Maggie Cagle
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Cagle with Virginia in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maggie Jones Cagle[1] | ||
| Date of birth | May 4, 2004[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vittsjö GIK | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC del Sol | |||
| 2019–2022 | Phoenix Rising | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Virginia Cavaliers | 81 | (30) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2026– | Vittsjö GIK | 10 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2018 | United States U-15 | ||
| 2020 | United States U-16 | ||
| 2023 | United States U-20 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of September 4, 2026 | |||
Maggie Jones Cagle (born May 4, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Damallsvenskan club Vittsjö GIK. She played college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers, earning All-ACC honors all four years. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.
Early life
[edit]Cagle grew up in Phoenix, Arizona.[2] She played club soccer for Development Academy outfit SC del Sol before moving to ECNL club Phoenix Rising, where she earned multiple ECNL all-conference honors.[3] She played high school soccer for Arcadia High School, earning all-state honors and being named the Arizona Gatorade Player of the Year after scoring 14 goals with 12 assists in her junior season.[4] TopDrawerSoccer ranked her as the 30th-best prospect in the 2022 class.[2]
College career
[edit]Cagle had a strong freshman season with the Virginia Cavaliers in 2022, leading all freshman in the nation with 12 assists and scoring 4 goals in 23 games.[5] She was named third-team All-ACC and helped the Cavaliers to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals.[5] She was an undisputed starter as a sophomore in 2023, scoring 8 goals with 7 assists in 17 games and being named second-team All-ACC, though the team as a whole struggled and missed the NCAA tournament.[2]
Cagle led the Cavaliers with 7 goals and added 5 assists in 19 games in her junior year in 2024, earning third-team All-ACC honors.[6] She scored once in the NCAA tournament as the team made the second round, missing a penalty in their shootout loss.[7] She scored a career-high 11 goals and had 6 assists in 22 games in her senior year in 2025, garnering second-team All-ACC honors.[2] Virginia had a hot start to the year and was ranked No. 1 early on, then earned a one seed in the NCAA tournament.[8] She scored twice in the NCAA tournament as they reached the third round but missed a penalty in their shootout loss.[9] She finished her college career with 30 goals in 81 appearances.[2]
Club career
[edit]Swedish club Vittsjö GIK announced on January 7, 2026, that they had signed Cagle to her first professional contract on a one-year deal.[10] She was given the number 10 jersey, which she called an "honor to wear".[11] She made her professional debut against Rosengård in the Swedish Women's Cup, starting in a 1–1 draw.[12] On March 28, she made her Damallsvenskan debut in the league opener, but Vittsjö lost 2–1 to promoted Eskilstuna United.[12] On September 5, after missing three months due to a knee injury, she returned to score her first professional goal, concluding a 5–0 league win against Uppsala.[13]
International career
[edit]Cagle began training with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2018, with her mother Kelly Cagle among the coaches on staff.[14] She was part of the under-15 team that won the 2018 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[15] She played for the under-20 team that finished runner-up to Mexico at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Cagle is one of two daughters born to Dan and Kelly Cagle.[2] Her mother played for the United States national team and was the longtime coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies.[17]
Honors and awards
[edit]United States U-15
Individual
References
[edit]- 1 2 "National team roster (USA) - 2023 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 1. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Maggie Cagle". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Maggie Cagle Called Up To U-14 Girls' National Team". Arizona Youth Soccer Association. September 7, 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017.
"ECNL All Conference Southwest". Elite Clubs National League. August 31, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2026 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
"ECNL Girls Southwest All-Conference Teams". Elite Clubs National League. August 8, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2026 – via TopDrawerSoccer. - ↑ "Gatorade 2020 - 2021: Player of the Year - Girls Soccer - Arizona". Gatorade Player of the Year. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- 1 2 Newton, Matt (August 11, 2023). "Maggie Cagle Named Preseason All-ACC, Virginia Picked to Finish 3rd". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ↑ Baller, Aidan (August 13, 2025). "Five Players to Watch for Virginia Women's Soccer in 2025". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ↑ Prochaska, Val (November 22, 2024). "The Plus/Minus: Virginia Women's Soccer Crashes out of NCAAs". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ↑ Curran, Michael (November 10, 2025). "Virginia women's soccer earns No. 1 seed in NCAA Tournament". Streaking the Lawn. SB Nation. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ↑ Chun, Sam (November 24, 2025). "No. 1 seed women's soccer falls to No. 4 Washington in Sweet 16 on penalties". The Cavalier Daily. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Vittsjö GIK signs American striker Maggie Cagle" (in Swedish). Vittsjö GIK. January 7, 2026. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ↑ Nilsson, Anton (February 21, 2026). "Nyförvärvet hyllar Mladen – svarar om numret: "Ära"". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- 1 2 Maggie Cagle at Flashscore
- ↑ Nilsson, Anton (September 6, 2026). "Efter knäskadan – första målet i Vittsjö: "Beslutsam"". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved September 7, 2026.
- ↑ "U14 GNT opens up 2018 with camp in Norco". United States Soccer Federation. February 23, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2026 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ↑ "U15 GNT roster for Concacaf Championship". United States Soccer Federation. July 31, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2026 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ↑ "U.S. U-20 Women's Youth National Team Falls To Mexico 2-1 In Hard-Fought Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship Final". United States Soccer Federation. June 4, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ↑ Chun, Sam (October 5, 2025). "No. 1 Virginia women's soccer extends dominant win streak over Virginia Tech". The Cavalier Daily. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Maggie Cagle at Soccerway.com
- Living people
- 2004 births
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Soccer players from Phoenix, Arizona
- American women's soccer players
- Women's association football forwards
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- Virginia Cavaliers women's soccer players
- Vittsjö GIK players
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- Damallsvenskan players