Emeri Adames
![]() Adames with the Seattle Reign in 2024 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Emeri Kate Adames[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | April 3, 2006|||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Seattle Reign | |||||||||||||
Number | 47 | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2024– | Seattle Reign | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||
International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
2022 | United States U-17 | 8 | (2) | |||||||||||
2023 | United States U-19 | 5 | (3) | |||||||||||
2024– | United States U-20 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 7, 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 16, 2024 |
Emeri Kate Adames (born April 3, 2006) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Seattle Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national under-20 team. She was signed by the Reign at age 17 in 2024.
Early life
[edit]Adames was raised in Dallas, Texas.[2] She attended her first two years of high school at Life High School Waxahachie, where she set a school record with 47 goals in one season in 2021 as a freshman, and she competed in cross country and track.[3] She then attended the University of Texas at Austin High School.[3] She played club soccer for the Dallas Texans Soccer Club and then Solar Soccer Club of the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), earning ECNL All-American honors from 2020–21 to 2022–23.[3][4]
Club career
[edit]After training with the team in the preseason, Adames signed a multiyear contract with the Seattle Reign in March 13, 2024, through the NWSL's Under-18 Entry Mechanism.[5] She had previously committed to the University of North Carolina.[2] She made her professional debut as a 90th-minute substitute in the Reign's season opener on March 17.[6] She scored her first professional goal just before full time in a 3–2 loss to the Washington Spirit on May 24.[7] On August 25, she headed a cross in stoppage time to create an own goal and go up 1–0 against the North Carolina Courage. In celebration, she emulated the outstretched-arms pose of her childhood idol Megan Rapinoe, whose jersey was being retired by the Reign that night.[8]
International career
[edit]Adames played for United States youth national teams beginning at the under-14 level.[5] She played all four games for the national under-17 team at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[9] She won bronze with national under-19 at the 2023 Pan American Games, where they played against other countries' senior squads.[10] She was selected to the under-20 team's roster for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022 – USA" (PDF). October 4, 2022. p. 16. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Munson, Bella (April 11, 2024). "Emeri Adames: Star in the making". The Equalizer. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Emeri Adames". Seattle Reign FC. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ "Girls ECNL announces 2020–21 All Americans". Elite Clubs National League. September 20, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
"ECNL Girls All-America Teams". Elite Clubs National League. August 29, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
"ECNL Girls 2022–23 All-American Teams". Elite Clubs National League. August 24, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer. - ^ a b "Seattle Reign FC Signs U18 Forward Emeri Adames". Seattle Reign FC. March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Match Recap: Seattle Reign FC Starts New Era with 1-0 Win Over Washington". Seattle Reign FC. March 17, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ Cristobal, Jacob (May 24, 2024). "Everything continues to be bad as Reign lose 3–2 at Spirit". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ Vertelney, Seth (August 28, 2024). "Adames 'pose' tribute leaves Rapinoe emotional after storybook Reign winner". Pro Soccer Wire. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Under-17 Women's Youth National Team Calls Up 23 Players for Training Camp in North Carolina". United States Soccer Federation. May 29, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Under-19 Women's National Team Wins Bronze Medal at 2023 Pan American Games with 2–0 Victory over Argentina". United States Soccer Federation. November 3, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. U-20 WYNT Head Coach Tracey Kevins Names 21-Player Roster for 2024 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia". United States Soccer Federation. August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Emeri Adames at Soccerway.com
- Emeri Adames at FBref.com
- Emeri Adames at the Seattle Reign
- Emeri Adames at the National Women's Soccer League
- Living people
- 2006 births
- Soccer players from Dallas
- American women's soccer players
- Women's association football forwards
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- Seattle Reign FC players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in football
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- 21st-century American sportswomen