Emily Fox

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Emily Fox
2023 NWSL Challenge Cup final, 031 (Fox).jpg
Fox with the North Carolina Courage in 2023
Personal information
Full name Emily Ann Fox [1]
Date of birth (1998-07-05) July 5, 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Ashburn, Virginia, United States
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 2
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2020 North Carolina Tar Heels 69 (2)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Racing Louisville 40 (1)
2023 North Carolina Courage 18 (0)
2024– Arsenal 20 (1)
International career‡
2015–2018 United States U20 33 (3)
2018– United States 62 (1)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team
CONCACAF W Championship
Winner 2022 Mexico
CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Winner 2024 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 15, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 3, 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.

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Fox played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she was named first-team All-ACC three times. She was the first overall pick by Racing Louisville FC in the 2021 NWSL Draft. After two seasons, she was traded to the North Carolina Courage before signing with Arsenal in 2024.

Fox made her senior debut for the United States in 2018. She won a gold medal with the national team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Early life and college career

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]

North Carolina Tar Heels (2017–2020)

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 named first-team All-ACC and first-team All-American. 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]

Club career

Racing Louisville (2021–2022)

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 Second XI 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]

North Carolina Courage (2023)

Fox playing for the Courage in the 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup final 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup final, 253 (cropped).jpg
Fox playing for the Courage in the 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup final

In January 2023, Fox was traded to the North Carolina Courage in exchange for Abby Erceg and Carson Pickett. [10] She was part of the squad that won the 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup, playing in four of the eight matches. [11] She made 18 appearances (all starts) in the regular season as the Courage finished in third place; she was named to the NWSL Second XI for a second time at the end of the year. [12] [13]

Arsenal (2024–present)

On January 11, 2024, Fox signed with Arsenal. [14] Three days later, she made her debut for the club in Arsenal's FA Cup win to Watford (5–1). [15] 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. [16]

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. [17] She scored her first goal for the club during a 4–1 Champions League group stage win against Vålerenga on October 16, 2024. [18] At the beginning of December, Fox was named Arsenal’s player of the month for November. [19] Reflecting on her first year at Arsenal, Fox felt that she has been pushed and challenged since making the move. [20]

International career

Youth national team

In 2015, Fox was named to the roster for the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [21] She scored a goal in the opening game of the tournament, a 2–2 draw vs Mexico. [22] Fox appeared in every game of the tournament, as the U.S. captured their fifth CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [23] 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. [24]

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. [24] Fox appeared in one game as the U.S. failed to advance to the knockout stage. [25]

Senior national team

Fox received her first call-up to the senior national team in November 2018 for a set of friendlies in Europe. [26] She earned her first cap on November 8, 2018, when she got the start at right back against Portugal. [27] 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. [28]

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. [29] 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. [30]

On June 21, 2023, Fox was named to the USWNT roster for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. [31] Fox started in all four matches and played all but 8 minutes, and was part of a defense that 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. [29]

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. [32] After the match ended as a 2–2 draw, Fox converted 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. [33] [34] 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. [35]

Career statistics

Club

As of December 15, 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing Louisville 2021 NWSL 230—40——270
2022 171—60——231
Total401—100——501
North Carolina Courage 2023 NWSL180—40—1 [c] 0230
Arsenal 2023–24 WSL 100201000—130
2024–25 10000008 [d] 1—181
Total200201081—311
Career total7812015081101042

International

As of match played December 3, 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
United States 2018 20
2019 10
2020––
2021 50
2022 140
2023 171
2024 230
Total621
Scores and results list United States's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fox goal.
List of international goals scored by Emily Fox
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
1April 8, 2023 Austin, Texas Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–02–0 Friendly [m 1]

Honors

North Carolina Courage

Arsenal

United States

Individual

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Match reports
  1. ↑ "U.S. Women's National Team Earns 2–0 Win Against the Republic of Ireland in Front of Sellout Crowd in Austin, Texas". U.S. Soccer. April 8, 2023.
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