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Emily Boyd
Boyd in 2017
Personal information
Full name Emily Nicole Boyd[1]
Date of birth (1996-07-25) July 25, 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Seattle, Washington, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2010–2014 Nathan Hale High School
Crossfire Premiere FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 California Golden Bears 85 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 Chicago Red Stars 18 (0)
2020 → HB Køge (loan) 8 (0)
International career
United States U-18
United States U-20
2018–2019 United States U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emily Nicole Boyd (born July 25, 1996) is an American retired professional soccer player.

College career

Boyd played four years for the University of California-Berkeley Golden Bears. During her time at Cal she made 85 appearances and finished with 36 career shutouts, twice setting the Cal single season shutout record. Her freshman year she was named the First Team Freshman All-American and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. She followed this with All-Pac-12 Second Team honors in her sophomore and junior years. Her senior year she was named to the All-American Second team and All-Pac-12 First team and became the first Cal Bear to win the Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year award.[2] While at the University of California-Berkeley Boyd majored in Sports Business and Marketing.[3]

Professional career

Boyd was drafted in round 2, 15th overall, of the 2018 NWSL College Draft by the Chicago Red Stars.[4][5] She was signed by the team in March 2019.[6] During her first season, 2018, Boyd made 2 starts with 2 shutouts for the Red Stars.[7] Boyd's 2019 season also started off very well, seeing her nominated for the NWSL Save of the Week in two of her first three starts.

She was loaned to HB Køge in August 2020.[8][9] Boyd was injured on October 3, 2020, suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament.[10][11] Boyd returned to Chicago Red Stars in November 2020.[12]

On February 15, 2024, Boyd announced her retirement from professional soccer.[13]

International career

Boyd has been called up to camps by the United States at the U-15, U-18, U-20 and U-23 levels.[3][14]

Career statistics

College

Club Season Apps Goals
California 2014 22 0
2015 22 0
2016 21 0
2017 20 0
Career totals 85 0

Club

Club Season League Cup[a] Playoffs[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chicago Red Stars 2018 NWSL 2 0 — 0 0 — 2 0
2019 10 0 — 0 0 — 10 0
2020 — 1 0 — 0[c] 0 1 0
2021 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
2022 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
2023 2 0 3 0 — — 5 0
HB Køge 2020–21 Kvindeligaen 8 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Career total 26 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
  1. ^ Includes the NWSL Challenge Cup and Danish Women's Cup
  2. ^ Includes NWSL Playoffs
  3. ^ Includes the NWSL Fall Series

Honors

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Kampfakta – AaB 1:2 HB Køge (03.10.2020)" [Match facts: AaB 1–2 HB Køge (October 3, 2020)]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). October 3, 2020. Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Cal Emily Boyd". February 16, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Emily Boyd Now Foods". Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "2018 NWSL College Draft". January 18, 2018. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Cal Duo Drafted by Chicago". University of California-Berkeley. January 18, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  6. ^ "The Roster Reveal". Chicago Red Stars Twitter. March 19, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Chicago Red Stars Preview: What kind of impact will Emily Boyd have?". Last Word on Soccer. April 9, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  8. ^ "Hill, Miller, Doniak, Boyd and Sharples on Loan for Offseason | | Chicago Red Stars". Archived from the original on September 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Groth, Alfred Winther (August 12, 2020). "Landsholdsmålmand skifter Chicago ud med Køge".
  10. ^ Groth, Alfred Winther (October 11, 2020). "Stina Lykke erstattede Emily Boyd".
  11. ^ "Emily Boyd Suffers Knee Injury | Chicago Red Stars". Archived from the original on October 26, 2020.
  12. ^ Nybo, Jesper (November 24, 2020). "HB Køge siger farvel til to amerikanere".
  13. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  14. ^ "U-23 Opens 2018 with Los Angeles Training CAmp". January 2, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2019.