Crone was born in the Orlando suburb of Maitland, Florida, to Mark and Lora Crone, and has a younger sister.[2] She played multiple sports growing up before dedicating herself to soccer at age nine, though she also swam varsity in high school.[2][4] She lettered in four years of soccer at Edgewater High School in Orlando, playing at forward as a freshman before staying in goal, and received all-metro honors three times. She played club soccer for Florida Kraze Krush.[2]
College career
Crone played two full seasons as the starting keeper for the Oklahoma Sooners. She piled up saves with 111 as a freshman in the 2017 season and 97 as a sophomore in 2018, though the team had losing records both years.[4][5] She then suffered an injury and sought to play elsewhere, transferring to the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2020.[4][6] In the 2021 season, she shut out Clemson in the first round of the NCAA championship, helping Alabama win its first ever match at the national tournament, and made a season-high seven saves in the loss to BYU in the next round.[2][7]
In the 2022 regular season, Crone allowed only 11 goals in 19 games as Alabama went undefeated against Southeastern Conference (SEC) opponents and won the conference regular-season title for the first time in program history.[4][6] They were beaten by South Carolina in the SEC tournament final but made it to the semifinals of the NCAA tournament for the first time, where Crone posted a season-high eight saves but allowed three, losing to eventual champions UCLA.[2][8] She made 229 saves in three years at Alabama and tied the program record with 21 career clean sheets. She holds the all-time national record for career minutes played by a goalkeeper (9,519).[2]
Club career
Crone joined hometown club Orlando Pride as a non-roster trialist in the 2023 preseason. On September 13, she was signed to the roster for the rest of the season after having two spells on national team replacement contracts.[9] She again trained with the Pride in the 2024 preseason, signing one-year contract on March 11.[10] On July 20, she made her professional debut with the start in a 1–1 draw against the North Carolina Courage in the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, making five saves in regulation and stopping two penalties in the 5–4 shootout loss.[11] On September 6, she signed a two-year extension to stay with the Pride through 2026.[12]
On May 3, 2025, Crone made her NWSL regular-season debut in a 1–0 defeat to the Portland Thorns, replacing the injured Anna Moorhouse as a second-half substitute and not conceding in her 40 minutes in net.[13]
On January 30, 2026, Crone joined Fort Lauderdale United on loan for the rest of the USL Super League season.[14] She made her Super League debut the following day, making several saves in a 3–1 loss to Lexington SC to open the second half of Fort Lauderdale United's season.[15]
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