Where 2025-26 women's soccer players came from
California sends more players to college women's soccer than any other state: 9.5% of 2025-26 players, clear of New York at 7%.
Out of 18,269 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
671 schools' 2025-26 women's soccer rosters, 18,269 players. We don't say what share of all programs that is — no authoritative count of programs exists.
- California1,738 players · 9.5%
- New York1,278 players · 7.0%
- Outside the U.S.1,218 players · 6.7%
- Pennsylvania1,142 players · 6.3%
- Texas973 players · 5.3%
- New Jersey948 players · 5.2%
- Ohio775 players · 4.2%
- Illinois683 players · 3.7%
- Virginia592 players · 3.2%
- Florida582 players · 3.2%
- Massachusetts565 players · 3.1%
- North Carolina546 players · 3.0%
- Georgia476 players · 2.6%
- Minnesota474 players · 2.6%
- Maryland470 players · 2.6%
- Home state unknown530 players · 2.9%
These players' roster pages didn't list a readable home town. We count them rather than hide them.
38 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 18,269 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
1,218 of the 18,269 players we read listed a home town outside the U.S. Shares below are out of those 1,218.
- Canada405 players · 33.3%
- United Kingdom180 players · 14.8%
- Sweden98 players · 8.0%
- Germany82 players · 6.7%
- Spain59 players · 4.8%
- Japan43 players · 3.5%
- Australia41 players · 3.4%
- France34 players · 2.8%
- Norway31 players · 2.5%
- Colombia23 players · 1.9%
26 more places had fewer players and aren't shown.
Out of 1,218 players counted. From official athletics roster pages, read August 4, 2026.
How to read this
Each bar is the number of players on a 2025-26 college women's soccer roster whose listed home town is in that state. It is not a count of recruits, offers, or scholarships, and it says nothing about your own odds — it's simply where the players currently on rosters grew up.
We only call a state first when its lead survives the count. Here California is ahead of New York by 460 players, more than the ~110 that ordinary variation could explain.
The unknown bar matters. 530 women's soccer players (2.9%) are on rosters that didn't list a readable home town. We show them because a chart with no leftovers is usually a chart someone tidied up.
Source: official athletics roster pages, 2025-26 season, read August 4, 2026.