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Emerson Elgin
American soccer player (born 2003) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Emerson Mackenzie Elgin (born March 21, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left back for USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun, on loan from Boston Legacy FC. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels and helped the team win the 2024 national championship.
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Early life
Elgin grew up in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, the daughter of Johanna and Ernest Elgin, and has three older brothers. She played soccer at a young age in the footsteps of her brothers, two of whom played at the college level.[1][2] She attended Ramapo High School, earning all-state honors in her only season on the soccer team.[1] She played club soccer for Players Development Academy before moving to STA Soccer, where she was team captain.[1][2] She committed to North Carolina as a freshman.[2]
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College career
Elgin entered her freshman season with North Carolina Tar Heels as a starter but tore her quadriceps in the second game of the season, ruling her out for the rest of the year.[3] She returned the next year to make 23 appearances (7 starts) in 2022, starting the last five rounds of the NCAA tournament, where North Carolina finished runners-up to UCLA. In 2023, she recorded 3 assists in 22 games (21 starts), including the winning assist to Ally Sentnor in the NCAA tournament second round as North Carolina reached the quarterfinals.[1] She was the only starter to return to the team in 2024, when she played in 26 games (25 starts) and scored 1 goal with 1 assist.[1][4] She played every minute of the NCAA tournament after the first round, helping her team concede just once in six games. North Carolina defeated Wake Forest 1–0 in the final to win its 23rd national title and first since 2012.[1][5]
During college, Elgin also played for the 2024 USL W League champion North Carolina Courage U23, scoring two goals in five games.[6]
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Club career
Elgin trained with the North Carolina Courage and Gotham FC as a non-roster trialist in the 2025 preseason.[7][8] On April 12, 2025, Gotham FC announced that the club had signed Elgin to a short-term injury replacement contract.[9] She did not make a competitive appearance for Gotham before the contract expired in June.[10]
On July 17, 2025, National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) expansion team Boston Legacy announced that the club had signed Elgin through the 2027 season.[11] She joined USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun on loan before Boston began play in 2026.[11] On August 23, she made her professional debut with the Sun, playing the entirety of their opening day 2–1 loss to the Brooklyn FC.[12]
International career
Elgin was invited to virtual training with the United States under-19 team during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.[13]
Honors and awards
Gotham FC
North Carolina Courage U23
North Carolina Tar Heels
References
External links
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