UE women’s soccer alum Sophie Lindner joins TSG Hoffenheim
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
The Purple Ace soccer program alum is playing in the Bundesliga’s highest women’s league
HOFFENHEIM, Germany – Former University of Evansville women’s soccer goalkeeper Sophie Lindner has spent the past six months playing in one of the top women’s leagues in Europe.
Lindner, a goalkeeper for the Purple Aces in 2021 and 2022, signed over the summer with TSG Hoffenheim women’s Bundesliga team. Lindner is the second UE women’s soccer alum to sign a professional contract in 2024. A native of Vienna, Austria Lindner is playing closer to home in Hoffenheim, Germany.
Lindner comes from a solid youth soccer background playing for teams such as SKN St. Pölten and USC Landhaus. Lindner then came to Evansville where in two seasons for the Purple Aces she started five matches in goal with a 1-4-0 record, and a 1.60 GAA in 450 minutes in goal. During her sophomore season, Lindner was second on the team with 17 saves, while facing 67 shots overall.
She earned a victory in her UE debut, recording a save while facing eight shots in Evansville’s 2-1 victory over Morehead State (8/28/22). Lindner’s career-high saves while with the Purple Aces was six stops while facing a season-high 22 shots in a 2-0 loss at IUPUI (9/11/22.)
After leaving Evansville to pursue a professional soccer career, Linder spent a half-season with Austria Wien, before moving to 1. FSV Mainz 05 in summer 2023. She played twelve games for the regional league team in the Regionalliga Südwest, another German soccer league, last season and was also in goal in the two promotion games to the 2nd league.
Of her signing, Lindner says she’s looking forward to the new challenge: “For me, the move to TSG is a great step in my career. In addition to the excellent training conditions, I am looking forward to new impulses in training and the opportunity to be on the pitch with top-class teammates every day.”
At the midway point of the season, TSG Hoffenheim is in the middle of the league standings in sixth place. The team’s highest finish since joining the highest level of Bundesliga was third place in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons.
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