{"id":300905,"date":"2026-07-20T18:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300905\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:37:47","slug":"welcome-aboard-brooklyn-fc-women-acquire-lowenberg-from-boston-legacy-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/300905\/","title":{"rendered":"WELCOME ABOARD: Brooklyn FC Women acquire Lowenberg from Boston Legacy FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\tOverview:<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn FC Women on Monday announced that it has acquired midfielder Sophia Lowenberg on loan from the National Women&#8217;s Soccer League&#8217;s Boston Legacy FC, pending league and federation approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BROOKLYN, N.Y. \u2013 Brooklyn FC Women on Monday announced that it has acquired midfielder Sophia Lowenberg on loan from the National Women\u2019s Soccer League\u2019s Boston Legacy FC, pending league and federation approval.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A native of Trumbull, Conn., Lowenberg, 22, returns to the tri-state area where she grew up after playing four seasons at Boston College, appearing in 67 games with 41 starts and seven goals. She signed her first professional contract with Boston Legacy in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSophia is exactly the type of player we want in this environment,\u201d Brooklyn FC Women\u2019s general manager Samantha Johnson said in a statement. \u201cShe\u2019s versatile, she competes, and she\u2019s hungry for the opportunity to develop at the professional level. We\u2019re committed to building a culture of daily standards and continuous development here in Brooklyn, and Sophia fits that identity. We\u2019re excited to support her growth and see what she brings to this group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known for her positional flexibility, Lowenberg has played attacking midfielder and center back throughout her career. Before Boston College, she was a two-time all-state selection at Trumbull High School, played club soccer for ECNL side Connecticut Football Club, and was named MVP of the 2021 High School All-American Game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brooklyn FC Women opens the 2026 fall Bainbridge Super League season on Aug. 15 on the road against Lexington SC at 7 p.m. ET, followed by their home opener against DC Power on Friday, Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overview: Brooklyn FC Women on Monday announced that it has acquired midfielder Sophia Lowenberg on loan from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[12396,98,71674,100,99,19078,27809,9,24,19203,63,114175,8694],"class_list":["post-300905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-boston-college","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-fc-women","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-gainbridge-super-league","tag-national-womens-soccer-league","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nwsl","tag-nyc","tag-sophia-lowenberg","tag-usl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}