.jpg) Sams warming up with the Orlando Pride in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Emily May Sams[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Emily May Madril[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | July 1, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Boise, Idaho, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Center back, fullback | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Orlando Pride | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Gulf Coast Texans | |||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | Florida State Seminoles | 62 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Racing Louisville (W League) | 9 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | NWSL pool | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → BK Häcken (loan) | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Orlando Pride | 47 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | United States U19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | United States U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | United States U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | United States | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 4, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Emily May Sams (née Madril; born July 1, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. She plays primarily as a center back but has also been deployed at right back.
She played college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles, where she won the 2021 national championship. She played half a season in Sweden before being selected third overall by the Pride in the 2023 NWSL Draft. In 2024, she helped lead the Pride to the NWSL Shield and was named NWSL Defender of the Year.
Sams trained with the youth national team from the under-19 to under-23 levels. She was included in the squad that won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics before making her senior debut later that year.
- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 – Squad List: USA" (PDF). FIFA. July 12, 2024. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
- ^ "College of Arts and Sciences: Bachelor of Arts With Major In" (PDF). Spring Commencement 2021. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University. April 2021. p. 44. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2023.