Emma Loving

Emma Loving
Personal information
Full name Emma Catherine Loving[1]
Date of birth (1998-03-05) March 5, 1998[2]
Place of birth Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.[3]
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[4]
Position(s) Winger[3][5]
Team information
Current team
 Brooklyn FC
Youth career
Buckingham United
FC Bucks
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Penn Quakers 69 (10)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 Mallbackens IF 11 (2)
2022–2024 SC Sand 40 (9)
2024–2025 Strasbourg 20 (0)
2025– Brooklyn FC 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 17, 2025

Emma Catherine Loving (born March 5, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for USL Super League club Brooklyn FC. She played college soccer for the Penn Quakers before starting her professional career in Europe with Mallbackens IF, SC Sand, and Strasbourg.

Early life

Loving was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania,[3] to Brian and Jennifer Loving.[4] She originally played soccer for local club Buckingham United before switching to FC Bucks in eighth grade.[6] Loving attended Central Bucks High School East, where she was the junior varsity team's top scorer as a freshman.[7] She then moved up to the varsity squad, was named two-time all-state and all-region, and eventually became team captain.[4][7] As a senior, Loving was named a high school All-American by the NSCAA after recording 33 goals and 11 assists.[6][8] She had also helped Central Bucks East win a historic district title and reach the Pennsylvania state championship match.[9]

College career

As a high school sophomore, Loving committed to the University of Pennsylvania; she had also considered Rutgers University and the University of Virginia before ultimately choosing to play for the Penn Quakers.[7] On September 4, 2016, she scored her first two collegiate goals in a 5–0 win over Robert Morris.[10] Loving did not look back, scoring 4 more goals across all 16 of the Quakers' matches to become Penn's 2016 leading scorer.[4] She subsequently earned recognition as an All-Ivy honorable mention at the end of the year.[11]

In her sophomore season, Loving once again appeared in all 16 of Penn's matches.[4] On September 23, 2017, she scored the lone goal in the Quakers' Ivy League-opening victory over Harvard, which was also the program's first win over the Crimson in 5 years.[12] Her performance in the game earned her the honor of Ivy League player of the Week.[4] Loving rounded out her college career with two more seasons, one of which included an Ivy League championship title. She made 69 total appearances for the program.[4]

Club career

Mallbackens IF

Loving signed her first professional contract with Swedish second-division club Mallbackens IF in August 2022.[13] She scored twice in her 11 Elitettan appearances, first in August against Älvsjö AIK and then three months later in a draw with Jitex BK.[2][14]

SC Sand

On January 31, 2023, Loving signed with German team SC Sand halfway through the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga season, joining fellow American Jenna Zuniga.[15] Across her one-and-a-half seasons with SC Sand, Loving scored 9 times across 40 league games. She also made 2 appearances in the DFB-Pokal cup, both of which occurred in the 2023–24 season.[1]

Strasbourg

Loving signed for newly-promoted French top-flight team RC Strasbourg Alsace on July 27, 2024.[3] Despite joining a team in a different country, Loving did not have to move particularly far, with the German town of Willstätt and the French city of Strasbourg both in close proximity to one another.[3] Loving kicked off her stint with Strasbourg on a positive note, scoring a brace in a preseason match against FC Metz.[16] However, she did not find the back of the net again in her time with the club.[2] Loving helped Strasbourg finish 9th in the Première Ligue standings and evade relegation back down to the Seconde Ligue.[17]

Brooklyn FC

On July 29, 2025, Loving headed back stateside and joined USL Super League club Brooklyn FC.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of August 17, 2025[1][2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Playoffs Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mallbackens IF 2022 Elitettan 11 2 2[a] 0 — 13 2
SC Sand 2022–23 2. Frauen-Bundesliga 14 3 — — 14 3
2023–24 26 6 2[b] 0 — 28 6
Total 40 9 2 0 0 0 42 9
RC Strasbourg Alsace 2024–25 Première Ligue 20 0 1[c] 0 — 21 0
Brooklyn FC 2025–26 USL Super League 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 71 11 5 0 0 0 76 11
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Svenska Cupen
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the DFB-Pokal
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in the Coupe de France

Honors

Penn Quakers

References

  1. ^ a b c Emma Loving at DFB (also available in German)
  2. ^ a b c d Emma Loving at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b c d e "American Emma Loving signs for Racing". RC Strasbourg Alsace. July 27, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Emma Loving - Women's Soccer". Penn Quakers. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Brooklyn FC Signs Midfielder Emma Loving". Brooklyn FC. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "CB East's Loving Named All-American". Suburban One Sports. Archived from the original on July 28, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c Kern, Reina (October 25, 2018). "Inside recruiting: Penn's Emma Loving on why she committed early". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 9, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  8. ^ Keen, Bill (January 15, 2016). "GIRLS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Emma Loving, Central Bucks East". PhillyBurbs. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  9. ^ "Girls' Soccer Player of the Year: Emma Loving, C.B. East". Philadelphia Inquirer. December 4, 2015. Archived from the original on June 23, 2025. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  10. ^ Altland, Sam (September 4, 2016). "Penn women's soccer rolls by Robert Morris, 5-0". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  11. ^ "Allie Trzaska, Emma Loving earn All-Ivy honors at University of Pennsylvania". The Reporter. July 26, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  12. ^ "Loving's Goal Lifts Women's Soccer Over Harvard, 1-0". Penn Quakers. September 23, 2017. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  13. ^ "Två tillskott till Mallbackens trupp!" [Two additions to Mallbacken's squad!]. Mallbackens IF Sunne A-lag Damer (in Swedish). Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  14. ^ "Alexandra Hellekant poängräddare för Jitex BK mot Mallbacken" [Alexandra Hellekant saves points for Jitex BK against Mallbacken]. Mölndals-Posten (in Swedish). November 5, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  15. ^ "SC SAND VERSTÄRKT SICH" [SC SAND STRENGTHENS]. SC Sand (in German). January 31, 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  16. ^ "Les Strasbourgeoises lancent leur prépa par un succès!" [Strasbourg women launch their prep program with success!] (in French). RC Strasbourg Alsace. August 5, 2024. Archived from the original on July 9, 2025. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
  17. ^ "ARKEMA PREMIERE LIGUE - Results, Standings and Calendar" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved August 17, 2025.
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