The Associated Press

Portland Thorns rookie Sophia Smith laughs when she recalls the conversation with her dad back in high school about her blossoming soccer career. The No. 1 pick in the National Women's Soccer League draft and U.S. national team prospect comes from a family of basketball players - and it was just assumed early on she'd head in the same direction. It paved her way to Stanford and a national title, and now to a blossoming career in the NWSL.