Anna Haddock
.jpg) Haddock with Tennessee SC in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | December 23, 2001 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vittsjö GIK | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2024 | Auburn Tigers | 97 | (23) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Vittsjö GIK | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Anna Haddock (born December 23, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club Vittsjö GIK. She played college soccer for the Auburn Tigers, where she set the program assist record and was named All-SEC three times.
Early life and college career
[edit]Haddock grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, one of two children born to Haynes and Dana Haddock. She began playing soccer at age three. When she was about 12, her family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, but she kept playing with her hometown club Tennessee SC.[1][2] She attended Greenwood High School in Bowling Green, where she set school records for career goals (150) and assists (85). She was named first-team all-state four times and the Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year twice. In her senior season, she scored 54 goals with 24 assists in 27 games as she led Greenwood to its first state championship.[3]
Haddock earned ECNL All-American honors with Tennesse SC at the under-17 level in 2018.[1] While in college, she played during the summers with WPSL's Nashville Rhythm FC in 2021 and Tennessee SC in the USL W League in 2023 and 2024.[2][4] In the 2024 season, she scored 11 goals with 11 assists as she led Tennessee FC to the national semifinals, being named the USL W League Player of the Year.[5]
Auburn Tigers
[edit]Haddock started every game for the Auburn Tigers for five seasons from 2020 to 2024. In her freshman season, which occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, she scored her first college goal and assisted twice in a 4–3 loss to Arkansas in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament. She finished her freshman season with 2 goals and led the Southeastern Conference with 10 assists, being named to the SEC all-freshman team and TopDrawerSoccer second-team freshman Best XI.[1][2] She played a further attacking role in her sophomore season, leading the team with 9 goals and 8 assists and being named first-team All-SEC. She assisted in a 2–1 win against South Carolina in the SEC tournament, helping reach the semifinals. Auburn qualified for the NCAA tournament but lost in the first round.[1] In her junior season, she scored 3 goals with 6 assists in a down season for Auburn, who missed the SEC tournament for the first time in twenty years.[1][6]
Haddock became one of Auburn's captains in her senior season. Out of both attacking or defensive roles, she scored 4 goals and led the team with 7 assists, earning second-team All-SEC honors. Auburn advanced to the SEC tournament quarterfinals.[1] She returned to use her fifth year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the pandemic. In her graduate season, she scored 5 goals and ranked second in the nation with 13 assists, being named first-team All-SEC and second-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches. She assisted in a 4–1 first-round win against FIU in the NCAA tournament before falling to Ohio State in the second round. She left Auburn as the program's career assist record holder with 44 assists in 97 games.[1]
Club career
[edit]Vittsjö GIK
[edit]Swedish club Vittsjö GIK announced Haddock's signing on January 3, 2025.[7][8]
International career
[edit]Haddock was called into the United States national under-23 team to scrimmage with National Women's Soccer League teams in the 2022 preseason.[9]
Honors and awards
[edit]Individual
- Second-team All-American: 2024
- All-SEC: 2021, 2024 (first team); 2023 (second team)
- SEC all-freshman team: 2020
- USL W League Player of the Year: 2024
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Anna Haddock". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ a b c Weese, Jake (September 23, 2021). "'Amazing': Auburn soccer's top scorer Anna Haddock surges into form as a sophomore". Opelika-Auburn News. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Lightsy, Jeff (June 17, 2020). "Greenwood's Anna Haddock wins her second straight Gatorade Player of the Year award". WBKO. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ "Tennessee SC". USL W League. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ "Tennessee SC's Anna Haddock named 2024 W League Player of the Year". USL W League. July 31, 2024. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Olorunfemi, Victor (August 9, 2023). "2023 SEC Women's Preview". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ "Anna Haddock anländer till VGIK!" (in Swedish). Vittsjö GIK. January 3, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Paulsson, Peter (January 3, 2025). "Bomber och granater – Haddock till Vittsjö: 'Bortom speciell'". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ Weese, Jake (March 3, 2022). "Auburn soccer's Anna Haddock joining Team USA's U-23 roster this spring". Opelika-Auburn News. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 2001 births
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Soccer players from Tennessee
- Sportspeople from Nashville, Tennessee
- Soccer players from Kentucky
- Sportspeople from Bowling Green, Kentucky
- American women's soccer players
- Women's association football midfielders
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- Auburn Tigers women's soccer players
- Vittsjö GIK players