Who is 15-year-old Olivia Moultrie, a phenomenon shaking the United States?
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A phenomenon of precocity, Olivia Moultrie made her official debut this weekend in the American championship, all before her sixteenth birthday. Portrait of a teenager who folded the American Professional Football League to Women’s Soccer to live her dream. We expected no less from a person who, at 11, already had a scholarship for college.
At fifteen, we normally pass the college certificate, in the middle of puberty and without concern. That’s the life a bunch of teenagers lead, except a handful. Olivia Moultrie is part of this minority. At fifteen years, ten months and thirteen days, this American signed on June 30 her first professional contract with the Portland Thorns, currently third in NWSL, the elite of women’s soccer in the United States. A three-season contract, plus an optional one, which makes her the youngest player in championship history and one of the youngest in American sport.
But the most incredible thing about this story is that Olivia Moultrie could have broken the precocity records of Alphonso Davies, fifteen when he debuted in MLS with the Whitecaps, and Freddy Adu, fourteen during his first. match with DC United. Since 2019, date of his arrival at the Timbers, she has the schedule of a professional player since she takes part daily in the training of the first team, in addition to the individual sessions that she requires. At thirteen years, she had already participated in several friendlies during the truce imposed during the 2019 World Cup. The only problem: a rule of the American Professional Women’s Soccer League prohibits teams from signing players under 18 years. Without a contract, the midfielder could not so far take part in official meetings. Except that this prodigy, a real phenomenon with a ball at the foot, has had enough of waiting. With her family, she therefore challenged this rule in court, which finally ruled in her favor in order to put on an equal footing the players in NWSL and the players in Major League Soccer.
At 12 years old with the U17 boys of PSG
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