Emily Nicole Boyd (born July 25, 1996) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for the HB Køge of the Elitedivisionen.
![]() Boyd in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emily Nicole Boyd[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1996-07-25) July 25, 1996 (age 26) | ||
Place of birth | Seattle, Washington, United States | ||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Chicago Red Stars | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2014 | Nathan Hale | ||
Crossfire Premiere FC | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2017 | California Golden Bears | 85 | (0) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018– | Chicago Red Stars | 13 | (0) |
2020 | → HB Køge (loan) | 8 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
United States U-18 | |||
United States U-20 | |||
2018–2019 | United States U-23 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 20, 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 20, 2019 |
Emily 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]
Emily 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.
Emily Boyd has been called up to camps by the United States at the U-15, U-18, U-20 and U-23 levels.[3][8]
As of May 20, 2019
League | Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Assists | Goals | Shutouts | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Shutouts | |||
NCAA | California Golden Bears | 2014 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 |
2015 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||
2016 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||
2018 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | ||
total | 76 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 36 | ||
NWSL | Chicago Red Stars | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2019 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
10 |
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total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
Career total | 88 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 38 |
Pac-12 Conference Women's Soccer Player of the Year | |
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Player of the Year |
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Forward of the Year | |
Midfielder of the Year | |
Defender of the Year | |
Goalkeeper of the Year |
Chicago Red Stars – current squad | |
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