Mackenzie Arnold

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Mackenzie Elizabeth Arnold (born 25 February 1994), also known by her nickname Macca, is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for National Women's Soccer League club Portland Thorns FC and the Australia national team. She previously played for West Ham United in England's Women's Super League as well as Brisbane Roar, Perth Glory, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Canberra United in Australia's W-League and Arna-Bjørnar in Norway's Toppserien.

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Arnold with the Portland Thorns in 2025
Mackenzie Elizabeth Arnold
(1994-02-25) 25 February 1994
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Goalkeeper
Portland Thorns FC
18
Burleigh Heads
Robina City
TeamApps(Gls)
Perth Glory10(0)
Canberra United10(0)
Western Sydney Wanderers3(0)
Perth Glory22(0)
Brisbane Roar48(0)
Arna-Bjørnar15(0)
Chicago Red Stars0(0)
West Ham United75(0)
Portland Thorns FC24(0)
Australia U-208(0)
Australia62(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 November 2025‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 March 2026

Mackenzie Elizabeth Arnold (born 25 February 1994), also known by her nickname Macca, is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for National Women's Soccer League club Portland Thorns FC and the Australia national team. She previously played for West Ham United in England's Women's Super League as well as Brisbane Roar, Perth Glory, Western Sydney Wanderers, and Canberra United in Australia's W-League and Arna-Bjørnar in Norway's Toppserien.

Mackenzie Arnold was born to Steve and Leah Arnold and raised with an older sibling on the Gold Coast. Her sibling is profoundly deaf and wore hearing aids since being a toddler. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Arnold acknowledged that she also has significant hearing loss and subsequently wears hearing aids off the pitch. In 2023, she partnered with Audika, a hearing clinic and service provider in Australia, to tackle the stigma of hearing loss.

Arnold played junior football for Burleigh Heads as well as Robina City and attended St Andrews Lutheran College for primary school, Palm Beach Currumbin State High School for secondary and completed a Certificate 4 in Fitness at Gold Coast TAFE (2013–2015).

In 2012, Arnold joined Canberra United from Perth Glory ahead of the 2012–13 W-League.

Arnold joined Western Sydney Wanderers in 2013. However, she was later ruled out for a significant amount of the season after suffering a deep cut to the leg in the carpark following a match in the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.

Arnold returned to Perth Glory in August 2014.

Arnold was approached to switch codes and play Australian rules football in the newly formed AFL Women's in 2016, but chose to remain in soccer.

In October 2016, Brisbane Roar announced that they had signed Arnold.

In March 2018, she signed with Arna-Bjørnar in the Toppserien.

In July 2019, she signed for the Chicago Red Stars, in the NWSL, but made no appearances.

On 9 July 2020, Arnold signed for English club West Ham United of the FA Women's Super League, where she was appointed the team's captain in 2023. On 18 April 2021, Arnold was handed a surprise 20-minute cameo in midfield during an 11–0 win over Chichester & Selsey in the fourth round of the Women's FA Cup.

In May 2024, she was voted Women's Hammer of the Year by West Ham United supporters for the 2023–24 season.

Arnold with the Portland Thorns in 2024

On 10 July 2024, Portland Thorns FC, an American professional women's soccer team based in Portland, announced that they had signed Arnold to a contract through the 2026 season with a mutual option for 2027.

Arnold training with Australia in 2021

Arnold received her first call-up to the Australian national team for a tour of the United States in 2012. She made her debut in November that year, keeping a clean sheet in a win over Chinese Taipei in the 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup preliminary round 2. Arnold began to feature regularly in national squads in 2013, with previous incumbent goalkeepers Melissa Barbieri and Lydia Williams unavailable. Following their returns, Arnold was not included in the national setup for some time, before returning for the 2015 Cyprus Cup in March 2015.

Arnold was included as one of three goalkeepers in the Matildas squad for the 2015 World Cup in Canada.

She was selected in the Australia squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics as one of two goalkeepers in the squad along with Lydia Williams, and played one match in the tournament, a group stage win over Zimbabwe.

Arnold was named to the Matildas squad for the 2019 World Cup in France.

Arnold was a member of the Matildas Tokyo 2020 Olympics squad. The Matildas qualified for the quarter-finals and beat Great Britain before being eliminated in the semi-final with Sweden. In the playoff for the Bronze medal they were beaten by the USA.

Arnold is a member of the Matildas 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squad, goalkeeping for all of Australia's Group B matches. She was named player of the match after saving three spot kicks in the quarter-final penalty shoot out to see the Matildas progress to the final four for the first time. This led to many internet memes praising her performance, with some online describing her as the "Brick Wall" and the "Minister for Defence".

On 4 June 2024, Arnold was named in the Matildas team that qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, her third Olympic games selection.

Arnold was part of the Matildas squad which finished as runners-up at the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup following a 1–0 loss to Japan in the tournament's final on 21 March 2026.

Arnold dated Scottish footballer Kirsty Smith between 2022 and 2024 while they both played for West Ham.

Arnold supports the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL).

As of match played 15 November 2025

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As of match played 28 November 2025

National teamYearAppsGoals
Australia201220
201300
201400
201540
201640
201740
201870
201920
202010
202130
202220
2023150
2024120
202540

Australia

  • AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament: 2016

Perth Glory

  • W-League Premiership: 2014

Brisbane Roar

  • W-League Premiership: 2017–18

Individual

  • W-League Goalkeeper of the Year: 2012–13, 2014, 2017–18

  • West Ham United Player of the Year: 2023–24

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Arnold and sports writer Emma Kemp published Arnold's autobiography, titled Macca, on 8 October 2024.

  • List of Perth Glory FC W-League players

  • List of Western Sydney Wanderers Women players

  • List of foreign FA Women's Super League players

  • Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 0803240368

  • Stay, Shane (2019), The Women's World Cup 2019 Book: Everything You Need to Know About the Soccer World Cup, Books on Demand, ISBN 1782551921

  • Theivam, Keiran and Jeff Kassouf (2019), The Making of the Women's World Cup: Defining stories from a sport’s coming of age, Little, ISBN 1472143310

  • Various (2019), Stand Up for the Future, Penguin Random House, ISBN 0143794396

  • Williams, Jean (2007), A Beautiful Game: International Perspectives on Women's Football, A&C Black, ISBN 1845206754

  • Williams, Lydia (2019), Saved!, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 9781760871628

  • Mackenzie Arnold at the National Women's Soccer League

  • Mackenzie Arnold at the Australian Olympic Committee

  • Mackenzie Arnold at Olympics.com

  • Mackenzie Arnold at Olympedia

  • Mackenzie Arnold on Instagram

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