Emily Mason (soccer)

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Emily Mason
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Mason in 2019
Personal information
Full name Emily Morgan Mason
Date of birth (2002-10-23) October 23, 2002 (age 23)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Seattle Reign
Number 14
Youth career
2018–2020 Hunterdon Central Red Devils
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 82 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Seattle Reign 12 (0)
International career‡
2019–2022 United States U-20 18 (3)
2025– United States U-23 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 8, 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of May 30, 2025

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, earning third-team All-American honors in 2022. She played high school soccer for Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, New Jersey, and was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year in 2020.

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Early life

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]

College career

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 in 2022. 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 in 2023, 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 in 2024, 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 FC announced on January 8, 2025, that they had signed Mason to her first professional contract on a one-year deal. [6] She was the club's first college signing after the abolition of the NWSL Draft. [6] She made her professional debut on March 22, starting at right back in a 2–1 road win over the North Carolina Courage. [7] She played across the back line primarily as a substitute during her rookie season. [8] On August 27, she signed a one-year contract extension with the mutual option for another year. [8]

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. [9] 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. [10] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing concurrently with the senior national team, in January 2025. [11]

Career statistics

As of November 8, 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] Playoffs [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Seattle Reign FC 2025 NWSL 120——120
Career total120000050
  1. ↑ Includes the NWSL Challenge Cup
  2. ↑ Includes NWSL Playoffs.

Honors and awards

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

United States U-20

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Emily Mason". Rutgers Scarlet Knights . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  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. 1 2 "Seattle Reign FC Signs Rutgers Defender Emily Mason". Seattle Reign FC. March 8, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  7. ↑ Voght, Steve (March 22, 2025). "Reign remain undefeated with rare road win in North Carolina". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Rantz, Susie (August 27, 2025). "Seattle Reign extend Emily Mason through 2026". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Emily Mason". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  10. ↑ Emily Mason at Soccerway
  11. ↑ "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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