Emmie Allen

Emmie Allen
Allen with Bay FC in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-10-25) October 25, 2002 (age 22)[1]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Bay FC
Number 32
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 North Carolina 47 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Bay FC 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmie Allen (born October 25, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Early life

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Allen grew up in High Point, North Carolina, the younger of two children born to Laura and Scott Allen.[2] She began playing soccer at a young age.[3] She came from a University of North Carolina family and attended soccer camps there while in middle school.[3] She played soccer and basketball for High Point Christian Academy in eighth grade.[4] She began online schooling the next year while playing for the NC Courage Academy club team.[4] She committed to North Carolina as a ninth grader.[3]

College career

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After redshirting her freshman year, Allen became North Carolina's starting goalkeeper at the start of the 2022 season.[2][5] She alternated playing halves with another keeper in her first six games.[2][6] She saved two penalty kicks in her first shootout in college in the semifinals of the 2022 ACC tournament.[7] In the 2022 NCAA tournament, she made six saves to shut out Notre Dame in the quarterfinals and a career-high nine saves against Florida State in the semifinals.[8][9] In the 2022 championship game against UCLA, she recorded eight saves, but with seconds remaining she was shoved to the ground on a corner kick converted by the Bruins; the play was not called a foul, and North Carolina lost in overtime.[3][10][11] She totaled 70 saves and 8 shutouts on the season.[2]

Before her 2023 season, Allen recovered from a spring knee injury and played with the Courage's amateur USL W League side in the summer.[3][4] She recorded 46 saves and 8 shutouts as a redshirt sophomore, including two shutouts in the 2023 NCAA tournament.[2] She tied her career high with nine saves in the team's NCAA quarterfinal loss to BYU.[2][12]

Club career

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Bay FC, 2024–

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After going undrafted in the 2024 NWSL Draft, Allen trained with Bay FC in the 2024 preseason and was signed to a one-year contract with a one-year option, becoming the third option behind Lysianne Proulx and Katelyn Rowland.[13][14] She made her professional debut on July 20, 2024, as the starting keeper in a 3–1 defeat to San Diego Wave FC in the first group stage game of the 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Emmie Allen". Bay FC. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Emmie Allen – Women's Soccer". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Lucas, Adam (September 29, 2023). "Born & Bred: Keeping the Faith". Rams Club. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Lindsay, Michael (July 30, 2023). "Allen relishes starting role with UNC soccer". High Point Enterprise. Archived from the original on January 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Koh, Michael (August 19, 2022). "UNC Women's Soccer Opens Season With Win Over No. 11 Tennessee". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  6. ^ Koh, Michael (September 2, 2022). "No. 2 UNC Women's Soccer Takes Dominant Win Over No. 3 Duke". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  7. ^ Thomae, Lucas (November 4, 2022). "Moxley sends UNC women's soccer to ACC Championship final in shootout against Duke". The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  8. ^ Koh, Michael (November 26, 2022). "College Cup Bound: UNC Women's Soccer Beats Top-Seeded Notre Dame in NCAA Quarterfinals". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  9. ^ Koh, Michael (December 2, 2022). "UNC Women's Soccer Advances to National Championship With 3–2 Win Over FSU". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  10. ^ Koh, Michael (December 5, 2022). "UNC Women's Soccer Falls In Extra Time in National Championship". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  11. ^ Wadera, Rohtas (December 7, 2022). "NCAA College Cup 2022 Recap: UCLA Wins the Championship". Girls Soccer Network. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  12. ^ Koh, Michael (November 24, 2023). "UNC Women's Soccer Blows 3–0 Lead in NCAA Quarterfinal Defeat at BYU". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  13. ^ "Bay FC announces roster ahead of inaugural NWSL season". Bay FC. March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  14. ^ Ingemi, Marisa (March 13, 2024). "Bay FC won't reveal starting goalie for opener, but has front-runner emerged?". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  15. ^ "Bay FC drops 3–1 result on road to San Diego Wave FC". Bay FC. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
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