Maddy Anderson

Maddy Anderson
Anderson with Lens in 2026
Personal information
Full name Madelynn Jewel Anderson
Date of birth (2002-02-22) February 22, 2002 (age 24)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Dallas Trinity
Number 1
Youth career
Broomfield SC
Challenge SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs 91 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025 Racing Louisville 0 (0)
2025–2026 Lens 9 (0)
2026– Dallas Trinity 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 6, 2026

Madelynn Jewel Anderson (born February 22, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for USL Super League club Dallas Trinity. She played college soccer for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, earning second-team All-American honors in 2024. She began her professional career with French club Lens in 2025.

Early life

Anderson grew up in Broomfield, Colorado, one of two children born to Steven and Kelsie Anderson. She switched from forward to goalkeeper with Broomfield Soccer Club at age 12. Her family moved to Seabrook, Texas, when she was in seventh grade. She attended Clear Falls High School in League City, Texas, where she starred on the soccer team and spent one season as a kicker on the football team. She played ECNL club soccer for Challenge Soccer Club, based in Tomball, Texas, an hour-and-a-half drive away. During one ECNL national training camp in Portland, Oregon, in 2018, she played ten minutes for Paris Saint-Germain in a scrimmage against Manchester City. She committed to play college soccer for Mississippi State over another offer from Auburn when she was a sophomore.

College career

Anderson started all but one game for the Mississippi State Bulldogs as a freshman in 2020, a season disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and kept 2 clean sheets in 12 games. She played every minute of her sophomore season in 2021, keeping 4 clean sheets in 16 games. She scored her only college goal in the last game of her sophomore season, doing so off a penalty kick in a 3–2 win against Ole Miss. In her junior season in 2022, she kept 9 clean sheets in 13 games before injuring her hamstring. She returned for the 2022 NCAA tournament, starting both games as Mississippi State won an NCAA tournament match for the first time in program history.

Anderson became a team captain and started every game in her senior season in 2023, earning second-team All-SEC honors as she kept 10 clean sheets (plus one combined shutout) in 23 games. They finished fourth in the SEC and made the semifinals of the SEC tournament after beating Alabama on penalties. Anderson allowed only two goals during the 2023 NCAA tournament as they reached the round of 16, losing 1–0 to Stanford. She again started every game in her graduate season in 2024, helping lead Mississippi State to their best season in program history. They went undefeated 10–0 in conference play, allowing only two goals, to win the SEC regular-season title for the first time. With a No. 1 seed in the 2024 NCAA tournament, they returned to the round of 16, losing to Notre Dame in the first game they conceded at home all season. Anderson finished with 14 clean sheets (plus 2 combined) in 22 games and was named the SEC Goalkeeper of the Year, first-team All-SEC, and second-team All-American.

Club career

Anderson joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)'s Racing Louisville as a non-roster trialist in the 2025 preseason. On March 21, she signed a short-term contract with Louisville through June, but didn't make any appearances as the backup to Katie Lund and Jordyn Bloomer.

In July 2025, Anderson signed a one-year contract with newly promoted Première Ligue club Lens. She began the season as the backup to Lens vice captain Blandine Joly. On September 13, she made her professional debut for Lens in a 1–0 win over Fleury in the inaugural Coupe LFFP group stage. On December 5, she was handed her Première Ligue debut by manager Sarah M'Barek and kept a clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over Saint-Étienne, Lens's first victory back in the top flight. She subsequently started the next seven league fixtures until Joly regained the job for the end of the season. Lens would have been relegated after the season if not for Dijon's financial problems.

In July 2026, Anderson signed with USL Super League club Dallas Trinity, returning to her home state.

Honors and awards

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Individual

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 DeRosa, Theo (October 8, 2021). "From Day 1, Maddy Anderson has excelled in goal for Mississippi State soccer". The Commercial Dispatch. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Fútbol and Football". Mississippi State Bulldogs. June 13, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ Murphy, Alex (November 9, 2022). "Mississippi State soccer gears up for second NCAA tournament appearance in program history". The Commercial Dispatch. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Anderson Leading On And Off The Pitch". Mississippi State Bulldogs. August 5, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ "State Claims First NCAA Tournament Win". Mississippi State Bulldogs. November 11, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ Rosenberg, Benjamin (October 31, 2023). "After record-setting regular season, it's postseason time for Mississippi State soccer". The Commercial Dispatch. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  8. ↑ Damms, Colin (November 1, 2024). "Armstrong's invincibles: MSU soccer finishes 10-0 in SEC regular season". The Commercial Dispatch. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
  9. ↑ Sklar, Sam (November 24, 2024). "Mississippi State soccer season ends in NCAA tournament Sweet 16 loss to Notre Dame". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Racing signs rookie goalkeeper Anderson, sets roster for 2025 opener". Racing Louisville FC. March 12, 2025. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Maddy Anderson, la studieuse gardienne". RC Lens Féminin. July 23, 2025. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
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  13. ↑ "Maddy Anderson – Saison 2025-2026". statsfootofeminin.fr (in French). Retrieved December 9, 2025.
  14. ↑ Costet, Loïc (June 17, 2026). "RC Lens: deux joueuses quittent la section féminine, d'autres départs bientôt annoncés?". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  15. ↑ Pattyn, Marine (July 8, 2026). "Le RC Lens officiellement repêché en Arkema Première Ligue". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved July 19, 2026.
  16. ↑ Carrick, Buzz (July 19, 2026). "Dallas Trinity signs goalkeeper Maddy Anderson". 3rd Degree. Retrieved July 19, 2026.