About Sam Mewis
Samantha June Mewis famed as Sam Mewis is an American professional soccer player who is playing for the English FA WSL team Manchester City and the United States national team. On 10th August 2020, she signed with Manchester City ahead of the 2020-2021 season making the debuting game against Chelsea. Her playing position is a Midfielder. Back then, she played college soccer for the UCLA Bruins. Her club career began by singing with Pali Blues of the W-League in the year 2013. Since then, she has won three NWSL Championship titles with Western New York Flash and North Carolina Courage. During her career, she had achieved several titles and honors which include "NCAA Women's Soccer Championship: 2013", "Honda Sports Award 2015", "CONCACAF Women's Championship: 2018", "FIFA Women's World Cup: 2019" and more. She is also active in the Instagram account with more than 265K followers under the account name of @sammymewyy.
Recently in the news, Sam Mewis who is the Manchester City midfielder has been named U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year for 2020. One of five finalists, Mewis garnered 45% of the tabulated votes, followed by Crystal Dunn (29%) and Lindsey Horan (11%). "It's obviously a huge honor to be a part of the list of players that have won this award in the past," Mewis said in a statement. After playing five games for the Courage at the National Women's Soccer League Challenge Cup, Mewis moved to Man City, where she has played 17 matches in all competitions, scoring six goals. She also scored in the FA Cup final which City won 3-1 against Everton. In 2020, Mewis played in eight of the nine games for the USWNT, starting six, and scored four goals, all coming at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament. "I am very happy for Sam," USWNT manager Vlatko Andonovski said. "Due to her work ethic and mentality to be the best player she can be, her every day dedicated to being a professional, and her sincere caring for her teammates and the team as a whole, she's a true example of what the USWNT stands for.
Sam Mewis is famous for being a midfielder for English FA WSL team Manchester City and the United States National Team. She is best-known for playing college soccer for the UCLA Bruins and for winning three NWSL Championship titles with Western New York Flash and North Carolina Courage.
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Born with the birth name/full name/real name of Samantha June Mewis, she is shortly known as Sam Mewis. On 9th October 1992, she took birth in Weymouth, Massachusetts, the USA. Her hometown is in Hanson, Massachusetts. She holds an American nationality and her ethnic background is American-White. His race is White. Libra is her Zodiac sign and she is Christian by religion. As of 2020, she celebrated her 28th birthday. She was born to her parents; Robert Mewis (father) and Melissa Mewis (mother). Her parents were supportive of her to take a career in sports since her childhood that helped her a lot growing up as her father even picked up side jobs to be able to afford her and her sister's soccer expenses. She also has an older sibling named Kristi with whom she grew up by playing soccer for numerous youth teams, including club team, Scorpions SC, as well as the under-17 and under-20 United States national teams. Her sister is also a footballer who is playing for the team Houston Dash. In the year 2010, she earned Parade All-American honors twice during her high school years and was also named the National Soccer Coaches Association of America national player of the year. For the season 2009-2010, she was named Gatorade Massachusetts Girls Soccer Player of the Year for the second time after receiving the accolade. She was named ESPN RISE All-American after scoring 30 goals and serving 8 assists during her senior year.
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Regarding her UCLA Bruins, she was second on the team in scoring with six goals and seven assists, only bested by the current United States women's national soccer team member Sydney Leroux and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team during her first year. She finished the year with three goals and three assists in 16 games. She then helped UCLA win the Pac-12 championship on the way to its first NCAA Championship in her junior year. Even, she was named the winner of the 2015 Honda Award for soccer by the CWSA (Collegiate Women Sports Awards) in December 2014.
Concerning her education, she went to attend Whitman-Hanson Regional High School where she played on the soccer team, tallying 77 goals and 34 assists during her time there.
Sam Mewis is a beautiful woman with an athletic body build/body build. Being a footballer, she has maintained her body a lot by doing frequent exercises and workouts. She stands tall at the height of 6 ft. 0 in. or 1.83 m. Her body weight consists of around 58 Kg. She has a pair of brown eyes color and her hair color is blonde. She is very conscious of bout her food intake. She has a very attractive body measurement. Her body size such as waist size, shoe size, and more is still to get unfold yet.
Sam Mewis's Club Career
- After her career with UCLA Bruins, Sam signed with the Pali Blues in the W-League in the year 2013. The club then won the western conference title and also later won the national championship in the same year of July.
