Emmie Allen
American soccer player (born 2002)
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Emmie Elizabeth 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 two seasons of college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
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Allen with Bay FC in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Emmie Elizabeth Allen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | October 25, 2002[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bay FC | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 47 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | North Carolina Courage U23 | 20 | (0) |
| 2024– | Bay FC | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 06:09, November 9, 2025 (UTC) | |||
Early life
Allen grew up in High Point, North Carolina, the younger of two children born to Laura and Scott Allen.[3] She began playing soccer at a young age.[4] She came from a family of University of North Carolina graduates and attended soccer camps there while in middle school.[4] She played soccer and basketball for High Point Christian Academy in eighth grade.[5] She began online schooling the next year while playing club soccer for the North Carolina Courage Academy.[5] She committed to North Carolina while in ninth grade.[4]
College career
After redshirting her freshman year behind Claudia Dickey, Allen became the starting goalkeeper for the North Carolina Tar Heels at the start of the 2022 season.[3][6] She alternated playing halves for six games before becoming the full-time starter.[3][7] In the ACC tournament, she saved two penalty kicks in the shootout against Duke to advance to the final.[8] In the NCAA tournament, she posted six saves in a 2–0 win against Notre Dame in the quarterfinals and made a career-high nine saves in a 3–2 win against Florida State in the semifinals.[9][10] In the 2022 national title game, she recorded eight saves against UCLA, and her team led by a goal with seconds remaining when Allen was shoved to the ground during a corner kick, and the Bruins scored. No foul was called, and North Carolina lost in overtime.[4][11][12] She finished the 2022 season with 8 clean sheets in 26 games.[3]
After recovering from a knee injury in the spring, Allen played for the North Carolina Courage U23 in the summertime USL W League, helping the team to the national final.[4][13] In the 2023 season, the redshirt sophomore kept 8 shutouts in 21 games, including two in the NCAA tournament.[3] She tied her career high with nine saves in a 4–3 loss to BYU in the quarterfinals.[3][14] After the season, she declared for the 2024 NWSL Draft.[15]
Club career
After going undrafted in the 2024 NWSL Draft, Allen was invited to train with Bay FC in the preseason. On March 13, 2024, she was signed to a one-year contract with a one-year option, becoming Bay's third option in goal behind Lysianne Proulx and Katelyn Rowland.[16][17] She made her professional debut on July 20, starting in a 3–1 defeat to the San Diego Wave in the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup.[18] On August 27, she played the second half of Bay's exhibition game against Barcelona.[19] After the 2024 season, she signed a new one-year contract with an option for an additional year.[20]
Midseason acquisition Jordan Silkowitz won the starting job after Rowland retired during the 2025 preseason.[21][22] On June 13, 2025, with Silkowitz ill, Allen made her NWSL regular-season debut against the Orlando Pride, conceding only after an unlucky deflection in a 1–0 loss.[23] On July 1, Bay announced that Allen had been signed to a new contract through the 2027 season with a mutual option for another year.[24]
International career
Allen was called into training with the United States under-23 team in June 2025 at a camp held concurrently with the senior national team.[25]
