Sofia Cook

Cook was born in Los Angeles, to Gabriela and Jerome Cook, and has a younger brother. She was rated by TopDrawerSoccer as the 19th-best recruit of the 2022 class. ==College career==

Cook appeared in 24 games (7 starts) in her freshman season with the UCLA Bruins in 2022, scoring 7 goals with 4 assists. In the NCAA tournament, she scored the overtime winner in a 2–1 victory over Virginia in the quarterfinals. UCLA mounted a comeback to defeat North Carolina 3–2 in the championship game, winning their second national title. Cook was named to the Pac-12 Conference all-freshman team and the TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI second team. In her junior season in 2024, she played in 17 games (13 starts) and scored a team-joint-high 4 goals, earning first-team All-Big Ten honors. ==Club career==

Gotham FC announced on January 29, 2025, that they had signed Cook to a two-year contract with an option to extend for another year. She made her professional debut on May 4, coming on as a second-half substitute for Sarah Schupansky in a 0–0 draw with the Chicago Stars. On February 23, 2026, it was announced that Cook had signed a contract extension through 2028, with Gotham's general manager Yael Averbuch West saying “Sofia is a talented player with a very bright future ahead". ==International career==

Cook began training with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2018. ==Honors and awards==

UCLA Bruins • NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament: 2022 Gotham FC • NWSL Championship: 2025 • CONCACAF W Champions Cup: 2024–25 United States U-15 • CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship: 2018 Individual • First-team All-Big Ten: 2024 • Second-team All-Pac-12: 2023 • Pac-12 all-freshman team: 2022 ==References==