Emilee Sukja O'Neil (; born March 26, 1983) is an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and a defender. She most recently played for the

Portland Thorns FC The Portland Thorns FC is an American professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which receives support from the Uni ...

of the

National Women's Soccer League The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...

Career

Youth and college career

O'Neil attended

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

where she majored in Human Biology.

Professional career

O'Neil came to the

as a trialist before being named to their opening day roster for the inaugural 2013 season with the

. February 8, 2014, the Portland Thorns released O'Neil.

Personal

Parents Tom Shim and Martha Abbott-Shim. Stepped away from soccer after graduating from Stanford. Married husband Michael O'Neil in 2009.

References

External links

Portland Thorns FC player profile

1983 births Living people American women's soccer players Stanford Cardinal women's soccer players Portland Thorns FC players National Women's Soccer League players Women's association football defenders Women's association football midfielders {{US-women-footy-bio-stub