Talia Sommer (; born 19 February 2004) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Born in the United States, she plays for the Israel national team. She played college soccer for the Butler Bulldogs.
Born in New York, Sommer moved from the United States to Israel at the age of six. She began playing football at the age of four, and in her early years she played for the boy's team of Maccabi Tel Aviv, before her family relocated to the United States, where she played youth football with the Manhattan Soccer Club. She attended Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Israel, where she won the Israeli High School Cup. She then attended Butler University in the United States, where she studied physics. Sommer obtained outstanding athlete status designation in the IDF when she was 18, allowing her to begin her NCAA Division I career.
Sommer played for the Butler Bulldogs from 2022 to 2025, scoring 28 goals and adding 24 assists in 72 games. She cited the coaching staff at Butler as the primary reason for her choice to join the program. She earned All-Big East honors every year, including three straight first-team selections. In 2025, she was named the Big East Co-Midfielder of the Year. She was also named to the fourth-team of the United Soccer Coaches' 2025 Women's All-America Teams.
Sommer was named to the Scholar All-America Second Team and the All-North/Central Region Team in 2025, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Computational Neuroscience with a minor in Philosophy.
Sommer played for ASA Tel Aviv, making her Ligat Nashim debut at the age of 14. Competing with the team she won both the league and the Israeli Women's Cup.
On 9 December 2025, Sommer joined the 2026 NWSL rookie class as Gotham FC announced her signing on a one-year contract, making her the club's first signing ahead of the 2026 season. She is the first Israeli player to join the NWSL, and upon signing with Gotham she said "IâÂÂm proud to be the first Israeli selected to play in the best league in the world, and I promise that every time I step onto the field, IâÂÂll represent not just myself and my family, who always support me with love, but also my country and the flag I love so much." Sommer made her professional debut on 1 February 2026, coming on as a second-half substitute for Mandy Freeman in Gotham's FIFA Women's Champions Cup third place win over AS FAR. Sommer was on the injury list and unavailable for selection for Gotham's opening game of the 2026 season due to a thigh injury.
Sommer mainly operates as an attacking midfielder. She was described as "one of the most promising players in Israeli women's soccer".
Sommer is the daughter of a political science professor and clinical psychologist.