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Pietra Tordin

Pietra Tordin
Personal information
Full name Pietra Adao Tordin[1]
Date of birth (2004-03-30) March 30, 2004 (age 21)[1]
Place of birth Doral, Florida, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Portland Thorns
Number 19
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Princeton Tigers 45 (30)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– Portland Thorns 12 (3)
International career‡
2023 Brazil U-20
2024 United States U-20 11 (6)
Medal record
Women's soccer
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place Colombia 2024
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of June 21, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of September 11, 2024

Pietra Adao Tordin (born March 30, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Princeton Tigers, earning All-American honors.

Born in the United States to Brazilian parents, Tordin was briefly a youth international for Brazil before switching to the United States. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Early life and college career

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Tordin was born and raised in the Miami suburb of Doral, Florida. She played soccer on boys' teams growing up because there was no nearby team for girls. When she was 14, she joined a girls' team that was a 40-minute drive away.[2][3] While attending Doral Academy, she quit soccer for a year before returning to play for the high school team and the ECNL club Sunrise Prime FC.[2][3]

Princeton Tigers

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Tordin became a starter for the Princeton Tigers during her freshman season in 2022. She led the team in scoring with 8 goals in 17 games, Princeton's first freshman top scorer since Tyler Lussi in 2013, and was named the Ivy League rookie of the year and second-team All-Ivy.[2]

Tordin scored 12 goals in 18 games in her sophomore year in 2023, second-most in the Ivy League, and was named to the All-Ivy first team and United Soccer Coaches All-American third team alongside senior teammate Madison Curry. She helped Princeton qualify for the NCAA tournament, where they lost in the second round to Texas Tech on penalties.[2][4] She trained with the NWSL's Orlando Pride the following summer.[5]

In her junior season in 2024, Tordin scored an Ivy League-best 10 goals in 10 games, missing a portion of the season while at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She scored the only goal of a 1–0 win against Brown that clinched the league regular-season title for Princeton.[6] She scored twice in a 3–1 win against Harvard as Princeton won the Ivy League tournament, with Tordin the top scorer of the tournament.[7] Her final goal came in her final college game, a 2–1 loss to Virginia in the first round of the NCAA tournament.[8] She was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-Ivy, and third-team All-American.[2] Tordin left Princeton after her third (junior) year of play to become professional.[9]

Club career

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Portland Thorns FC

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Portland Thorns FC announced on January 8, 2025, that they had signed Tordin on a two-year contract with a player option to extend an additional year.[10] She made her professional debut as a late substitute for Deyna Castellanos in the season opener on March 15.[11] On May 16, in her first start for the Thorns, she scored her first professional goal, opening a 4–1 road win against the Houston Dash.[12] On May 24, it was two goals in two starts when she scored against América in a 3–0 win for third place at the 2024–25 CONCACAF W Champions Cup, the Thorns having lost to Tigres in the semifinal.[13] In June 2025 she appeared in three games and scored twice – once against the Washington Spirit, and the game-winner against the Chicago Stars – and was crowned the NWSL Rookie of the Month.[14][15][16]

International career

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Tordin has United States and Brazilian citizenship. She received her first international call-up with the Brazil under-20 team in October 2023. Two months later, she appeared in a youth international friendly for Brazil, scoring the equalizer in a 1–1 draw against France.[5]

Tordin was first called up to the United States under-20 team in January 2024. The next month, she scored in stoppage time of her debut in a 1–0 friendly win against Colombia.[5][17] She played for her birth country throughout the year and was selected to the roster for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[5][18] She emerged as the team's top scorer at the tournament with four goals, the most by an American since Maya Hayes in 2012.[19] She scored a hat trick in a 7–0 win over Paraguay in the group stage, becoming the fifth American to score a hat trick at the U-20 World Cup and the first since Savannah DeMelo in 2018.[20] She started five of the last six games as the United States finished in third place, its best result since 2012.[19] She was called up by Emma Hayes into the national team's "Futures Camp," practicing alongside the senior national team, in January 2025.[21]

Personal life

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Tordin is the daughter of Fábio and Cristina Tordin, who immigrated to the United States from Brazil in 2003.[5] Tordin's grandfather Dionisio (known as Nin), her great-grandfather Atílio, and her great-great-uncle Osvaldo were amateur footballers. The trio played for local side Ribeiro Futebol Clube in Valinhos.[22]

Honors and awards

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Princeton Tigers

United States U20

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024 Squad Lists" (PDF). FIFA. p. 23. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Pietra Tordin". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Pampolina, Lily (March 28, 2024). "Sophomore star Pietra Tordin shines on the international stage". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "Halftime: Soccer's All-American Tordin Looks Back at First Two Years of Standout Career". Princeton Tigers. January 24, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e Barlem, Cynthia (July 13, 2024). "Pietra Tordin desperta interesse da seleção dos EUA e vive expectativa por convocação ao Mundial Sub-20" [Pietra Tordin sparks interest from US national team and hopes for U-20 World Cup call-up]. O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "Standings, Women's Soccer". Ivy League. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  7. ^ "Princeton claims Ivy League women's soccer tournament title". Ivy League. November 10, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  8. ^ "Virginia Gets Past Princeton in NCAA Opener". Princeton University Athletics. November 15, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  9. ^ "Going to the pros: Tordin signs with NWSL's Portland Thorns". Princeton University Athletics. January 8, 2025. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  10. ^ "Portland Thorns Sign U20 USYNT Forward Pietra Tordin". Portland Thorns FC. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  11. ^ "Match Recap | Thorns fall to KC Current 3-1 in NWSL Season Opener". Portland Thorns FC. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  12. ^ "Portland Thorns extend unbeaten streak to 5 games after routing Houston". The Oregonian. May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
  13. ^ Sepich, Scott (May 24, 2025). "Portland Thorns end Mexico trip with third-place finish in CONCACAF W Champions Cup". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  14. ^ "Portland Thorns vs. Washington Spirit". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  15. ^ "Portland Thorns vs. Chicago Stars". National Women's Soccer League. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  16. ^ "Portland Thorns FC forward Pietra Tordin named June Rookie of the Month". National Women's Soccer League. July 3, 2025. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  17. ^ "U.S. U-20 Women's Youth National Team Defeats Colombia, 1-0, in Bogotá on Second Half Stoppage Time Goal from Forward Pietra Tordin". United States Soccer Federation. February 25, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  18. ^ "U.S. U-20 WYNT Head Coach Tracey Kevins Names 21-Player Roster for 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia". United States Soccer Federation. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  19. ^ a b "USA Scores Dramatic 119th-Minute Game-Winner To Defeat The Netherlands 2-1 And Finish Third At 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  20. ^ U.S. Soccer YNT [@USYNT] (September 7, 2024). "67' | Pietra Tordin becomes ..." (Tweet). Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "Emma Hayes Names 24 Players to the 2025 Futures Camp Which Will Run Concurrently With USWNT Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  22. ^ "Uma Tordin de sucesso no futebol dos EUA: Pietra Tordin brilha na seleção Sub-20 dos Estados Unidos" [A successful Tordin in USA's soccer: Pietra Tordin shines in the United States under-20 national team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Folha de Valinhos. September 14, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  23. ^ a b c d e "Going to the Pros: Tordin Signs With NWSL's Portland Thorns". Princeton University Athletics. January 8, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
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