Shae Harvey
American soccer player (born 2005)
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Shae Ann Harvey (born March 1, 2005) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal.
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Harvey with Stanford in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Shae Ann Harvey | ||
| Date of birth | March 1, 2005 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position | Central midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Portland Thorns | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Beach FC | |||
| 2019–2023 | Slammers FC HB Køge | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2025 | Stanford Cardinal | 73 | (11) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2026– | Portland Thorns | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | United States U-17 | 5 | (4) |
| 2024 | United States U-19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | United States U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2026– | United States U-23 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of March 13, 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:17, March 8, 2026 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Harvey grew up in Hermosa Beach, California, the daughter of Diana and Jackson Harvey.[2] Her sister, Maya, played beach volleyball at Stanford.[2] Harvey played club soccer for Beach FC and Slammers FC HB Køge, earning ECNL All-American honors three times and winning the ECNL under-19 national title with Slammers in 2023.[2] She attended Mira Costa High School, where she ran track.[2] She committed to Stanford during her junior year.[3] She also trained with NWSL club Angel City FC as a non-roster trialist in the 2023 preseason.[4] TopDrawerSoccer ranked her as the No. 12 prospect of the 2023 class, part of Stanford's third-ranked recruiting class.[5]
College career
Harvey started every game for the Stanford Cardinal in her freshman season in 2023, playing 25 games and scoring 1 goal.[2] She contributed to the team going undefeated in the regular season and then reaching the NCAA tournament final, where they lost 5–1 to Florida State.[6] She was named to the Pac-12 Conference all-freshman team, earned third-team All-Pac-12 honors, and was named in the NCAA all-tournament team.[7] TopDrawerSoccer named her the second-best freshman in the nation.[8]
Harvey scored 5 goals in 23 games in her sophomore season in 2024, the Cardinal's first campaign in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[2] She scored important goals during the NCAA tournament, with a late equalizer against UConn,[9] the decisive penalty in a shootout against Arkansas,[10] and the opening header against Notre Dame,[11] as Stanford returned to the semifinals, where they lost to Wake Forest.[12]
Harvey started all 25 goals and scored 5 goals with 10 assists in her junior year in 2025, earning second-team All-ACC recognition.[2] She co-captained the Cardinal to both the ACC regular-season and tournament titles, converting a penalty in the final shootout against Notre Dame.[13] She then helped lead another deep run to the NCAA tournament final, losing 1–0 again to Florida State, and was named in the NCAA all-tournament team.[2] After three seasons in Palo Alto, she decided to turn pro and give up her remaining college eligibility.[14]
Club career
The Portland Thorns announced on December 29, 2025, that they had signed Harvey to her first professional contract on a three-year deal.[15] She made her professional debut as a 61st-minute substitute for Cassandra Bogere in a season-opening 1–0 win over the Washington Spirit on March 13, 2026.[16]
International career
Harvey was called into training with the United States under-15 team in 2019.[17] After the youth national team went on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, she returned to train with the under-17 team in 2021.[18] She scored four goals in a record win against Grenada at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[19] She played in four games for the tournament victors but did not make the roster for the subsequent 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[20] She played three games for the under-20 team at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, placing second to Mexico.[21] She played friendlies for the under-19 team against Spain in 2024.[22]
Honors and awards
Stanford Cardinal
United States U-17
United States U-20
- CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship runner-up: 2023
Individual
