| Emmie Allen | |
| Birth Date: | 25 October 2002[1] |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Bay FC |
| Clubnumber: | 32 |
| Collegeyears1: | 2021–2023 |
| College1: | North Carolina |
| Collegecaps1: | 47 |
| Collegegoals1: | 0 |
| Years1: | 2024– |
| Clubs1: | Bay FC |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
Emmie Allen (born October 25, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Allen grew up in High Point, North Carolina, the younger of two children born to Laura and Scott Allen.[2] She began playing soccer at a young age. She came from a University of North Carolina family and attended soccer camps there while in middle school.[3] She played soccer and basketball for High Point Christian Academy in eighth grade.[4] She began online schooling the next year while playing for the NC Courage Academy club team.[4] She committed to North Carolina as a ninth grader.[3]
After redshirting her freshman year, Allen became North Carolina's starting goalkeeper at the start of the 2022 season.[2] [5] She alternated playing halves with another keeper in her first six games.[2] [6] She saved two penalty kicks in her first shootout in college in the semifinals of the 2022 ACC tournament.[7] In the 2022 NCAA tournament, she made six saves to shut out Notre Dame in the quarterfinals and a career-high nine saves against Florida State in the semifinals.[8] [9] In the 2022 championship game against UCLA, she recorded eight saves, but with seconds remaining she was shoved to the ground on a corner kick converted by the Bruins; the play was not called a foul, and North Carolina lost in overtime.[3] [10] [11] She totaled 70 saves and 8 shutouts on the season.[2]
Before her 2023 season, Allen recovered from a spring knee injury and played with the Courage's amateur USL W League side in the summer.[3] [4] She recorded 46 saves and 8 shutouts as a redshirt sophomore, including two shutouts in the 2023 NCAA tournament.[2] She tied her career high with nine saves in the team's NCAA quarterfinal loss to BYU.[2] [12]
After going undrafted in the 2024 NWSL Draft, Allen trained with Bay FC in the 2024 preseason and was signed to a one-year contract with a one-year option, becoming the third option behind Lysianne Proulx and Katelyn Rowland.[13] [14] She made her professional debut on July 20, 2024, as the starting keeper in a 3–1 defeat to San Diego Wave FC in the first group stage game of the 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup.[15]