Hometown: Birmingham, England
Birthdate: Jan. 27, 2001
Height: 5’4″
Previous Team: Bristol City (FA WSL)
2022: Appeared in five matches before being traded to the Houston Dash.
2021: Salmon made an immediate splash, scoring her first Racing goal seconds into her NWSL debut, coming on as a substitute to bag a game winner June 20 over the Houston Dash. It came in at No. 1 on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays for the day. Salmon went on to lead Racing in goals scored (6), assists (3) and total shots (27) through 20 appearances and 14 starts.
Before Racing Louisville FC: A 20-year-old who came up through the Aston Villa Academy, Salmon starred during the 2020-2021 FA Women’s Super League campaign, numbering a team-leading 6 goals to go with an assist. Bristol City named her its Women’s Player of the Year just before the season’s end.
Having graduated from Aston Villa’s academy to the first team in 2017, Salmon bagged 7 goals that year across 12 appearances in the FA Women’s Super League 2. The following season, Salmon signed with Manchester United, which loaned her to FA Women’s Championship member Sheffield United. There, Salmon added 7 more goals to her resume.
Salmon moved to Bristol City for the 2019-2020 campaign. She led the club with 5 goals, including the only tally in a 1-0 away victory Jan. 5 over her former club, Manchester United, to mark Bristol’s first victory of the season. In addition to her WSL accomplishments in 2020-2021, Salmon helped Bristol City to the FA Women’s League Cup before a defeat to powerhouse Chelsea.
International: Salmon has earned multiple senior national team call ups and debuted for England when subbing on in a victory over Northern Ireland in February 2021. While wearing the captain’s armband for the UEFA Women’s U-17 Championship in 2018, Salmon registered a hat trick against Italy to secure her team a place in the knockout rounds.
