{{Short description|American soccer player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Emmy Barr | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|8|16}} | birth_place = San Mateo, California | height = 1.73m<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/emmy_barr/|title=WUSA|date=March 1, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040301171157/http://www.wusa.com/players_coaches/players/emmy_barr/ |archive-date=2004-03-01 }}</ref> | position = Defender |collegeyears1 = 1994–1996 |college1 = Santa Clara Broncos |collegecaps1 = |collegegoals1 = |years1 = 2001–2003 |clubs1 = Washington Freedom |caps1 = 51 |goals1 = 2 }}
'''Emmy Barr''' (born August 16, 1974) is a retired American soccer player who played in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) for the Washington Freedom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/11/sports/soccer-game-and-the-season-end-in-frustration-for-the-power.html|title=SOCCER; Game and the Season End In Frustration for the Power|first=Sophia|last=Hollander|date=August 11, 2002|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/2002/recap/47913.html|title=ESPN.com – SOCCER RECAP -|website=ESPN}}</ref> Prior to becoming a professional soccer player Barr was a preschool teacher who had graduated from Santa Clara University.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Straus |first=Brian |date=2001-04-13 |title=WUSA: Following the phenomenal success of the 1999 Women's World Cup, the first women's professional soccer league was formed around the core of the U.S. national team. But to succeed, it will have to be more than Mia vs. Brandi. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2001/04/13/wusa-following-the-phenomenal-success-of-the-1999-womens-world-cup-the-first-womens-professional-soccer-league-was-formed-around-the-core-of-the-us-national-team-but-to-succeed-it-will-have-to-be-more-than-mia-vs-brandi/fcbd430e-7faa-45bf-b656-81d8dbaa570b/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-date=2017-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827080443/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2001/04/13/wusa-following-the-phenomenal-success-of-the-1999-womens-world-cup-the-first-womens-professional-soccer-league-was-formed-around-the-core-of-the-us-national-team-but-to-succeed-it-will-have-to-be-more-than-mia-vs-brandi/fcbd430e-7faa-45bf-b656-81d8dbaa570b/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Emmy Barr was a 5th round pick in the 2000 WUSA Draft.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Raising-the-Barrs-Former-Giant-s-daughters-2621733.php|title=Raising the Barrs / Former Giant's daughters become rivals as CyberRays host Freedom|author=Dwight Chapin|date=18 April 2003 }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Emmy Barr is the daughter of Major League Baseball pitcher Jim Barr and her sister is Betsy Barr who also was a professional soccer player.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/9971/like-father-like-daughter.html|title=Like Father, Like Daughter|work=Soccer America}}</ref>
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