 Brown with Tennessee in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allyson Elizabeth Brown | ||
| Date of birth | October 9, 2003 [1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | Center back | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2025 | Tennessee Volunteers | 64 | (3) |
Allyson Elizabeth Brown (born October 9, 2003) is an American soccer player who plays as a center back. She played college soccer for the Tennessee Volunteers, earning fourth-team All-American honors in 2025.
Brown grew up in Wheaton, Illinois, and began playing soccer at age four. [2] She was initially coached by father and played on boys' teams. [2] She committed to play college soccer for Tennessee over South Carolina during her junior year at Wheaton North High School, where she played basketball. [1] [2] After committing to Tennessee, she moved to College Grove, outside of Nashville, and transferred to Ravenwood High School. [1] [2] She also moved from Sockers FC to Tennessee SC. [1] She played flag football at Ravenwood as a safety and wide receiver. [3] TopDrawerSoccer named her the 24th-best player and 6th-best defender in the 2022 class. [1]
Brown played in seven games as a substitute for Tennessee during her freshman year in 2022, not making the team's travel squad. She became a starter as a sophomore in 2023, playing in 18 games with 16 starts and leading the team with 5 assists. In her junior year in 2024, she started all 20 games, leading the team in minutes played, and scored a goal, earning third-team All-SEC honors. [1] [2] She co-captained the Volunteers to an impressive start to her senior season in 2025, taking down defending national champions North Carolina in the season opener and achieving the No. 1 ranking for the first time in program history. [3] She finished the season as the only player to start all 19 games for Tennessee and had 2 goals with 4 assists. [4] The team earned a three seed in the NCAA tournament but lost their rematch with North Carolina in the first round, the team's third first-round exit in four years. [5] Brown was named first-team All-SEC and fourth-team All-American alongside teammate Mac Midgley. [6]
Brown was called into training camps with the United States under-17 team in 2019 and 2020. [1]
Brown is the daughter of Skip and Kathy Brown. [1] Her father played college soccer for Wheaton College, winning the NCAA Division III men's soccer tournament in 1997. [2] Brown excelled academically at the University of Tennessee, graduating with a 3.99 grade point average (GPA) and being named the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2025. [7]
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