The 20-year-old is to line up for Dunedin Technical in its national Women's Knockout Cup semifinal against Glenfield Rovers of Auckland at the Caledonian Ground.
Back with the team fulltime after spending two years at Marshall University in the United States, the midfielder is enjoying being home.
Since her return she felt more connected to the team - having missed the start and finish of the last two seasons.
Tech, now on a 21-match winning streak going back to last year, has a tough task.
It faces one of the strongest club teams in the country, a significant step up from anything it has played before.
``I think we can get it done. It's not going to be easy, I'll tell you that,'' Smith said.
``On paper they've got New Zealand reps. They're a pretty stacked team.
``But I think the difference between us and them is that we've got a huge team bond and we work together as a unit.
``That's the one thing in soccer. If you work together as a unit you can beat any team.''
Smith spent two years at the university in Huntington, West Virginia, but decided to come home this year after finding she was not enjoying it.
It had been a great experience although it was intense, with between four and six trainings per week alongside two games and fitting in study, she said.
The team had played in the Conference USA and Smith had scored four goals in 17 games. It usually got 200-300 people to its games and she said the level was a big step up from playing in Dunedin.
Smith had found her enjoyment start to wane with the constant grind, but she has rediscovered since she returned home for the holidays.
In the end there were several reasons to come back.
``A bit of missing home, some family stuff went on, my grandma passed away and stuff, so it was just a bit of a reality check when that happened and I was like, `I want to be close to family'.
``I think with Graeme [Smaill] coaching me over the past 10 years I've kind of had a bit of a bond with the Tech team, whereas over there it wasn't as tight-knit as what we have here.
``It was a bit of home's going to be home. Nothing's ever as good as Tech.''
