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Quincy Marie McMahon (born September 26, 2002) is an American professional
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player who plays as a defender for
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of the
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(NWSL). She played college soccer for the
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, where she won the 2022 national championship.


Early life and college career

McMahon was born in
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, to Kim (''née'' Sullivan) and Tom McMahon, and has two older brothers. Her father is the
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for the
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in the
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(NFL). McMahon attended
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in
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, for two years before moving to Guerin Catholic High School in
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. In her senior year of high school, she posted 19 goals and 21 assists and received Indiana's state
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and
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All-American honors. She played club soccer for Indiana Fire Juniors.


UCLA Bruins

McMahon played for the
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from 2021 to 2024, scoring 8 goals and providing 26 assists in 86 appearances (78 starts). She moved into the starting lineup by the end of her freshman season, earning
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all-freshman honors as UCLA went undefeated to win the conference title before an NCAA tournament first-round upset. In her sophomore season, she started every game and was named first-team All-Pac-12, helping keep 13 clean sheets in 23 games. She helped lead UCLA to the 2022 national championship, playing every minute of their comeback from 2–0 down against
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to win 3–2 in the title game. In her junior season in 2023, McMahon played the second-most minutes on the team and became the first player to receive four Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week honors in a season, also repeating as first-team All-Pac-12. She led the team with 7 assists as they kept 11 clean sheets in 19 games. While they again won the Pac-12 title, they were also again upset in the NCAA tournament first round. In her senior season, with the program's move to the
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, she matched her sophomore total of 3 goals and a team-high 6 assists. She was named to the All-Big Ten second team, helping UCLA win its new conference tournament for the first time. During her years at UCLA, head coach Margueritte Aozasa mostly used McMahon at
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but occasionally put her on the
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or up
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when needed.


Club career


San Diego Wave

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announced on December 13, 2024, that they had signed McMahon to a three-year contract. She was the second college player, after her San Diego teammate
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, to join the NWSL after the abolition of the college draft. McMahon made her Wave debut as a stoppage time substitute for Hanna Lundkvist in a 2–1 defeat to the
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.


International career

McMahon has played for the United States at the under-18, under-19, under-20, and under-23 levels.


Honors and awards

UCLA Bruins *
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: 2021, 2023 *
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Individual * First-team All-
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: 2022, 2023 * Second-team All-
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: 2024 * Pac-12 all-freshman team: 2021


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mcmahon, Quincy Living people 2002 births Soccer players from Indiana Soccer players from Utah People from Carmel, Indiana People from Logan, Utah American women's soccer players 21st-century American sportswomen Women's association football defenders Women's association football forwards United States women's youth international soccer players United States women's under-20 international soccer players UCLA Bruins women's soccer players San Diego Wave FC players