![]() MacNab with the North Carolina Courage in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | October 9, 2001||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward, left back | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2024 | Princeton Tigers | 72 | (13) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2025 | North Carolina Courage | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Heather MacNab (born October 9, 2001) is an American professional soccer player who most recently played as a forward for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Princeton Tigers.
MacNab grew up in Carmel, Indiana, north of Indianapolis. [2] She attended Culver Academies, earning three-time MVP honors and two-time all-state honors on the soccer team. [3] She played club soccer for FC Pride. [3] She committed to play college soccer for the Princeton Tigers at age 15. [2]
When the Ivy League cancelled fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, MacNab took a gap year before starting college. The summer before college, she played for Lady Victory FC in the pre-professional Women's Premier Soccer League. [2] She later played summer soccer for Indy Eleven in the USL W League while in college. [4] MacNab led Princeton with 7 assists and scored 3 goals in 19 in her freshman season in 2021. [3] She earned honorable mention All-Ivy honors as a sophomore in 2022, after scoring a career-high 6 goals with 2 assists in 17 games. [3]
MacNab dealt with injury to start her junior year in 2023, finishing the season with 2 goals and 6 assists in 19 games. [3] [5] Though listed on the roster as a forward, she was deployed all over the field by head coach Sean Driscoll in her first few seasons before establishing herself as the starting left back in her senior year. [5] [6] One of the team's captains in 2024, she started 17 games and recorded 2 goals and 9 assists, earning first-team All-Ivy honors. [3] She assisted both goals in a 2–0 final win against Brown in the 2024 Ivy League tournament. [6]
MacNab was invited to train as a non-roster player with the North Carolina Courage in the 2025 preseason. [7] On March 21, 2025, North Carolina announced that they had signed MacNab to a short-term contract, lasting almost a month. [8] [9]
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