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Izzy Engle
Engle with Notre Dame in 2024
Personal information
Full name Isabela Cristina Lohmann Engle[1]
Place of birth (2006-07-20) July 20, 2006 (age 18)[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Number 3
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Notre Dame Fighting Irish 19 (17)
International career‡
2024–2025 United States U-19 2 (1)
2025– United States U-20 1 (4)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 3, 2024

Isabela Cristina Lohmann Engle (born July 20, 2006) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. She was named TopDrawerSoccer National Freshman of the Year after scoring 19 goals in her freshman season.

Early life

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Engle grew up in Edina, Minnesota, and attended Edina High School. She led her high school team to reach the state semifinals in 2021, finish runner-up in 2022, and go undefeated and win the state championship in 2023. She scored 41 goals in her senior season in 2023, including a hat trick in the state semifinals and a brace in the final. She was named United Soccer Coaches All-American, the Minnesota Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year, and the Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year.[2][3] She committed to the University of Notre Dame as a junior.[4] She also competed in high school track and field.[5] She played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Academy, where she was a five-time ECNL first-team all-conference selection.[5]

College career

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Engle scored a hat trick against Samford in her second game for Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which made her the first Notre Dame freshman with a hat trick since Melissa Henderson in 2008.[6] She went on to have six multi-goal games in the 2024 season, including a brace in a 3–3 draw against No. 1 Duke.[7] In the NCAA tournament, she scored three goals in four games as Notre Dame reached the quarterfinals.[5] She finished the season with 19 goals in 22 games, joint-second-most in the nation and the most by a freshman since 2014. She was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Freshman of the Year, first-team All-ACC, second-team All-American, and the TopDrawerSoccer National Freshman of the Year.[8][7]

International career

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Engle was called into camp with the national under-17 team in 2023.[4] She was included as an alternate to the under-19 team at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they won bronze playing against other countries' senior teams.[9]

Personal life

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Engle is the daughter of Patricia and Ryan Engle and has three brothers.[2] She is of Brazilian descent on her mother's side.[10]

Honors and awards

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b "National team roster – 2025 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 8. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  2. ^ a b La Vaque, David (October 30, 2023). "The Metro Player of the Year in girls soccer: Edina's Izzy Engle". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Gatorade 2023–2024: Player of the Year: Girls Soccer – Minnesota". Gatorade. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Furtado, Noah (July 21, 2023). "Edina's Maddie Dahlien puts Minnesota soccer back on USWNT radar". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Izzy Engle". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  6. ^ Clark, Geoffrey (August 18, 2024). "Notre Dame freshman Izzy Engle scores hat trick in victory vs. Samford". USA Today. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "2024 All-ACC Women's Soccer Awards Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 6, 2024. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 Women's DI Postseason Awards". TopDrawerSoccer. December 18, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "U19 WNT Roster Named for Pan-American Games". United States Soccer Federation. October 9, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  10. ^ "LIVE with Izzy Engle! Presented by Pentz Homes & Modist Brewing". Equal Time Soccer. July 28, 2024. 55:30. Retrieved May 30, 2025 – via YouTube.
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