Emma Loving
American soccer player (born 1998)
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Emma Catherine Loving (born March 5, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Brooklyn FC. She played college soccer for the Penn Quakers before starting her professional career in Europe with Mallbackens IF, SC Sand, and Strasbourg.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emma Catherine Loving[1] | ||
| Date of birth | March 5, 1998[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brooklyn FC | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Buckingham United | |||
| FC Bucks | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Penn Quakers | 69 | (10) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022 | Mallbackens IF | 11 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | SC Sand | 40 | (9) |
| 2024–2025 | Strasbourg | 20 | (0) |
| 2025– | Brooklyn FC | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 17, 2025 | |||
Early life
Loving was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania,[3] to Brian and Jennifer Loving.[4] She originally played soccer for local club Buckingham United before switching to FC Bucks in eighth grade.[5] Loving attended Central Bucks High School East, where she was the junior varsity team's top scorer as a freshman.[6] She then moved up to the varsity squad, was named two-time all-state and all-region, and eventually became team captain.[4][6] As a senior, Loving was named a high school All-American by the NSCAA after recording 33 goals and 11 assists.[5][7] She had also helped Central Bucks East win a historic district title and reach the Pennsylvania state championship match.[8]
College career
As a high school sophomore, Loving committed to the University of Pennsylvania; she had also considered Rutgers University and the University of Virginia before ultimately choosing to play for the Penn Quakers.[6] On September 4, 2016, she scored her first two collegiate goals in a 5–0 win over Robert Morris.[9] Loving did not look back, scoring 4 more goals across all 16 of the Quakers' matches to become Penn's 2016 leading scorer.[4] She subsequently earned recognition as an All-Ivy honorable mention at the end of the year.[10]
In her sophomore season, Loving once again appeared in all 16 of Penn's matches.[4] On September 23, 2017, she scored the lone goal in the Quakers' Ivy League-opening victory over Harvard, which was also the program's first win over the Crimson in 5 years.[11] Her performance in the game earned her the honor of Ivy League player of the Week.[4] Loving rounded out her college career with two more seasons, one of which included an Ivy League championship title. She made 69 total appearances for the program.[4]
Club career
Loving signed her first professional contract with Swedish second-division club Mallbackens IF in August 2022.[12] She scored twice in her 11 Elitettan appearances, first in August against Älvsjö AIK and then three months later in a draw with Jitex BK.[2][13]
On January 31, 2023, Loving signed with German team SC Sand halfway through the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga season, joining fellow American Jenna Zuniga.[14] Across her one-and-a-half seasons with SC Sand, Loving scored 9 times across 40 league games. She also made 2 appearances in the DFB-Pokal cup, both of which occurred in the 2023–24 season.[1]
Loving signed for newly-promoted French top-flight team RC Strasbourg Alsace on July 27, 2024.[3] Despite joining a team in a different country, Loving did not have to move particularly far, with the German town of Willstätt and the French city of Strasbourg both in close proximity to one another.[3] Loving kicked off her stint with Strasbourg on a positive note, scoring a brace in a preseason match against FC Metz.[15] However, she did not find the back of the net again in her time with the club.[2] Loving helped Strasbourg finish 9th in the Première Ligue standings and evade relegation back down to the Seconde Ligue.[16]
On July 29, 2025, Loving headed back stateside and joined USL Super League club Brooklyn FC.[17] She made her club debut in Brooklyn's season-opening match over the Tampa Bay Sun, playing all 90 minutes of the 2–1 victory.[18] On September 3, 2025, she scored her first goal for the club, striking from outside the box to open the scoring against Spokane Zephyr FC.[19]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mallbackens IF | 2022 | Elitettan | 11 | 2 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 13 | 2 | |
| SC Sand | 2022–23 | 2. Frauen-Bundesliga | 14 | 3 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | 26 | 6 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 28 | 6 | |||
| Total | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 9 | ||
| RC Strasbourg Alsace | 2024–25 | Première Ligue | 20 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
| Brooklyn FC | 2025–26 | USL Super League | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 71 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 11 | ||
- Appearance(s) in the Svenska Cupen
- Appearance(s) in the Coupe de France
