USWNT rising star announces surprise pregnancy with NFL husband
USWNT star Sophia Wilson and her husband Michael Wilson of the Arizona Cardinals announced their pregnancy with a joint Instagram post.
On March 5, the couple shared the exciting news with photos showing a printed image of a recent sonogram in a white-painted room.
‘Life just keeps getting sweeter,’ they wrote in the caption.
In November 2024, Sophia told the Cardinals that besides her pursuit on the soccer field, she felt it was her ‘calling to be a mom.’
‘My career, it has to stop for a period of time when I am pregnant so that’s not something we can just let happen at any moment,’ she said then. ‘[But] we’ve been patient for a long time.’
With the pause in her athletic career occurring right before the Portland Thorns’ season begins this month, the club gave Wilson their full support.
Sophia Wilson of the USWNT announced her pregnancy with NFL husband Michael Wilson
The Thorns shared a congratulatory post for the Wilsons on X, writing, ‘Our Number 9+1.’
‘We are overjoyed to share that [Sophia Smith] and her husband Michael are expecting their first child! The Thorns are proud to support her through this incredible new chapter.’
According to USA Today, Sophia and Michael met in 2018 as freshmen at Stanford University.
The pair got engaged in June of 2024 before tying the knot in January of this year.
After scoring 21 goals in 25 appearances for the US U20 Women’s team, Sophia bagged 24 goals in 48 caps for the first team.
Outside her international career, she has 44 goals in 75 appearances for Portland in the NWSL.
On the other hand, Michael is coming off his second season in Arizona. The wide receiver made 47 receptions for 548 yards and four touchdowns in his sophomore year in the NFL.
