Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emma Shaye Gaines-Ramos [1] | ||
Date of birth | March 18, 2002 | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tampa Bay Sun (on loan from the Washington Spirit) | ||
Number | 13 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2024 | San Diego State Aztecs | 91 | (19) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2025– | Washington Spirit | 0 | (0) |
2025– | → Tampa Bay Sun (loan) | 2 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 31, 2025 |
Emma Shaye Gaines-Ramos (born March 18, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun, on loan from the Washington Spirit. She played college soccer for the San Diego State Aztecs.
Gaines-Ramos grew up in Chula Vista, California, and attended Otay Ranch High School, where she competed on the soccer and track teams. [2] She helped the soccer team to the CIF Southern Section Division III title game as a freshman in 2017 before leading the team to its first Division III title victory as a senior in 2020. [3] She played club soccer for Rebels SC, where she won the USYS national under-18 championship in 2018, providing the winning assist in stoppage time of the 1–0 final victory. [2] [4]
Gaines-Ramos played five seasons for the San Diego State Aztecs, scoring 19 goals and providing 25 assists in 91 appearances. Her shortened freshman season was held in the spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [5] Her senior season she contributed to San Diego winning the 2023 Mountain West Conference regular-season title. [6] She was named in the All-Mountain West team four times, earning first-team honors twice. [2]
National Women's Soccer League club Washington Spirit announced on January 6, 2025, that the club had signed Gaines-Ramos to her first professional contract, a two-year deal with options to extend for an additional two years. [7] After entering the season on the season-ending injury list with a knee injury, on July 23, she was taken off the injury list and immediately loaned to USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun for the 2025–26 season. [8] She made her professional debut on August 23, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Victoria Haugen in the Sun's opening day 2–1 loss to Brooklyn FC. [9]
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