- After that, she was selected fourth overall by the Western New York Flash in the 2015 National Women's Soccer League entry draft in the year 2015. She then started in all 20 regular seasons for the Flash where she scored 4 goals and providing 4 assists.
- She was later selected as a finalist for the NWSL Rookie of the Year Award on 9th September 2015.
- Because of her training with the U.S. WNT for the preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 2016 season.
- In the NWSL Championship game, she scored a goal but the game went to penalties where the team won the penalty shootout with a score of 3-2.
- Later, the Western New York Flash was sold to new ownership entitled "North Carolina Courage". With the team, she made her appearance in each game of the 2017 season and she finished the season by scoring 6 goals and 3 assists.
- She was also the finalist for the NWSL Most Valuable Player Award.
- For the 2018 season, she missed the starting game as she was recovering from a knee injury. For the season, she appeared in 17 regular-season games. The team also won their second consecutive NWSL Shield.
- She was also in the starting line-up for the semi-final match against the Chicago Red Stars where the team won the score of 2-0. After that, the team went to defeat Portland Thorns 3-0. With the team and team members, she won two NWSL Championships.
- During her participation in the 2019 World Cup, she made her appearance in only 12 regular seasons. In 2019, the team, North Carolina won the NWSL Shield for the third time.
- After the COVID-19 pandemic, she took part in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup but the team was eliminated in the first knockout round by #8 seed Portland Thorns FC.
- She next signed with the club, Manchester City of the English FA WSL on 10th August 2020 for the 2020-2021 season where she made her debut game against Chelsea on 29th August where the team defeated Chelsea with the score of 2-0 in the 2020 Women's FA Community Shield.
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Sam Mewis's International Career
- Sam Mewis was also a member of the United States under-17 team that was the runner-up at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.
- With her sister, Kristie, she represented the United States at a Women's World Cup. The sisters also played together at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
- She also helped the team win the championship after defeating Germany 1-0 in the final at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
- She was also named for the first time to the senior national team on 24th January 2014 to play against Canada and Russia. She made the debut game for the team at the 2014 Algarve Cup.
- She was then invited back to the senior team following their success at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
- She then scored four goals in the year 2016 which includes the winning goal against Germany in 2016 She Believes Cup which won the United States the trophy.
- Additionally, she was also named as an alternate for the U.S. WNT for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- She was also named to the final 20 player roster of the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship in September 2018.
- Not only this, she was even named to the final 23-player roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in May 2019 where she played for six games and scored two goals. Whereas, the United States won the 2019 World Cup after defeating the Netherlands 2-0.
Honors, Awards, Achievements of Sam Mewis
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UCLA
- NCAA Women's Soccer Championship: 2013
- Honda Sports Award 2015
Western New York Flash
- NWSL Champions: 2016
North Carolina Courage
- NWSL Champions: 2018, 2019
- NWSL Shield: 2017, 2018, 2019
Manchester City
- Women's FA Cup: 2019-20
Individual
- U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year: 2020
- NWSL Best XI: 2017
International
- CONCACAF U20 Women's Championship: 2012
- FIFA U20 Women's World Cup: 2012
- CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2016; 2020
- SheBelieves Cup: 2016; 2020
- Tournament of Nations: 2018
- CONCACAF Women's Championship: 2018
- FIFA Women's World Cup: 2019
Sam Mewis's husband, Pat Johnson
Sam Mewis is a married woman. She married her longtime boyfriend, Pat Johnson on 21st December 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. The duo does not have any kids as of now. As of today, the couple is enjoying their life a lot without any disturbances and they are going to celebrate their second anniversary as of 2020. Her sexual orientation is straight.
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Sam Mewis's Net Worth and Salary
Sam Mewis is a professional football player who is playing for the team, Machester City. She has made good earnings from her career by singing and contracting with many clubs as she was active in football since 2013. She had won many games, leagues, titles, honors, awards, and more. Her net worth is estimated to have between $1 Million-$5 Million whereas her assumed net worth is believed to have $600K as per sources. Details about her salary and exact earnings are still to get unfold yet but there is no doubt in the mind of her followers that she is making a good amount of money from her career. Her major source of wealth comes from a football career and she is satisfied with her earnings.
