Isabel Hodgson
Isabel Hodgson | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 12, 1996 Australia |
| Occupation | Soccer player |
| Years active | 2013– |
| Known for | Captain and defender for Adelaide United (A-League Women) |
Isabel Hodgson (born 12 May 1996) is an Australian soccer athlete who captains and plays as a defender for the A-League Women club Adelaide United. Additionally, she competes in the Women's National Premier League.
Youth career
Hodgson dedicated ten seasons to Fulham United, where she netted 65 goals, including an impressive 35 during her standout 2013 campaign. She represented South Australia across the under-12 to under-15 age groups and participated in the under-15 national championship in 2011. Between 2012 and 2014, Hodgson was a member of the National Training Centre (NTC) South Australia under-18 team, captaining them in 2014 to achieve a 6–0–2 record and secure their inaugural championship title.
International appearances
Selected for the under-19 Young Matildas, Hodgson started in two out of three matches at the AFC Qualifiers Championship held in Hanoi, where she played as a striker.
Professional career
Hodgson has spent her entire senior playing tenure with Adelaide United Lady Reds. Between 2013 and 2015, she made 15 appearances prior to moving to the United States. Returning to Adelaide United in 2018, she was appointed team captain in 2021.
Although primarily positioned as a defender, Impetus characterizes her as "a skilful and tenacious fullback" with the ability to push forward and create goal-scoring opportunities. In the concluding match of the 2020–21 season, Hodgson was deployed in an offensive capacity and scored before an audience of 5,159 at Hindmarsh Stadium.
In her seventh season with the club, Hodgson became only the fifth player in Adelaide United’s history to reach 50 appearances in A-League Women. She sustained an ankle injury during pre-season training in 2023, causing her to miss the first two fixtures.
College career
Hodgson played collegiate soccer for the East Tennessee State University Buccaneers, an NCAA Division I program in the United States. She held the captaincy throughout all four years of her scholarship tenure. During her freshman year, she primarily occupied defensive roles but occasionally operated as a right winger or left back.
While enrolled at ETSU, she returned twice on loan spells to represent Adelaide United. In July 2018, during her summer break while playing for Adelaide City in the SA Women's National Premier League, Hodgson received a contract offer from Adelaide United.
Personal life
From an early age, Hodgson balanced her passion for football with musical theatre. At six years old, she appeared as Gretl von Trapp in an Australian staging of The Sound of Music and later portrayed Annie at Annesley College. As a freshman theatre student in the US, she took on the role of Maureen Johnson in ETSU’s production of Rent.
Active on TikTok, Hodgson shares insights on women's soccer, highlights teammates, and participates in trending viral content. She has publicly discussed her experience coming out as a gay athlete during her late teenage years.
In 2022, Hodgson was appointed as an ambassador for Football South Australia's FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Legacy Plan and Committee.
External links
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Australian female soccer players
- 21st-century Australian female athletes
- Adelaide United FC (women) players
- Women’s association football midfielders
- East Tennessee State Buccaneers women’s soccer team members
- Soccer athletes originating from Adelaide
- Australian sports expatriates in the United States
- Australian lesbian athletes
- LGBTQ Australian soccer players
- Australian female soccer expatriates
- Women’s soccer expatriates in the United States
- 21st-century Australian LGBTQ individuals