Ainsley McCammon

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Ainsley McCammon
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McCammon with the Seattle Reign in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ainsley Layna McCammon [1]
Date of birth (2007-08-16) August 16, 2007 (age 18) [1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Reign
Number 16
Youth career
–2024 Solar SC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Seattle Reign 18 (1)
International career‡
2022 United States U-15
2024 United States U-17 11 (2)
2025– United States U-20 2 (0)
Medal record
Women's soccer
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Dominican Republic 2024
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 8, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of June 6, 2025

Ainsley Layna McCammon (born August 16, 2007) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was signed by the Reign at the age of 16 in 2024. She captained the United States to third place at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

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Early life

McCammon grew up in Bedford, Texas. [2] She played club soccer for Solar SC, leading the team to win the ECNL national championship in 2023 and being named an All-American in 2022 and 2023. [3] [4] At age 16, she signed an endorsement deal with Nike in April 2024. [5]

Club career

Seattle Reign FC announced on July 19, 2024, that they had signed McCammon to her first professional contract, under the Under-18 Entry Mechanism, on a four-and-a-half-year deal through 2028. [2] She joined the team alongside Jordyn Bugg and became the youngest player in club history and seventh-youngest in league history at 16 years and 335 days old. [6] Before going pro, she was committed to play college soccer for the Virginia Cavaliers. [3]

The same day, McCammon made her professional debut as a 90th-minute substitute for Olivia Athens against the Utah Royals in the 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup. [7] Later that month, on July 31, she made her first professional start in a 1–0 loss to the Portland Thorns in the same competition. [8] She made her NWSL debut as a stoppage-time substitute against Angel City FC on September 6. [9] On October 5, she made her first NWSL start in a 1–0 loss against the same opponents, before going off to the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [10]

McCammon made her season debut with a start in a 1–0 loss to the Orlando Pride on April 12, 2025. [11] On October 17, in the Reign's home finale, she scored her first professional goal, heading in a cross from Maddie Dahlien, to open the scoring in a playoff-clinching 2–1 win over the Utah Royals. [12] She played in 16 league games, starting 7, and scored 1 goal in 2025, helping the Reign finish fifth in the league. [11] In the playoffs, she started in the 2–0 loss to the Orlando Pride in the quarterfinals. [11]

International career

McCammon was called into training camp with the United States national under-15 team at the start of 2022. [13] She won the 2022 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship with the team. [2] She was called up to the under-16 team later that year. [14] She captained the under-17 team to win the 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. [2] She remained captain at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she helped lead the United States to third place, its best result since 2008. She scored the team's second goal in a 3–0 win over England in the third-place match. [15] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing concurrently with the senior national team, in January 2025. [16]

Career statistics

Club

As of October 18, 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] Playoffs [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Seattle Reign FC 2024 NWSL 20——2 [c] 040
2025 151———151
Career total171000020191
  1. ↑ Includes the NWSL Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ Includes NWSL Playoffs.
  3. ↑ Appearances in the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Honors

United States U-17

References

  1. 1 2 "2024 Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship – United States roster" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 8. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Seattle Reign FC Signs Defender Jordyn Bugg and Midfielder Ainsley McCammon". Seattle Reign FC. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Rantz, Susie (July 19, 2024). "Seattle Reign sign two U-18 players to long-term contracts". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  4. ↑ "ECNL Girls All-America Teams". Elite Clubs National League. August 29, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer.
  5. ↑ "USYNT and Solar SC star Ainsley McCammon signs endorsement deal with Nike". SoccerWire. April 11, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Right Move: Welcoming Jordyn Bugg and Ainsley McCammon to Seattle Reign FC". Seattle Reign FC. July 19, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Match Recap: Seattle Reign FC Open Summer Cup with 2–1 Win Over Utah". Seattle Reign FC. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Match Recap: Seattle Reign FC Ends Summer Cup Run". Seattle Reign FC. July 31, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Ainsley Mccammon 2024 Match Logs". FBref.com . Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Seattle Falls 1–0 to Angel City FC". Seattle Reign FC . Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  11. 1 2 3 "Ainsley Mccammon 2025 Match Logs". FBref.com . Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Match Recap: Reign FC Secures Playoff Spot with 2-1 Win Over Utah". Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
  13. ↑ "U15 GNT Camp Roster – California". United States Soccer Federation. January 10, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer.
  14. ↑ "Under-16 WNT Heads to Portland". United States Soccer Federation. October 18, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer.
  15. ↑ "USA Defeats England 3–0 to Take Third Place at 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Emma Hayes Names 24 Players to the 2025 Futures Camp Which Will Run Concurrently With USWNT Training Camp in Los Angeles". United States Soccer Federation. January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
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