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Full name | Emily Ann Fox [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | July 5, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ashburn, Virginia, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 69 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Racing Louisville | 40 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | North Carolina Courage | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Arsenal | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | United States U20 | 33 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018– | United States | 57 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 18, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 10, 2024 |
Emily Ann Fox (born July 5, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right back for Women's Super League club Arsenal and the United States national team.
Fox played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she was three-time All-ACC first-team selection. She was the first overall pick by Racing Louisville FC in the 2021 NWSL Draft. She was traded to the North Carolina Courage in 2023 before signing with Arsenal in 2024.
At the international level, Fox won the gold medal with the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Born and raised in Ashburn, Virginia, Fox began playing soccer at age five. She also ran 5Ks and practiced gymnastics until middle school. [2] [3] She attended Stone Bridge High School, where she played one season as a freshman, leading the team with 16 goals as a midfielder and reaching the state championship game, and was named first-team all-state. She graduated one year early and entered the University of North Carolina in January 2017. [2]
Fox started the first thirteen games of her freshman fall season with the North Carolina before suffering a torn ACL and missing the rest of the season. She was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team and all-freshman team. [2] In her sophomore season, due to her call-up to the USWNT in November 2018, she missed the ACC tournament semifinals and final and the first round of NCAA tournament. She returned in the third round as North Carolina made it all the way to the national final, where they fell 1–0 to Florida State. [4] Fox was named to the All-ACC first team and the all-tournament team of the NCAA championship. [2]
Fox led the team with 11 assists in the 2019 season and was again named first-team All-ACC. She assisted on the winning goals to Lotte Wubben-Moy and Alessia Russo in the semifinals and final respectively of ACC tournament, making the all-tournament team. She scored her first college goal in the first round of the NCAA tournament against Belmont and found her second goal to tie the game against USC in the quarterfinals but then tore her ACL for a second time in that game. North Carolina went on to win the game and reached another national final but lost to Stanford on penalties. [2] [3] Fox was again named first-team All-ACC after the fall 2020 season. [5]
Fox was drafted by Racing Louisville FC as the first overall pick of the 2021 NWSL Draft. [6] Fox played more minutes than any other NWSL rookie in 23 appearances for Racing. She led the league in interceptions, with 115, and was a finalist for the NWSL Rookie of the Year award. [7] Fox was named to the NWSL Best XI second team for her performances in her rookie season. [8] Ahead of the 2022 season, Fox was named as one of Racing's four team captains. [9]
In January 2023, Fox was traded to the North Carolina Courage in exchange for Abby Erceg and Carson Pickett. [10] Fox was apart of the squad that won the 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup, playing in 4 of the 8 matches. [11] She was named to the NWSL Best XI second team for the second time at the conclusion of the 2023 season. [12]
On January 11, 2024, Fox signed for Arsenal. [13] Three days later, she made her debut for the club in Arsenal's FA Cup win to Watford (5–1). [14] On January 28, 2024, in her second league appearance, she recorded her first assist for Arsenal, setting up Vivianne Miedema's goal and also helped set up the second goal in a 2–0 victory against Liverpool. She was named player of the match. [15]
Fox made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut with Arsenal on September 4, 2024, starting in a home match against Rangers which finished as a 6–0 victory [16] .
In 2015, Fox was named to the roster for the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [17] She scored a goal in the opening game of the tournament, a 2–2 draw vs Mexico. [18] Fox appeared in every game of the tournament, as the U.S. captured their fifth CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [19] Fox was named to the squad for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, she appeared in all six games for the U.S. as they finished fourth in the tournament. [20]
Fox did not participate in the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship as she was still recovering from her ACL injury. She recovered in time to be named to the roster for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, one of three players to return for a second U-20 World Cup. [20] Fox appeared in one game as the U.S. failed to advance to the knockout stage. [21]
Fox received her first call-up to the senior national team in November 2018 for a set of friendlies in Europe. [22] She earned her first cap on November 8, 2018, when she got the start at right back against Portugal. [23] Fox was also in the starting lineup five days later against Scotland.
Fox was originally only named as a practice player for the USWNT training camp ahead of the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, but after Danielle Colaprico had to withdraw from the squad due to injury, Fox was added to the roster. [24]
Fox was named to the roster for the 2023 SheBelieves Cup and was the only player to play three full ninety minute games, 270 minutes overall, as the USWNT won the tournament for the fourth consecutive year, and sixth time overall. [25] In the following national team camp for a set of friendlies against Ireland, Fox scored her first goal for the senior national team on April 8, 2023, which finished as a 2–0 victory. [26]
On June 21, 2023, Fox was named to the USWNT roster for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. [27] Fox started in all four matches and played all but 8 minutes, and was apart of a defense that only allowed just two shots on goal and one goal all tournament before the USWNT were ultimately eliminated on penalties by Sweden after a scoreless 0–0 draw in the Round of 16. [25]
On April 9, 2024, Fox converted her first professional penalty in a shootout against Canada, to help win the 2024 SheBelieves Cup for the USWNT. [28] After the match ended as a 2–2 draw, Fox convereted the final penalty to finish the shootout at 5–4, and win the title for the seventh time.
Fox was selected to the 18-player roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and earned her fiftieth cap in a friendly against Mexico ahead of the Olympics on July 13, 2024. [29] [30] She started in all six matches during the Olympic tournament, including the gold medal match against Brazil, which the United States won 1–0 on a goal from Mallory Swanson. [31]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Continental [lower-alpha 3] | Playoffs [lower-alpha 4] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Racing Louisville | 2021 | NWSL | 23 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
2022 | 17 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||||
Total | 40 | 1 | — | 10 | 0 | — | — | 50 | 1 | |||||
North Carolina Courage | 2023 | NWSL | 18 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Arsenal | 2023–24 | WSL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |
2024–25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Career total | 68 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 1 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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United States | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 5 | 0 | |
2022 | 14 | 0 | |
2023 | 17 | 1 | |
2024 | 18 | 0 | |
Total | 57 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | April 8, 2023 | Austin, Texas | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [m 1] |
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