Emeri Adames

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Emeri Adames
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Adames with the Seattle Reign in 2024
Personal information
Full name Emeri Kate Adames [1]
Date of birth (2006-04-03) April 3, 2006 (age 18) [1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Reign
Number 47
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Seattle Reign 15 (1)
International career‡
2022 United States U-17 8 (2)
2023 United States U-19 5 (3)
2024– United States U-20 13 (1)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Colombia 2024
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 7, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 21, 2024

Emeri Kate Adames (born April 3, 2006) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Seattle Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She was signed by the Reign at age 17 in 2024. She won bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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Early life

Adames was raised in Dallas, Texas. [2] She attended her first two years of high school at Life High School Waxahachie, where she set a school record with 47 goals in one season in 2021 as a freshman, and she competed in cross country and track. [3] She then attended the University of Texas at Austin High School. [3] She played club soccer for the Dallas Texans Soccer Club and then Solar Soccer Club, earning ECNL All-American honors from 2021 to 2023. [3] [4]

Club career

Seattle Reign

After training with Seattle Reign FC in the preseason, Adames signed a multi-year contract with club on March 13, 2024, through the NWSL's Under-18 Entry Mechanism. [5] She had previously committed to play college soccer at the University of North Carolina. [2] Adames took the number 47 jersey in emulation of Manchester City player Phil Foden. [6] She made her professional debut on March 17, coming on in the last minutes of the season-opening 1–0 win against the Washington Spirit. [7] On May 25, she scored her first professional goal just before full time in a 3–2 away loss to the Washington Spirit. [8] On August 25, she created an own goal in stoppage time that led to a 1–0 win against the North Carolina Courage. In celebration, she emulated the outstretched-arms pose of her childhood idol Megan Rapinoe, whose jersey was being retired by the Reign that night. [9] She finished her rookie regular season with one goal in 21 appearances (6 starts) as the Reign placed 13th of 14 teams. [10]

International career

Adames trained with United States youth national team beginning at the under-14 level. [5] She played all four games for the under-17 team at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [11] She won bronze with national under-19 at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they played against other countries' senior sides. She scored three goals at the tournament, including in their semifinal loss to Chile. [6] She started every game for the under-20 team at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, helping the United States finish in third place. In the group stage, she provided three assists in the first half of their 7–0 win over Paraguay. She had four assists in the tournament overall, the most by an American since Heather O'Reilly's seven in 2002. [12] [13]

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