| Mia Justus | |
| Full Name: | Mia Taylin Justus[1] |
| Birth Date: | 3 September 2002 |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Texas Longhorns |
| Clubnumber: | 1 |
| Collegeyears1: | 2021–2022 |
| College1: | Florida State Seminoles |
| Collegecaps1: | 14 |
| Collegegoals1: | 0 |
| Collegeyears2: | 2023– |
| College2: | Texas Longhorns |
| Collegecaps2: | 24 |
| Collegegoals2: | 0 |
| Years1: | – |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U-16 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018 |
| Nationalteam2: | United States U-17 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2018–2020 |
| Nationalteam3: | United States U-19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2019–2022 |
| Nationalteam4: | United States U-20 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam5: | United States U-18 |
| Nationalcaps5: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | August 17, 2022 |
Mia Taylin Justus (born September 3, 2002) is an American college soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Texas Longhorns. She previously played for the Florida State Seminoles, winning an NCAA championship in 2021. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.
Justus was raised in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, Ohio, one of six children born to Lauren and Leon Justus. She is a cousin of longtime United States men's national team goalkeeper Tim Howard.[2] She attended IMG Academy and first committed to Rutgers before switching to Florida State.[3]
Justus spent two years as the backup to Cristina Roque for the Florida State Seminoles. She won seven of her eight starts in the 2021 season, being named to the Atlantic Coast Conference all-freshman team and part of an NCAA championship team with Roque in goal. She won six of seven starts as a sophomore in 2022, helping the team win the ACC regular-season title, before transferring to the Texas Longhorns to get more playing time.[4] [5]
Justus started every game for the Longhorns in the 2023 season, leading the team to win the Big 12 championship and make it to the third round of the NCAA tournament, where they fell to Florida State.[2] [6] She was named second-team All-Big 12 and the conference tournament's most outstanding defensive player.[2] [7]
Justus trained with the United States youth national team beginning at the under-14 level in 2015.[2] [8] She traveled for international friendlies with the under-16 team in 2017 and 2018,[9] the under-17 team in 2018,[10] the under-18 team in 2019 and 2020,[11] and the under-19 team in 2018 and 2020.[12] She started for the under-20 team through the quarterfinals of the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, a tournament the United States won.[13] She started two games at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, but the team did not make it out of the group stage.[2] [14] She played friendlies for the under-23 team against NWSL clubs in the 2023 preseason.[15]