Former Virginia women's soccer star earned her second Olympic medal and first gold medal by helping Team USA win the women's soccer gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Former UVA women's soccer star Emily Sonnett helped the United States Women's National Soccer Team win the gold medal on Saturday in Paris. Sonnett came off the bench in the second half and helped the defensive line preserve USA's 1-0 lead over Brazil for the last 20 minutes to secure the Americans' fifth gold medal in the event and first since 2012.
This was the sixth-consecutive Olympics that a Virginia alum has played for the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team and Sonnett became the third Cavalier to play for the United States in multiple Olympic Games, joining Angela Hucles and Becky Sauerbrunn .
7 Gold Medals: Kate Douglass - Swim , Gretchen Walsh - Swim , Emma Weber - Swim, Pien Dicke - Field Hockey, Emily Sonnett - SoccerMATT NEWTON Managing Editor and Publisher, CavaliersNow Email: [email protected]: @mattynewtssWebsite | LinkedIn | Instagram Matt Newton is the managing editor and publisher at CavaliersNow. He has been covering UVA athletics since 2019 and has been the managing editor at CavaliersNow since launching the site in August 2021.
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