Sydney Studer
{{Short description|American soccer player (born 2000)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sydney Studer
| image =
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| fullname = Sydney Nicole Studer{{cite web |url=https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2627/2023/01/Fall-2022-Program.pdf |title=Fall 2022 Program |publisher=Washington State University |accessdate=April 2, 2025| page=40}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|17}}
| birth_place =
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| position = Center back, defensive midfielder
| currentclub = Carolina Ascent
| clubnumber = 12
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Legends USSDA 99
| collegeyears1 = 2018–2021
| college1 = Oregon State Beavers
| collegecaps1 = 53
| collegegoals1 = 11
| collegeyears2 = 2021–2022
| college2 = Washington State Cougars
| collegecaps2 = 39
| collegegoals2 = 5
| years1 = 2024–
| clubs1 = Carolina Ascent
| caps1 = 23
| goals1 = 1
| club-update = May 31, 2025
| nationalteam1 = United States U-18
| nationalyears1 = 2018–2019
| nationalyears2 = 2020
| nationalteam2 = United States U-23
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Sydney Nicole Studer (born November 17, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back or defensive midfielder for USL Super League club Carolina Ascent. She played college soccer for the Oregon State Beavers and the Washington State Cougars.
Early life
A native of Eastvale, California,{{Cite web |title=Sydney Studer - Women's Soccer |url=https://osubeavers.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/sydney-studer/8040 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Oregon State University Athletics |language=en}} Studer started playing soccer at the age of 3.{{Cite web |last=Kelapire |first=Ryan |date=2021-03-12 |title=Studer sisters will clash when Arizona soccer visits Oregon State for pivotal Pac-12 game |url=https://www.azdesertswarm.com/soccer/2021/3/12/22326321/sydney-jenna-studer-sister-arizona-oregon-state-soccer-womens-wildcats-beavers-pac-12-time-tv-stream |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Arizona Desert Swarm |language=en}} She eventually started playing for Legends USSDA 99{{Cite web |date=2019-09-14 |title=Alumni Weekly Recap - Aug 19 2019 |url=https://www.legendsfc.net/alumni-blog/2019/9/14/alumni-news-aug-19-week-1 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Legends FC |language=en-US}} and the Roosevelt High School team, operating as a midfielder.{{Cite web |date=2017-04-19 |title=HSGameTime All-Area Girls Soccer first team |url=https://www.pressenterprise.com/2017/04/19/hsgametime-all-area-girls-soccer-first-team/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Press Enterprise |language=en-US}} With Roosevelt, Studer was named to the All-Conference First Team, the California All-State team, and won the team's MVP award. Studer did not play high school soccer as a senior.{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=John |date=2020-06-17 |title=High School Notebook: Inland girls soccer trio to reunite at Arizona |url=https://www.pressenterprise.com/2020/06/16/high-school-notebook-inland-girls-soccer-trio-to-reunite-at-arizona/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Press Enterprise |language=en-US}}
College career
= Oregon State Beavers =
Studer kicked off her collegiate career with the Oregon State Beavers. She played in 18 games as a freshman, starting 16 of them. She scored her first college goal on October 4, 2018, netting the game-winner in a 2–1 victory over the California Golden Bears.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-04 |title=Bears Clipped By Beavers |url=https://calbears.com/news/2018/10/4/womens-soccer-bears-clipped-by-beavers.aspx |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=California Golden Bears Athletics |language=en}} Then, as a sophomore, Studer moved to the backline and rose to become the team leader in minutes play, racking up 1,767 across the season. In her final year at OSU, Studer won Pac-12 Second Team, All-Pacific Region Second Team, and team MVP honors.{{Cite web |title=Studer Notched All-Region Honors |url=https://osubeavers.com/news/2021/5/11/womens-soccer-studer-notched-all-region-honors |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Oregon State University Athletics |language=en}} She was also included on the TopDrawerSoccer team of the week in February 2018,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-02-09 |title=OSU women's soccer: Sydney Studer lands honor |url=https://democratherald.com/corvallis/sports/beavers-sports/soccer/osu-womens-soccer-sydney-studer-lands-honor/article_e1cd4334-381e-5f62-8e60-8f394d965d08.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Albany Democrat-Herald |language=en}} and later, named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week after scoring a hat-trick of headers on April 4.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-04 |title=Studer’s Hat Trick Gives OSU Senior Day Victory |url=https://pac-12.com/news/2021/4/4/studers-hat-trick-gives-osu-senior-day-victory |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=pac-12.com |language=en}} She finished her three years at Oregon State with a total of 53 appearances and 11 goals.
