Sophia Smith is currently at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, causing chaos for defenders opposing her and helping the U.S. women’s national team go for a three-peat victory. Smith has been incredibly successful since being drafted by the Portland Thorns in 2020.
However, Smith doesn’t consider herself a social butterfly. And, for a number of years, Smith had heard the words “mental health,” but never though too much about it. Her perspective changed when she was drafted by the Thorns and immediately, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down her rookie season.
“I got to Portland and COVID started,” Smith explained, on the NBC Podcast, My New Favorite Futbolista. “I was in a new city, by myself and I didn’t know anybody. You can’t do anything, and you’re isolated in your apartment. I was like, ‘OK, I’m not OK.’ That’s when I honestly started to struggle with my mental health. I’ve struggled with depression, I have anxiety still, till this day. I realized that it was a real thing, and it was serious.”
Smith also mentioned her…
