Emily Mason (soccer)

Raised in Flemington, New Jersey, Mason played prep soccer at Hunterdon Central Regional High School. In her junior season, she was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year for 2020, having led Hunterdon Central to the Group IV state championship. ==College career==

Mason appeared in all 25 games (18 starts) and provided 4 assists in her freshman season with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in 2021. Rutgers went 10–0 in Big Ten Conference play to claim the program's first conference regular-season title, and they did not concede in the Big Ten tournament until losing 1–0 to Michigan in the final. In the NCAA tournament, she started all five games as the seed Scarlet Knights reached their second-ever national semifinal, where they fell 1–0 to eventual champions Florida State. Mason scored a career-high 3 goals in 16 starts at center back in her sophomore season in 2022. Though she missed the end of the year with injury, she was named first-team All-Big Ten and third-team All-American by United Soccer Coaches. In her junior season in 2023, she scored 1 goal in 20 games (17 starts) and played every minute of the conference schedule, earning second-team All-Big Ten honors. She had 2 goals and 2 assists in 21 games in her senior season in 2024, and led the team in minutes played, earning first-team All-Big ten honors. In the Big Ten tournament, she assisted in a 1–1 draw against USC and made her penalty in a shootout win to advance to the final, where they lost to UCLA. ==Club career==

Seattle Reign FC announced on January 8, 2025, that they had signed Mason to her first professional contract on a one-year deal. She made her professional debut on March 22, starting at right back in a 2–1 road win over the North Carolina Courage. She played across the back line primarily as a substitute during her rookie season. ==International career==

Mason was called up to the United States youth national team at the under-14, under-16, under-18, and under-20 levels. She made 4 starts for the United States at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, including the final 4–1 victory over Mexico. She appeared in all 7 games (5 starts) at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, scoring 3 goals during the tournament and this time shutting out Mexico in the final, 2–0. She appeared in all 3 games (2 starts) for the United States 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where they did not make it out of the group stage. She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing concurrently with the senior national team, in January 2025. == Career statistics ==

Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Big Ten Conference: 2021 United States U-20 • CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2022 • Sud Ladies Cup: 2022 Individual • Third-team All-American: 2022 • First-team All-Big Ten: 2022, 2024 • Second-team All-Big Ten: 2023 • Gatorade National Player of the Year: 2020 ==References==