= Washington State Cougars =
After finishing up her junior season at Oregon State, Studer transferred to Washington State University and started playing with the Washington State Cougars in 2021's fall season.{{Cite web |title=Washington State adds All-Pac-12 midfielder Sydney Studer on transfer |url=https://www.soccerwire.com/news/washington-state-adds-all-pac-12-midfielder-sydney-studer-on-transfer/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=SoccerWire |language=en}} In her first season as a Cougar, Studer was named to the All-Region Second Team and All-Pac 12 Third Team.{{Cite web |title=Sydney Studer - Soccer |url=https://wsucougars.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/sydney-studer/12018 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Washington State University Athletics |language=en}} She had a highly successful playing period at the end of the season, scoring the game-tying goal against champions UCLA and generating a three-game streak of assists (two of which were game-winners).{{Cite web |title=UCLA women's soccer ends road games undefeated after tie with Washington State |url=https://dailybruin.com/2021/10/25/ucla-womens-soccer-ends-road-games-undefeated-after-tie-with-washington-state |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Daily Bruin}} Studer wrapped up her college career by starting all but one game in Washington State's 2022 campaign. She also scored three goals, including one against her former team, Oregon State.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-24 |title=Sydney Studer’s header lifts Washington State over Oregon State in Pac-12 opener |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/sydney-studer-header-lifts-washington-035321929.html |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Yahoo Sports |language=en-US}}
Club career
= Carolina Ascent =
On May 31, 2024, Studer signed a contract with Carolina Ascent FC in the lead-up to the inaugural USL Super League season.{{Cite web |title=Carolina Ascent FC Signs Washington State University Standout Sydney Studer |url=https://www.carolinaascent.com/news/2024/05/31/carolina-ascent-fc-signs-washington-state-university-standout-sydney-studer/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Carolina Ascent FC |language=en-US}} She made her professional debut in the Ascent's first-ever match, coming on as a substitute for the injured Jill Aguilera in the 19th minute of the game.{{Cite web |title=Match Center - Carolina Ascent FC vs DC Power FC |url=https://www.uslsuperleague.com/carolinaascentfc-dcpowerfc-2441102/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=USL Super League |language=en-US}} Studer scored her first goal with the Ascent on September 15, helping Carolina beat the Spokane Zephyr by a 2–0 scoreline.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-15 |title=Former WSU standout Sydney Studer leads Carolina over Spokane Zephyr 2-0 |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/sep/15/former-wsu-standout-sydney-studer-leads-carolina-o/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}} At the end of September, she was named to the USL Super League Team of the Month after leading the league in clearances{{Cite web |last=Morrissey |first=John |title=One key player for every Super League club |url=https://www.usltactics.com/p/one-key-player-for-every-super-league-club |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=www.usltactics.com |language=en}} and winning 70% of her duels.{{Cite web |title=USL Super League Team of the Month - September |url=https://www.uslsuperleague.com/news/2024/10/03/usl-super-league-team-of-the-month-september/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=USL Super League |language=en-US}} She carried on her form to the second half of the season and started in all 6 games of an Ascent win streak in spring 2025. At the end of April, Studer received her second Team of the Month honor.{{Cite web |title=Poole Wins April Coach of the Month; Leshnak Murphy, Studer, Corbin Make Team of the Month |url=https://www.carolinaascent.com/news/2025/05/01/carolina-ascent-april-team-of-the-month/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=Carolina Ascent FC |language=en-US}}
International career
Studer received call-ups to the USWNT U-18 squad in 2018 and 2019. She was also named to the U-23 team in 2022 for a training camp in Austin, Texas.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-19 |title=Studer called into US U-23 Camp |url=https://wsucougars.com/news/2022/1/13/soccer-studer-called-into-us-u-23-camp |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Washington State University Athletics |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-01-13 |title=Roster: U.S. under-23 women's national team |url=https://www.socceramerica.com/roster-us-under-23-womens-national-team/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Soccer America |language=en-US}}
Career statistics
= Club =
{{updated|April 2, 2025{{soccerway|-/718277}}}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |Cup ! colspan="2" |Playoffs ! colspan="2" |Total |
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
|---|
| Carolina Ascent FC
|16 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |16 |1 |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!16 !1 !0 !0 !0 !0 !16 !1 |
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Honors
Carolina Ascent
- USL Super League Players' Shield: 2024–25{{cite news|url=https://www.uslsuperleague.com/news/2025/05/17/carolina-ascent-claims-2024-25-usl-super-league-players-shield/|title=Carolina Ascent claims 2024/25 USL Super League Players' Shield|date=2025-05-17|publisher=USL Super League|access-date=2025-05-19}}
References
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External links
- {{sports links}}
- [https://osubeavers.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/sydney-studer/8040 Sydney Studer] at Oregon State Beavers
- [https://wsucougars.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/sydney-studer/12018 Sydney Studer] at Washington State Cougars
- [https://www.carolinaascent.com/roster/sydney-studer/ Sydney Studer] at Carolina Ascent FC
{{Carolina Ascent FC squad}}
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Category:Soccer players from California
Category:People from Eastvale, California
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:Women's association football defenders
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Oregon State Beavers women's soccer players
Category:Washington State Cougars women's soccer players
Category:Carolina Ascent FC players
Category:USL Super League players
Category:United States women's youth international soccer players