Miri O'Donnell

{{Short description|American soccer player (born 2006)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

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|height = 5 ft 5 in

|position = Forward

|currentclub = Sporting CP

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|years2 = 2024–

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Miri O'Donnell (born August 1, 2006) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Sporting CP.

Club career

=Early life=

Growing up in San Ramon, California, O'Donnell played youth soccer for teams including Mustang FC, FC Bay Area Surf, and MVLA Soccer Club.{{cite news|url=https://www.soccerwire.com/news/u-s-u-16-girls-national-team-holding-virtual-training-camp-in-april/|title=U.S. U-16 Girls National Team holding virtual training camp in April|date=2021-04-01|website=SoccerWire|access-date=2025-02-12}}
{{cite news|url=https://www.losaltosonline.com/sports/mvla-soccer-club-celebrates-college-bound-seniors/article_adc33a18-389a-11ef-96dd-93fe3c8ca0d2.html|title=MVLA Soccer Club celebrates college-bound seniors|date=2024-07-02|newspaper=Los Altos Town Crier|access-date=2025-02-12}}
She played for San Francisco Glens in the pre-professional USL W League in 2023, scoring four goals in four games.{{cite news|url=https://www.uslwleague.com/news_article/show/1288641|title=Three W League players called up by the United States, fourth named as an alternate|date=2023-10-19|publisher=USL W League|access-date=2025-02-18}}

=Sporting CP=

O'Donnell signed her first professional contract on August 14, 2024, joining Portuguese club Sporting CP on a three-year deal.{{cite news|url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/sporting/futebol-feminino/fut-feminino-miri-o-donnell-reforca-o-sporting-ate-2027|title=Futebol Feminino: Miri O'Donnell reforça o Sporting até 2027|date=2024-08-14|publisher=CNN Portugal|access-date=2025-02-12}} She had previously committed to play college soccer at Wake Forest.{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/sima-recruiting-roundup:-dec-11-17_aid52893|title=SIMA Recruiting Roundup: Dec. 11–17|date=2023-12-11|last=Clark|first=Travis|website=TopDrawerSoccer|access-date=2025-02-12}} She scored her first professional goal in the Campeonato Nacional Feminino on November 16, scoring the last goal in an 8–0 rout of Albergaria.{{cite web|url=https://www.besoccer.com/player/miri-o-donnel-3565435|title=Miri O'donnel|website=BeSoccer|access-date=2025-02-18}}

International career

O'Donnell was an alternate to the United States under-17 team that won bronze at the 2023 Pan American Games.{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/u19-wnt-roster-named-for-pan-american-games_aid52595|title=U19 WNT Roster Named for Pan-American Games|date=October 9, 2023|publisher=United States Soccer Federation|access-date=2025-02-12}}

Personal life

O'Donnell is partly of Japanese descent.

Honors

Sporting CP

References

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