You may know Emma Phillips - Northwestern legend, all-Big10 Defender, scorer of incredible set-piece goals and so much more. Well, after graduating in December of 2025, she spent the past year starting to realize her dream of playing PRO SOCCER. She spent the season playing at Grindavik in Iceland and then had a training stint with AFC Toronto in Canada's Northern Super League.
We caught up with Emma as she prepares for season 2.
She will take you behind the curtain. You'll hear about her pro soccer dreams, her experiences abroad, how Northwestern soccer prepared her and things she will do differently after her 1st-year experience.
If you want to know what it's like to make it as a pro soccer player, then this episode if JUST FOR YOU!
1:00 - What her first year was like...
3:00 - Emma outlines her Pro Soccer dream
3:30 - The beauty (and wind) of ICELAND
6:00 - The 1st steps to becoming a pro
10:00 - The difference between college and pro soccer
11:30 - Finding her voice - What was challenging and how she will attack it
14:00 - How Northwestern prepared her
16:00 - Preparing for Canada
18:00 - RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS - Find out more about Emma
25:00 - Emma's guaranteed, fool-proof secret for a college player to make it in the pros
Watch Emma's Legendary Bicycle Kick goal at Kansas State
See Emma's Northwestern Profile Page
SHOUTOUTS: Kayla Sharples, Hannah Davison, Gwen Zimmerman, Annette Corbin and so much more!
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