_033.jpg/1280px-NC_Courage_vs_Seattle_Reign_(Mar_2025)_033.jpg) MacNab with the North Carolina Courage in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2001-10-09) October 9, 2001[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Princeton Tigers | 72 | (13) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025 | North Carolina Courage | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 2, 2025 | |||
Heather MacNab (born October 9, 2001) is an American professional soccer player. She played college soccer for the Princeton Tigers and began her professional career with the North Carolina Courage in 2025.
Early life
MacNab grew up in Carmel, Indiana, north of Indianapolis.[2] She attended Culver Academies, earning three-time MVP honors and two-time all-state honors on the soccer team.[3] She played club soccer for FC Pride.[3] She committed to play college soccer at Princeton before her junior year.[4]
College career
When the Ivy League cancelled fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, MacNab took a gap year before starting college. The following summer, she played for Lady Victory FC in the Women's Premier Soccer League.[2] In her freshman season at Princeton, MacNab led the team with 7 assists and scored 3 goals in 19 games in 2021.[3] She earned honorable mention All-Ivy honors as a sophomore after scoring a career-high 6 goals with 2 assists in 17 games in 2022.[3] She then played in the summer with USL W League club Indy Eleven.[5]
MacNab dealt with injury to start her junior year in 2023, finishing the season with 2 goals and 6 assists in 19 games.[3][6] Though listed on the roster as a forward, she was deployed all over the field by head coach Sean Driscoll in her first few seasons before establishing herself as the starting left back in her senior year in 2024.[6][7] One of the team's captains, she started 17 games and recorded 2 goals and 9 assists, earning first-team All-Ivy honors.[3] She assisted both goals in the 2–0 win against Brown in the Ivy League tournament final.[7]
Club career
MacNab joined the North Carolina Courage as a non-roster trialist in the 2025 preseason.[8] On March 21, the Courage signed MacNab to her first professional contract on injury replacement terms.[9] After the deal expired in mid-April, she kept training with the Courage, and on September 5, she signed a guaranteed contract for the remainder of the season.[10] Eight days later, acting head coach Nathan Thackeray handed MacNab her professional debut as a stoppage-time substitute for Manaka Matsukubo in a 2–1 victory over Angel City FC.[11]
Honors and awards
Princeton Tigers
Individual
- First-team All-Ivy: 2024
References
- ^ "Indy Eleven 2022 Roster" (PDF). Indy Eleven. May 26, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
- ^ a b "Gap year in retrospect: MacNab grateful for unexpected twists and turns". Culver Academies. June 21, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "Heather MacNab". Princeton Tigers. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "Recruiting Roundup: Sept. 25-Oct. 1". TopDrawerSoccer. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
- ^ "Heather MacNab". USL W League. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ a b Feil, Justin (September 20, 2023). "With MacNab Finding Rhythm After Dealing with Injury, Tiger Women's Soccer Tops Quinnipiac 4-2, Now 5-1-1". Town Topics. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ a b Alden, Bill (November 13, 2024). "Sparked by MacNab's Playmaking, Stellar Defensive Play, PU Women's Soccer Tops Brown in Ivy Final, Back in NCAAs". Town Topics. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "NC Courage Announces Preseason Roster". North Carolina Courage. January 27, 2025. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "NC Courage Sign Forward Heather MacNab to Short-Term Contract". North Carolina Courage. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
- ^ "NC Courage Activate Midfielder Dani Weatherholt Off Injured Reserve". North Carolina Courage. April 18, 2025. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
"NC Courage Sign Forward Heather MacNab Through End of 2025 Season". North Carolina Courage. September 5, 2025. Retrieved September 5, 2025. - ^ "Match Recap: NC Courage 2-1 Angel City FC". North Carolina Courage. September 13, 2025. Retrieved September 13, 2025.
External links
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- Heather MacNab at ESPN FC
