Emily Mason (soccer)

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Emily Mason
Personal information
Full name Emily Morgan Mason
Date of birth (2002-10-23) October 23, 2002 (age 22)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Reign
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 82 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Seattle Reign 0 (0)
International career
2019–2022 United States U-20 18 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emily Morgan Mason (born October 23, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Seattle Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. She was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2020.

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Early life and college career

Raised in Flemington, New Jersey, Mason played prep soccer at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. [1] In her junior season, she was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year for 2020, having led Hunterdon Central to the Group IV state championship. [2] She also received two All-American honors, NJGSCA Player of the Year, and two New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year awards. [1] She was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the third-best recruit of the 2021 class. [2]

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Mason appeared in all 25 games (18 starts) and provided 4 assists in her freshman season with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in 2021. Rutgers went 10–0 in Big Ten Conference play to claim the program's first conference regular-season title, and they did not concede in the Big Ten tournament until losing 1–0 to Michigan in the final. In the NCAA tournament, she started all five games as the No. 1 seed Scarlet Knights reached their second-ever national semifinal, where they fell 1–0 to eventual champions No. 1 Florida State. [1] [3]

Mason scored a career-high 3 goals in 16 starts at center back in her sophomore season. Though she missed the end of the year with injury, she was named first-team All-Big Ten and third-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches. [1] [4] In her junior season, she scored 1 goal in 20 games (17 starts) and played every minute of the conference schedule, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors. She had 2 goals and 2 assists in 21 games in her senior season and led the team in minutes played, earning first-team All-Big ten honors. In the Big Ten tournament, she assisted in a 1–1 draw against USC and made her penalty in a shootout win to advance to the final, where they lost to UCLA. [1] [5]

Club career

Seattle Reign

Seattle Reign FC announced on January 8, 2025, that they had signed Mason to a one-year contract. She was the club's first signing after the abolition of the college draft. [6]

International career

Mason was called up to the United States youth national team at the under-14, under-16, under-18, and under-20 levels. [7] She made 4 starts for the United States at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, including the final 4–1 victory over Mexico. She appeared in all 7 games (5 starts) at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, scoring 3 goals during the tournament and this time shutting out Mexico in the final, 2–0. She appeared in all 3 games (2 starts) for the United States 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where they did not make it out of the group stage. [8] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing alongside the senior national team, in January 2025. [9]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Mendlowitz, Andy (June 24, 2020). "Hunterdon Central's Emily Mason selected as Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year". Courier News . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ Anzidei, Melanie (December 3, 2021). "Rutgers women's soccer falls to Florida State in heartbreaking Final Four loss". NorthJersey.com . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  4. ↑ Bator, Mark (November 13, 2022). "Season and Careers End as Women's Soccer Makes Early NCAA Exit". Rivals.com . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  5. ↑ Catapano, John (November 8, 2024). "Women's Soccer Boots No. 1 Seed USC in PK shootout, Advances to B1G Championship". On the Banks. SB Nation . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Seattle Reign FC Signs Rutgers Defender Emily Mason". Seattle Reign FC. March 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Emily Mason". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  8. ↑ {{ Soccerway }} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
  9. ↑ "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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