HERITAGE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70G5yqHgGZ0 |access-date=April 8, 2024 |date=February 6, 2024 |language=en}} and currently is eligible to represent both the US and the Philippines at senior level. Doms said that she has been contacted by the Philippines team and would consider it if she was unlikely to be picked to play for the US senior team.
References
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External links
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{{US Sassuolo Calcio (women) squad}}
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Category:Soccer players from San Francisco
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:United States women's under-20 international soccer players
Category:United States women's youth international soccer players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:US Sassuolo Calcio (women) players
Category:National Women's Soccer League players
Category:Serie A (women's football) players
Category:Stanford Cardinal women's soccer players