title: Emily Alvarado
text: # Emily Alvarado
  
  Emily Sofia Alvarado Natividad (born 9 June 1998) is an American-born Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Mexico women's national team and the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League.
  
  ## Youth career
  
  Alvarado played youth soccer for the Houston Dynamo/Dash Youth club and the Elite Clubs National League club Texas Rush.
  
  ## Collegiate career
  
  Alvarado was a team captain and starter for Texas Christian University's NCAA Division 1 women's soccer program in Fort Worth, Texas. She was a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist in the 2020–21 season, was named 2021 Big 12 Conference goalkeeper of the year, a first-team United Soccer Coaches All-American player, and ended her career as Texas Christian University's all-time career leader in shutouts with 21.
  
  ## Club career
  
  ### Stade de Reims, 2021–2023
  
  On 18 July 2021, French Division 1 Féminine club Stade de Reims Féminines signed Alvarado to a two-year contract. She appeared in 39 of 40 matches and tallied 150 saves for Reims before leaving the team after its 25 March 2023 match against ASJ Soyaux-Charente.
  
  ### Houston Dash, 2023–
  
  On 7 April 2023, the United States National Women's Soccer League club Houston Dash announced that it had signed Alvarado through the remainder of the 2023 season with an option to extend her contract through 2024.
  
  ## International career
  
  Alvarado made her senior debut for Mexico on 26 May 2019 in a friendly match against the United States.
  
  ## Honors and awards
  
  ### International
  
  **Mexico U17**
  
  * CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship: 2013
  
  **Mexico U20**
  
  * CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2018
  
  ### Individual
  
  * 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: Golden Glove
  