# Emily Fox

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. Prior to her move to the English club, she played for Racing Louisville and North Carolina Courage.
Fox played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels, where she was named first-team All-ACC three times. She was the first overall pick by Racing Louisville FC in the 2021 NWSL Draft. After two seasons, she was traded to the North Carolina Courage before signing with Arsenal in 2024.
Fox made her senior debut for the United States in 2018. She won a gold medal with the national team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

## Early life and college career

Born and raised in Ashburn, Virginia to Leslie and Alex Fox, she has a brother and sister, Garrett and Lauren. She began playing soccer at the age of five. She also ran 5Ks and practiced gymnastics until middle school. She attended Stone Bridge High School, where she played one season as a freshman, leading the team with 16 goals as a midfielder and reaching the state championship game, and was named first-team all-state. She graduated one year early and entered the University of North Carolina in January 2017.

### North Carolina Tar Heels (2017–2020)

Fox started the first thirteen games of her freshman fall season with the North Carolina before suffering a torn ACL and missing the rest of the season. She was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference third team and all-freshman team. In her sophomore season, due to her call-up to the USWNT in November 2018, she missed the ACC tournament semifinals and final and the first round of NCAA tournament. She returned in the third round as North Carolina made it all the way to the national final, where they fell 1–0 to Florida State. Fox was named to the All-ACC first team and the all-tournament team of the NCAA championship.
Fox led the team with 11 assists in the 2019 season and was named first-team All-ACC and first-team All-American. She assisted on the winning goals to Lotte Wubben-Moy and Alessia Russo in the semifinals and final respectively of ACC tournament, making the all-tournament team. She scored her first college goal in the first round of the NCAA tournament against Belmont and found her second goal to tie the game against USC in the quarterfinals but then tore her ACL for a second time in that game. North Carolina went on to win the game and reached another national final but lost to Stanford on penalties. Fox was again named first-team All-ACC after the fall 2020 season.

## Club career
### Racing Louisville (2021–2022)

Fox was drafted by Racing Louisville FC as the first overall pick of the 2021 NWSL Draft. 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. Fox was named to the NWSL Second XI for her performances in her rookie season. Ahead of the 2022 season, Fox was named as one of Racing's four team captains.

### North Carolina Courage (2023)

In January 2023, Fox was traded to the North Carolina Courage in exchange for Abby Erceg and Carson Pickett. She was part of the squad that won the 2023 NWSL Challenge Cup, playing in four of the eight matches. She made 18 appearances (all starts) in the regular season as the Courage finished in third place; she was named to the NWSL Second XI for a second time at the end of the year.

### Arsenal (2024–present)

On January 11, 2024, Fox signed with Arsenal. Three days later, she made her debut for the club in Arsenal's FA Cup win to Watford (5–1). 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.
Fox made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut with Arsenal on September 4, 2024, starting in a home match against Rangers which finished as a 6–0 victory. She scored her first goal for the club during a 4–1 Champions League group stage win against Vålerenga on October 16, 2024. At the beginning of December, Fox was named Arsenal’s player of the month for November. Reflecting on her first year at Arsenal, Fox felt that she has been pushed and challenged since making the move. On February 16, 2025, Fox scored her first WSL goal for Arsenal against Tottenham in the North London Derby in the 90th minute.

## International career
### Youth national team

In 2015, Fox was named to the roster for the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. She scored a goal in the opening game of the tournament, a 2–2 draw vs Mexico. Fox appeared in every game of the tournament, as the U.S. captured their fifth CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. 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.
Fox did not 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 the roster for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, one of three players to return for a second U-20 World Cup. Fox appeared in one game as the U.S. failed to advance to the knockout stage.

### Senior national team

Fox received her first call-up to the senior national team in November 2018 for a set of friendlies in Europe. She earned her first cap on November 8, 2018, when she got the start at right back against Portugal. 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 camp 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.
On February 3, 2022, Fox was named to the 2022 SheBelieves Cup roster for the tournament. The tournament included the United States, Iceland, New Zealand, and Czech Republic as participating squads. Fox started in all three matches for the United States. The U.S. would go on to win their 5th title after a draw in their first game.
Fox was named to the roster for the 2023 SheBelieves Cup and was the only player to play three full ninety minute games, 270 minutes overall, as the USWNT won the tournament for the fourth consecutive year, and sixth time overall. In the following national team camp for a set of friendlies against Ireland, Fox scored her first goal for the senior national team on April 8, 2023, which finished as a 2–0 victory.
On June 21, 2023, Fox was named to the USWNT roster for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Fox started in all four matches and played all but 8 minutes, and was part of a defense that allowed just two shots on goal and one goal all tournament before the USWNT were ultimately eliminated on penalties by Sweden after a scoreless 0–0 draw in the Round of 16.
On April 9, 2024, Fox converted her first professional penalty in a shootout against Canada, to help win the 2024 SheBelieves Cup for the USWNT. After the match ended as a 2–2 draw, Fox converted the final penalty to finish the shootout at 5–4, and win the title for the seventh time.
Fox was selected to the 18-player roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics in France and earned her fiftieth cap in a friendly against Mexico ahead of the Olympics on July 13, 2024. She started in all six matches during the Olympic tournament, including the gold medal match against Brazil, which the United States won 1–0 on a goal from Mallory Swanson.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played March 14, 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Racing Louisville | 2021 | NWSL | 23 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 0 |
| Racing Louisville | 2022 | NWSL | 17 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1 |
| Racing Louisville | Total | Total | 40 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 50 | 1 |
| North Carolina Courage | 2023 | NWSL | 18 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Arsenal | 2023–24 | WSL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Arsenal | 2024–25 | WSL | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 2 |
| Arsenal | Total | Total | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | — | — | 43 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 84 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 3 |
* ↑ Includes Women's FA Cup
* ↑ Includes NWSL Challenge Cup, FA Women's League Cup
* ↑ Appearance in NWSL Playoffs
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Women's Champions League

### International

    As of match played February 26, 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| United States | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| United States | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| United States | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| United States | 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| United States | 2022 | 14 | 0 |
| United States | 2023 | 17 | 1 |
| United States | 2024 | 23 | 0 |
| United States | 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 65 | 1 |
    Scores and results list United States's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fox goal.
List of international goals scored by Emily Fox :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
| 1 | April 8, 2023 | Austin, Texas | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |

## Honors

Racing Louisville FC
* The Women's Cup: 2021
North Carolina Courage
* NWSL Challenge Cup: 2023
Arsenal
* FA Women's League Cup: 2023–24
United States
* Summer Olympic Games Gold Medal: 2024
* CONCACAF W Championship: 2022
* CONCACAF W Gold Cup: 2024
* SheBelieves Cup: 2022, 2023, 2024
Individual
* First-Team All-America:2019
* First Team All-ACC: 2018, 2019
* NCAA College Cup All-Tournament: 2018
* ACC All-Academic Team: 2018, 2019
* ACC All-Tournament: 2019
* All-Atlantic Region First Team: 2019
* Hermann Trophy Semi-Finalist 2019
* Honda Sports Award Finalist 2020 (soccer)
* NWSL Team of the Month: May 2021, March/April 2023
* NWSL Best XI Second Team: 2021, 2023
* NWSL 2021 Rookie of the Year Finalist
* Arsenal Player of the Month : November 2024
* Barclays Women's Super League Player of the Match: 2
* ESPN FC Women's Rank: #34 on the 2024 list of 50 best women's soccer players 2024
* The Guardian's The 100 Best Female Footballers in the World: 2024 Rank #57