Savannah Levin

Savannah Levin (born May 21, 1995) is an American soccer player who played as a defender for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. At the University of Southern California (USC) from 2013-2016, she played for the USC Trojans women's soccer team that won the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Savannah Levin
Personal information
Full name Savannah Lee Levin
Date of birth (1995-05-21) May 21, 1995.[1]
Place of birth Newport Coast, California, U.S.[1]
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 USC Trojans 86 (4)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 3, 2017

Early life

Levin's parents are Desmond and Diane Levin.[2] She has a brother, Jay, and an older sister, Camille Levin, who played soccer played for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team that won the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, in 2013 was the captain of the United States U-23 women's national soccer team, played for the Orlando Pride of the NWSL, and plays soccer for Vålerenga in the Toppserien in Norway.[3][4] She grew up in Newport Coast, California.[4]

Soccer career

In 2012, Levin played for Cal South's team that won the Olympic Development Program national championships in Frisco, Texas.[5]

In high school Levin was named league MVP in soccer all four years at Tarbut V' Torah (class of 2013) in Irvine, California, where she was a four-time first team all-league selection.[3][6]

Levin played on the USA Women's Soccer Team at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[7][8]

Levin played at the University of Southern California (USC) from 2013-2016, where she was part of the USC Trojans women's soccer team that won the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.[9][10] As a sophomore in 2014 and as a junior in 2015 she earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.[3] In 2016 she was named All Pac-12 First Team.[11] At USC she majored in psychology.[3]

Levin declared for the 2017 NWSL College Draft but was not selected,[12] in February 2017 she signed with Swedish team Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC to play in the Damallsvenskan, for whom she played as a midfielder in 2017.[13][14][15][16]

In 2018 she was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[4]

References
  1. "13 SAVANNAH LEVIN". USC Trojans. Pac-12. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  2. "TVT Alums Shine as Athletes in College and Beyond". Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School. December 15, 2017.
  3. "Savannah Levin - Women's Soccer". USC Athletics.
  4. "SAVANNAH LEVIN; Soccer - 2018". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  5. Scott French (March 13, 2012). "YOUTH: Cal South girls win ODP titles". ESPN.
  6. "Savannah Levin's High School Timeline". MaxPreps.com.
  7. "Richman Named to U.S. Maccabiah Games Team". Temple University Athletics. April 4, 2013.
  8. "News; SAVANNAH LEVIN – 2013 Maccabiah," Spring 2017.
  9. "NATIONAL CHAMPS NO. 7 TROJANS DEFEAT NO. 1 WEST VIRGINIA 3-1 TO EARN PROGRAM'S SECOND TITLE". December 4, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  10. "USC women's soccer beats West Virginia to win College Cup". Los Angeles Daily News. December 4, 2016.
  11. "2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S SOCCER; All Pac-12 Honors," University of Southern California 2016 Women’s Soccer.
  12. "2017 NWSL COLLEGE DRAFT LIST OF ELIGIBLE PLAYERS". Our Game Magazine. January 10, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  13. "Välkommen till KGFC, Savannah Levin!". Kopparbergs Göteborg FC (in Swedish). Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  14. "Savannah Levin - Soccer player profile & career statistics". globalsportsarchive.com.
  15. "USA - S. Levin - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
  16. Graham Hays (August 28, 2018). "For Christen Press, it's matter over mind". ESPN.
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