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Emily Fox
Fox with the North Carolina Courage in 2023
Personal information
Full name Emily Ann Fox[1]
Date of birth (1998-07-05) July 5, 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Ashburn, Virginia, United States
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 2
Youth career
Loudoun Soccer
Ashburn Crush
Ashburn/Herndon Freedom
FC Virginia
2014 Stone Bridge Bulldogs
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 North Carolina Tar Heels 69 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2022 Racing Louisville 40 (1)
2023 North Carolina Courage 19 (0)
2024– Arsenal 6 (0)
International career‡
2015–2018 United States U20 33 (3)
2018– United States 47 (1)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing  United States
CONCACAF W Championship
Winner 2022 Mexico
CONCACAF W Gold Cup
Winner 2024 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 4, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 9, 2024

Emily Ann Fox (born July 5, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Women's Super League club Arsenal and the United States national team. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels.[2]

College career[edit]

In 2017, Fox started the first thirteen games of her freshman season with the Tar Heels before suffering a torn ACL and missed the remainder of the season. She was named to the third team All-ACC and the All-Freshman Team in 2017.[3]

In 2018, Fox returned to the starting lineup, and at one point started eighteen straight games. Due to her call-up to the USWNT in November 2018, Fox missed the ACC Tournament Semi-Finals and Final as well as the first round of the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina made it all the way to the Final of the 2018 College Cup, where they lost 1–0 to Florida State.[4] Fox was named to the 2018 first-team All-ACC.[3]

Club career[edit]

Racing Louisville (2021–2022)[edit]

Fox was drafted by Racing Louisville FC as the first overall pick of the 2021 NWSL Draft.[5] Fox played more minutes than any other NWSL rookie in 23 appearances for Racing. She led the league in interceptions, with 115, and was a finalist for the NWSL Rookie of the Year award.[6] Ahead of the 2022 season, Fox was named as one of Racing's four team captains.[7]

North Carolina Courage (2023)[edit]

Fox playing for the Courage in the 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup final

In January 2023, Fox was traded to the North Carolina Courage in exchange for Abby Erceg and Carson Pickett.[8] She was named to the NWSL Best XI second team.[9]

Arsenal (2023–present)[edit]

On 11 January 2024, Fox signed for Arsenal.[10] Three days later, she made her debut for the club in Arsenal's FA Cup win to Watford (5–1).[11] On January 28, 2024, in her second league appearance, she recorded her first assist for Arsenal, setting up Vivianne Miedema's goal and also helped set up the second goal in a 2–0 victory against Liverpool. She was named player of the match.[12]

International career[edit]

Youth national team[edit]

In 2015, Fox was named to the roster for the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[13] She scored a goal in the opening game of the tournament, a 2–2 draw vs Mexico.[14] Fox appeared in every game of the tournament, as the U.S. captured their fifth CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[15] Fox was named to the squad for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, she appeared in all six games for the U.S. as they finished fourth in the tournament.[16]

Fox didn't participate in the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship as she was still recovering from her ACL injury. She recovered in time to be named to roster for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, she was one of three players to return for a second U-20 World Cup.[16] Fox appeared in one game at the 2018 U-20 World Cup, as the U.S. failed to advance to the knockout stage.[17]

Senior national team[edit]

Fox received her first call-up to the senior national team in November 2018 for a set of friendlies in Europe.[18] She earned her first cap on November 8, 2018, when she got the start at right back against Portugal.[19] Fox was also in the starting lineup five days later against Scotland.

Fox was originally only named as a practice player for the USWNT training cap ahead of the 2019 SheBelieves Cup, but after Danielle Colaprico had to withdraw from the squad due to injury, Fox was added to the roster.[20]

On June 21, 2023, Fox was named to the USWNT roster for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[21]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

As of match played April 9, 2024
National Team Year Apps Goals Assists
United States
2018 2 0 0
2019 1 0 0
2020 – – –
2021 5 0 0
2022 14 0 1
2023 17 1 1
2024 8 0 1
Total 47 1 3

International goals[edit]

Key (expand for notes on "international goals" and sorting)
Location Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred
Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup Start – played entire match
on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time

off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time
(c) – captain
Sorted by minutes played

Goal in match Goal of total goals by the player in the match
Sorted by total goals followed by goal number
# NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score The match score after the goal was scored.
Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result The final score.

Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation

aet The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parentheses; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
Pink background color – Continental Games or regional tournament
Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE on background colors: Continental Games or regional tournament are sometimes also qualifier for World Cup or Olympics; information depends on the source such as the player's federation.

NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player


Goals 		Cap Date Location Opponent Lineup Min Assist/pass Score Result Competition
1 28 2023-04-08[m 1] Austin, Texas  Republic of Ireland Start 37' Andi Sullivan

1–0

2–0

Friendly

Honors[edit]

Arsenal

United States

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup France 2018 – List of Players: USA U20 (women)" (PDF). FIFA. July 26, 2018. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Emily Fox". ussoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Emily Fox". Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's college soccer: Florida State beats North Carolina 1–0 for 2018 College Cup title". December 3, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  5. ^ Rapp, Timothy (January 13, 2021). "Emily Fox Selected No. 1 Overall by Racing Louisville in 2021 NWSL Draft". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  6. ^ "Emily Fox". Racing Louisville FC. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  7. ^ @RacingLouFC (March 14, 2022). "Introducing the Captains Group ..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "Courage acquire defender Emily Fox in trade with Racing Louisville". North Carolina Courage. January 23, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "Courage land four on NWSL Best XI, presented by Mastercard". North Carolina Courage. November 6, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "Emily Fox signs for Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. January 11, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  11. ^ "Report: Arsenal Women 5–1 Watford". arsenal.com. January 14, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  12. ^ "'I'm very lucky' | Emily Fox wins player of the match". SkySports. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  13. ^ "USA sends young squad to qualifiers for U-20 Women's World Cup". November 30, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  14. ^ "U-20 WNT OPENS WORLD CUP QUALIFYING WITH 2–2 DRAW VS. MEXICO". December 4, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  15. ^ "CHAMPIONS OF CONCACAF! U-20 WNT WINS FIFTH REGIONAL TITLE WITH 1–0 VICTORY VS. CANADA". December 13, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  16. ^ a b "USA ROSTER NAMED FOR 2018 FIFA U-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". July 17, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  17. ^ "HARD-FOUGHT, COMEBACK DRAW VS. SPAIN NOT ENOUGH FOR USA TO ADVANCE AT 2018 FIFA U-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP". August 13, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  18. ^ "24 PLAYERS CALLED FOR WNT NOVEMBER FRIENDLIES IN PORTUGAL AND SCOTLAND". October 26, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  19. ^ "McDonald's first international goal gives USWNT 500th win". November 8, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  20. ^ "DEFENDER EMILY FOX REPLACES DANIELLE COLAPRICO ON 2019 SHEBELIEVES CUP ROSTER". February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  21. ^ "Andonovski Names U.S. Team For 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup | U.S. Soccer Official Website". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  22. ^ Smith, Emma (March 31, 2024). "Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (AET): Stina Blackstenius secures League Cup glory in extra time". BBC Sport. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  23. ^ Das, Andrew (July 19, 2022). "U.S. Women Beat Canada to Claim Spot in Paris Olympics". The New York Times.
  24. ^ "Horan the hero as USA down Brazil to win W Gold Cup crown". CONCACAF.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  25. ^ "U.S. Women's National Team Defeats Iceland 5–0 to Win Third Consecutive and Fifth Overall SheBelieves Cup Title, Presented by Visa". U.S. Soccer. February 23, 2022.
  26. ^ Herrera, Sandra (February 22, 2023). "USWNT vs. Brazil score: USA win SheBelieves Cup with Alex Morgan and Mallory Swanson dominating in attack". CBS Sports. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  27. ^ "2024 Shebelieves Cup final USWNT vs Canada result". U.S. Soccer. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  28. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  29. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  30. ^ "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
Match reports
  1. ^ "U.S. Women's National Team Earns 2–0 Win Against the Republic of Ireland in Front of Sellout Crowd in Austin, Texas". U.S. Soccer. April 8, 2023.

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