| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marykate Francis McGuire [1] | ||
| Date of birth | March 4, 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| New England FC | |||
| Boston Breakers Academy | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Duke Blue Devils | 80 | (19) |
| 2022 | Ole Miss Rebels | 14 | (7) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023 | Team Boca Blast | ? | (5) |
| 2024–2025 | Lexington SC | 19 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | United States U16 | ||
| 2017 | United States U18 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 27, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 29, 2025 | |||
Marykate Francis McGuire (born March 4, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward. She played college soccer for the Duke Blue Devils and the Ole Miss Rebels.
McGuire was born in Providence, Rhode Island, [1] to former University of Rhode Island collegiate athletes Matt McGuire and Karen Amber. [2] She started off playing club soccer with New England FC [3] and was the US Youth Soccer National Championship top scorer as the club won the tournament in 2013. [4] McGuire also played for the Boston Breakers Academy [2] and Rhode Island's ODP team, being named the state ODP Player of the Year in 2013. [1]
She played high school soccer for Portsmouth High, although she spent one season at St. George's School as a sophomore. [5] Despite missing her senior season of play with a knee injury, [6] McGuire was thrice named Rhode Island's Gatorade Player of the Year and totaled 81 goals across both programs. [2] [7]
McGuire dreamed of playing Division I college soccer since elementary school [6] and verbally committed to Duke University as a high school freshman. [5] She joined the Blue Devils program in 2018 and played in all 17 of Duke's games in her first year. [1] McGuire scored her first collegiate goal on August 26, 2018, in a 3–0 victory over the Elon Phoenix. [8] Her 7 freshman assists, including one in the NCAA tournament second round, ranked for third-most on the team. [9]
The following year, McGuire had a breakout season. [9] She led the Blue Devils with 9 goals and was able to record a four-game goal streak in September 2019. [1] McGuire then kicked off her junior year with a bang, scoring two goals in the season opener against Wake Forest and earning ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors. [10] She was the team leader in assists and contributed to the Blue Devils reaching the NCAA Elite Eight. [9] At the end of the season, McGuire was named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll. As a senior, McGuire added 17 more matches and 4 goals to her tally. She finished her time at Duke with 80 appearances and 19 goals to her name. [1]
After her four years at Duke, McGuire transferred to the University of Mississippi in order to pursue a Master of Arts degree. [11] She used the extra year of eligibility granted to athletes due to the COVID-19 pandemic to also play a fifth year of soccer. [9] McGuire tallied her first goal with the Ole Miss Rebels in the team's season opener, a 5–0 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on August 18, 2022. [12] McGuire ended up earning 14 appearances (all starts) and recorded 7 goals, averaging a goal every other game. [13]
McGuire registered for the 2023 NWSL Draft but was ultimately not selected. [14] She then joined Team Boca Blast in the amateur Women's Premier Soccer League. McGuire scored 5 goals and registered 1 assist for the Floridan club in her single season of play. [15] Boca Blast did not return to the WPSL in 2024. [16]
On June 17, 2024, McGuire signed a contract with Lexington SC ahead of the inaugural USL Super League season. [17] She scored her first Super League goal in Lexington's home stadium debut, which was a 3–2 defeat to Tampa Bay Sun FC. [18] In October and November, McGuire had a run of scoring 3 goals within 6 games, [19] bringing her total goal tally to 4 going into the league's mid-season break. [20] She totaled 19 appearances (11 starts) [19] with Lexington before departing from the club at the end of the season. [21]
In 2013, McGuire received her first youth international call-up, joining the United States U-14 team for a training camp in Carson, California. [4] She later received call-ups to U-16 and U-18 camps in 2015 and 2017, respectively. [1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lexington SC | 2024–25 | USL Super League | 19 | 4 | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | ||
