Emmie Allen
Allen with North Carolina in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth 2002 (age 21–22)
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 North Carolina 47 (0)

Emmie Allen (born 2002) is an American soccer goalkeeper. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

Early life

Allen grew up in High Point, North Carolina, the younger of two children of Laura and Scott Allen.[1] She began playing soccer at a young age.[2] She came from a University of North Carolina family and attended soccer camps there while in middle school.[2] She played soccer and basketball for High Point Christian Academy in eighth grade.[3] She began online schooling the next year while playing for the NC Courage Academy club team.[3] She committed to North Carolina as a ninth grader.[2]

College career

After redshirting her freshman year, Allen became North Carolina's starting goalkeeper at the start of the 2022 season.[1][4] She alternated playing halves with another keeper in her first six games.[5] She saved two penalty kicks in her first shootout in college in the semifinals of the 2022 ACC tournament.[6] 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.[7][8] 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.[2][9][10] She totaled 70 saves and 8 shutouts on the season.[1]

Before her 2023 season, Allen recovered from a spring knee injury and played with the Courage's under-23 team in the summer.[2][3] She recorded 46 saves and 8 shutouts as a redshirt sophomore, including two in the 2023 NCAA tournament.[1] She tied her career high with nine saves in the team's NCAA quarterfinal loss to BYU.[1][11]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2024 NWSL Draft, Allen was named to Bay FC's preseason roster in January 2024.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Emmie Allen – Women's Soccer". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e Lucas, Adam (September 29, 2023). "Born & Bred: Keeping the Faith". Rams Club. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Koh, Michael (August 19, 2022). "UNC Women's Soccer Opens Season With Win Over No. 11 Tennessee". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Koh, Michael (September 2, 2022). "No. 2 UNC Women's Soccer Takes Dominant Win Over No. 3 Duke". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Koh, Michael (December 5, 2022). "UNC Women's Soccer Falls In Extra Time in National Championship". Chapelboro.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  10. ^ Wadera, Rohtas (December 7, 2022). "NCAA College Cup 2022 Recap: UCLA Wins the Championship". Girls Soccer Network. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Bay FC announces 2024 preseason roster to open training camp". Bay FC. January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2024.

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