Emma Thomson

Title

Assistant Coach
Email

ethomson@gmu.edu
Phone

(703) 993-3213

Emma Thomson joined the George Mason women's soccer staff as assistant coach on July 29, 2015. Thomson begins her fifth season with the Patriots in 2019.

In 2018, Thomson helped lead the Patriots to a 14-6-0 overall record and an 8-2-0 mark against Atlantic 10 opponents. The 14 victories were the most for the program since the 2009 season and tied for fourth-most in program history, while Mason's eight conference wins were the most since joining the A-10. Mason finished the campaign with a record of 8-2-0 at home, including a mark of 5-1-0 against conference opponents at George Mason Stadium.

Freshman forward Emma van der Vorst was named Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, First Team Forward and was also selected to the All-Rookie Team. She became the first Mason women's soccer player to earn A-10 Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors, the third player in program history to be selected Player of the Year and only the fourth player in program history named Rookie of the Year.

George Mason senior captain Emily Littell was selected Atlantic 10 Second Team midfielder and to the 11-member conference All-Academic Team, while sophomore defender Shannon Lee was named A-10 Second Team Defense. Littell was named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Division I Women's Soccer Team First Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), for the second year in a row.

Thomson helped guide Mason to its third straight nine-plus win season (9-9-2) in 2017, including a 6-2-2 regular season record against Atlantic 10 opponents. The Patriots finished third in the A-10 after posting a mark of 9-2-2 over the final 13 regular season games of the 2017 campaign, returning to the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the second straight season.

In 2017, the Patriots had a 4-1-1 record at home against the Atlantic 10, outscoring opponents by a combined score of 11-6. Defensively, Mason allowed two or fewer goals against 16 times, including four shutouts during the 2017 season.

Off the field, the Patriots collected numerous post-season honors. Junior forward/midfielder Emily Littell was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Soccer Team, becoming the first Mason women’s soccer player in program history and just the 11th Mason student-athlete to earn the honor.

The Patriots had two players selected to the A-10 All-Rookie Team, with goalkeeper Louisa Moser and forward Amanda Nhek named to the squad. It marked the first time since joining the conference in 2013 that the Mason women’s soccer team had two players named to the All-Rookie Team in the same season. Moser’s eight victories were the most by a freshman goalkeeper in the A-10.

The Atlantic 10 post-season honors also included senior Abby Downey and Littell, as both were selected to the A-10 All-Academic Team.

Under Thomson, the Mason defense surrendered one of fewer goals in 13 of 21 games during the 2016 season and recorded five shutouts. The Patriots allowed just 12 goals in the first 45 minutes of play during the season and finished with a record of 13-1-1 when holding opponents off the scoreboard in the first half of a match.

With solid play on the backline, Mason didn’t allow a goal in the first half in 15 contests, including holding opponents off the scoreboard in the first half in nine of 11 home games. The Patriots were 7-1-1 at George Mason Stadium when not allowing a goal in the first 45 minutes.

Thomson came to Fairfax via New York where she spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant at St. John’s University.

For two seasons with the Red Storm, Thomson assisted with team and individual development, recruiting, video analysis and scouting.

While working towards a Masters in Sports Management, Thomson assisted Eastern New York ODP teams.

A four-year starter and two-year captain for Penn State women's soccer, Thomson helped the Nittany Lions to four NCAA Tournament appearances, collecting four Big Ten Championships and one Big Ten Tournament Championship. The 2011 PSU Defender of the Year, Thomson was tabbed Academic All-Big Ten in 2009 and 2010. Thomson played professionally with the Boston Breakers and Doncaster Rovers Belles (UK) following graduation from 2012-13.

Thomson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from Penn State in 2012, before completing her Masters in Sports Management from St. John's in 2015.

Currently, Thomson works with FC Virginia's DA U13-U19 teams and holds her USSF B license and NSCAA Diploma.