Yuna McCormack

Yuna McCormack
McCormack with Florida State in 2025
Personal information
Full name Yuna Carole McCormack[1]
Date of birth (2004-11-03) November 3, 2004[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Denver Summit
Number 14
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 Virginia Cavaliers 28 (3)
2025 Florida State Seminoles 22 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023–2024 San Francisco Glens 5 (1)
2026– Denver Summit 1 (0)
International career‡
United States U-15
2020 United States U-16 3 (1)
2024 United States U-20 9 (2)
2026– United States U-23 1 (0)
Medal record
Women's soccer
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Colombia 2024
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of March 14, 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14:13, March 8, 2026 (UTC)

Yuna Carole McCormack (born November 3, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Denver Summit FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers and the Florida State Seminoles, winning the 2025 national championship with the Seminoles. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Early life

McCormack grew up in Mill Valley, California.[2] She began playing soccer at age six and joined Mill Valley Soccer Club up two age levels when she was seven.[3] She later played club soccer for Marin FC and Bay Area Surf (previously the San Jose Earthquakes academy).[3] She played one season for Tamalpais High School as a junior in 2021–22, scoring 13 goals in 16 games.[3] She was ranked as the second-best midfielder of the 2023 class by TopDrawerSoccer.[2] McCormack also played in the USL W League for the San Francisco Glens, helping them win both the NorCal Division and Western Conference titles in 2023.

College career

McCormack started every game for the Virginia Cavaliers in her freshman season in 2023, filling in the spot that belonged to injured All-American Lia Godfrey. She scored 1 goal with 5 assists in 17 games, being named to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) all-freshman team.[2][4] She scored 2 goals with 2 assists in 11 games in her sophomore season in 2024, missing about a month while at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[2] After deciding between turning professional and transferring, she joined the Florida State Seminoles for her junior season in 2025.[5] She played a large role for the Seminoles, scoring 6 goals with 3 assists in 22 games, as they won their fifth national championship, winning 1–0 against Stanford in the final.[6] She then decided to go pro and give up her final year of college eligibility.[7]

Club career

NWSL expansion team Denver Summit FC announced on January 10, 2026, that they had signed McCormack to her first professional contract on a three-year deal.[7] She made her professional debut as a second-half substitute for Ally Brazier in the Summit's inaugural game, a 2–1 loss to Bay FC on March 14.[8]

International career

McCormack was called into training camp with the United States national under-14 team in 2018.[9] Later that year, she was part of the under-15 team that won the 2018 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[10] She appeared for the under-16s at the UEFA Development Tournament in England in 2020.[3] Eligible to represent her mother's nation of Japan, she was called up to its youth team as a training player but did not appear in a match for the country.[3]

McCormack debuted for the United States under-20 team during a pair of friendlies at the team's last camp before the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and was selected to the tournament roster.[11] She scored two goals at the tournament, opening in a 2–0 win over Morocco and netting in a 7–0 win over Paraguay. The United States finished in third place, its best result since 2012.[12][13] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing alongside the senior national team, in January 2025.[14]

Personal life

McCormack is one of two children born to Michael and Estuko McCormack.[2] She is of Japanese descent on her mother's side.[10] Her father, a professional triathlete from Boston, won the Ironman Canada race in 1991 and 1995 and placed second at Ironman Japan in 1997.[2][15]

Honors and awards

Florida State Seminoles

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024 Squad Lists" (PDF). FIFA. p. 23. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Yuna McCormack". Virginia Cavaliers. June 29, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Ross, Ian (August 27, 2024). "Soccer: Mill Valley's McCormack set to represent USWNT at U-20 World Cup in Colombia". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  4. ^ Prochaska, Val (August 17, 2023). "UVA Women's Soccer Thumps Nevada in Season Opener". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Rooney, Liam (September 11, 2025). "FSU soccer's Yuna McCormack brings experience in the heart of midfield ahead of ACC opener". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
  6. ^ "Yuna McCormack". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
  7. ^ a b "Denver Summit FC Signs Midfielder Yuna McCormack". Denver Summit FC. January 10, 2026. Retrieved January 10, 2026.
  8. ^ Yuna McCormack at Flashscore
  9. ^ "U14 GNT heads to camp in Chula Vista". United States Soccer Federation. May 25, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  10. ^ a b "McCormack: USA will get it done". FIFA. September 7, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  11. ^ "Five Questions with U.S. U-20 WYNT Midfielder Yuna McCormack". United States Soccer Federation. August 24, 2024. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  12. ^ "USA Scores Dramatic 119th-Minute Game-Winner To Defeat The Netherlands 2-1 And Finish Third At 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  13. ^ Yuna McCormack at Soccerway
  14. ^ "Emma Hayes Names 24 Players to the 2025 Futures Camp Which Will Run Concurrently With USWNT Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  15. ^ Kautz, Christopher (July 19, 2018). "Triathletes of Marin: Mill Valley coach McCormack measures his training". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
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