Emilio Pope

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Emilio Pope
Personal information
Full name Emilio Fabrizio Pope
Date of birth (2001-06-22) June 22, 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender, Forward
Number 23
Youth career
Years Team
2010–2019 Loudoun Soccer Club
2015–2019 Loudoun County High School Soccer
2016–2017 Olympic Development Team
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 University of Mary Washington 2 (0)
2020–2021 George Mason Patriots 1 (0)

Emilio Pope (born June 22, 2001) is an American soccer player that most recently played for the George Mason Patriots, both as a defender and a forward. Born in the United States and the son of former United states men's national soccer team player Eddie Pope.

Career

Youth

In January 2010, Pope joined Loudoun Soccer as a defender where he would go on playing until 2019.[1]

In September 2015, Pope attended Loudoun County High School,[2] where he would perform as one of the team captains throughout the course of four years. During his time there, he would be named one of the few members of the All-District[3] and All-Region teams.[4]

In January 2016, after a successful trial, Pope joined the Olympic team through the Olympic Development Soccer Program in Virginia,[5] where he would compete until 2017.

College

In 2019, Pope attended the University of Mary Washington to play Division 3 college soccer. The freshman made his debut in October 2019 and had a total of 2 appearances.[6]

In April 2020, Pope was scouted by George Mason University. He signed with the team to begin playing Division 1 college soccer in July 2020.[7] During the beginning of his season as a George Mason Patriot, Pope became injured due to a hyperextended semitendinosus which he would not recover from until the beginning of 2021. Post recovery, the sophomore made his debut April 10 against VCU and was named a part of the 2020-2021 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

References

  1. "Loudoun Soccer". loudounsoccer.com.
  2. "Loudoun County Men's Soccer Bio (emilio-pope)".
  3. "First Team Selection". May 17, 2019.
  4. "Second Team Selection". June 6, 2019.
  5. "Olympic Development Program".
  6. "University of Mary Washington Men's Soccer Roster".
  7. "George Mason Men's Soccer Roster".

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