| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sophia Grace Jones[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-07-17)July 17, 2001 (age 24)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | San Francisco, California,USA | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting JAX | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2015–2016 | De Anza Force | ||
| 2017–2018 | San Jose Earthquakes | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2022 | Duke Blue Devils | 75 | (5) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Chicago Red Stars | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Sporting JAX | 17 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2017–2018 | United States U-17 | 17 | (1) |
| 2019 | United States U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of February 11, 2026 | |||
Sophia Grace Jones (born July 17, 2001) is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as amidfielder forUSL Super League clubSporting JAX. She playedcollege soccer for theDuke Blue Devils and was drafted by theChicago Red Stars in the fourth round of the2023 NWSL Draft. She was named theGatorade National Player of the Year during high school in 2019. She played for the United States at theunder-17 andunder-20 levels, appearing at the2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Jones was born inSan Francisco, to Warren and Tina Jones, and has a twin brother.[1] She played club soccer forDe Anza Force before joining theSan Jose Earthquakes,[1] with which she was named the Youth Girls National Player of the Year byUnited Soccer Coaches in 2018.[2] In 2019, she chose to play prep soccer instead of club during her senior year atMenlo School inAtherton, California. She scored 18 goals and added 16 assists, leading Menlo to theCIF Central Coast Section Division I title, and was named theGatorade National Player of the Year.[3] She was ranked byTopDrawerSoccer as the second-best prospect of the 2019 class.[1]
Jones started 10 games for theDuke Blue Devils as a freshman in 2019, earningAtlantic Coast Conference all-freshman honors,[1] beforetearing her ACL and missing the rest of the season.[4] She started all 21 games in her sophomore season in 2020, scoring 3 goals with 3 assists, and was named first-team All-ACC and third-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches.[1] In theNCAA tournament, she scored agolden goal in a 2–1 win againstArizona State as Duke reached the national quarterfinals, losing toFlorida State onpenalties.[1] She started all 21 games as a junior in 2021, featuring primarily in defense, and was named second-team All-ACC as Duke again reached the quarterfinals of theNCAA tournament.[1] She started all 23 games as a midfielder in her senior season in 2022, scoring 2 goals with 3 assists, as Duke made another quarterfinal run at theNCAA tournament.[1] She was named second-team All-ACC, second-team United Soccer Coaches All-American, and first-teamTopDrawerSoccer Best XI at the end of the 2022 season.[1]
Jones was selected 43rd overall by theChicago Red Stars in the fourth round of the2023 NWSL Draft and was signed to a two-year contract.[5] She debuted in afriendly against theMexico national team on April 8, 2024.[6] She made her NWSL debut on May 31, starting in a 2–0 loss toRacing Louisville in the group stage of theNWSL Challenge Cup,[7] and appeared in two further games in the Challenge Cup.[8] She was unused during the 2023 regular season as the Red Stars finished bottom of the league standings.[9]
Jones made only one appearance during the 2024 season, playing stoppage-time minutes in a 3–2 win against theWashington Spirit in theNWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup,[10] and was not re-signed by Chicago after the season.[11]
On July 1, 2025, newUSL Super League clubSporting JAX announced that the team had signed Jones for its inaugural season.[12] On July 22, ahead of their first closed-door scrimmage against theOrlando Pride of theNWSL, head coachStacey Balaam announced that Jones had been named team captain, withParker Roberts serving as vice-captain.[13]
Jones was first called up to the United States youth national team at theunder-15 level.[1] She played extensively for theunder-17 team, making 17 appearances at that level.[1] She started four of five games at the2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, including the 3–2 final win againstMexico.[10] She started all three games at the2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where the United States finished bottom of their group.[10] She later played friendlies for theunder-20 team in 2019,[10] and was called up to theunder-23 team to scrimmage against NWSL competition in the 2022 preseason.[14]
| Season | Games | Scoring | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | G | A | PTS | SH | SOG | |||
| Duke Blue Devils | |||||||||
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2020 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 9 | ||
| 2021 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ||
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Career | |||||||||
| Career total | 75 | 75 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 24 | ||
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chicago Red Stars | 2023 |  NWSL | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Sporting JAX | 2025–26 | USLS | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| Career total | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
* “Cup” includes the NWSL Challenge Cup (2023) and NWSL × Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup (2024).
