Olivia Moultrie broke the record for most goals scored by a teenager in the NWSL on Sunday, according to the league.
The 19-year-old Moultrie, who was born in Utah and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, scored the 14th goal of her career on a free kick for the Portland Thorns.
At halftime, Moultrie was interviewed by the game’s broadcast team and was asked if she was aware of the record ahead of the goal and start of the game.
“Honestly, I forgot until you just told me,” she said. “All I was thinking about was helping my team win the game, but I’m happy about that, too.”
The goal came just days before Moultrie is no longer a teenager. She turns 20 on Wednesday.
Moultrie’s goal was also historic because it made her the first NWSL player under the age of 22 “to score a direct free-kick goal in a regular season NWSL match,” according to OptaJack.
In 2021, Moultrie became the youngest player to sign a NWSL contract at 15 years and 286 days old after winning an antitrust lawsuit she filed against the league, as the Deseret News previously reported.
Moultrie was the league’s first teenage player and spawned a wave of young players who followed her lead and entered the NWSL as teenagers, including fellow Utah-born player and Latter-day Saint KK Ream, who plays for the Utah Royals.
Ream became the youngest NWSL player to start a game in May and to score in a regular season game in August, per the Royals.
The record was first held by Moultrie when she was 16 and then later broken by Alex Pfeiffer in 2024 before Ream broke it this year, according to The Athletic.