Ella Stevens

College career Stevens led the Duke Blue Devils with 10 goals and added six assists in her freshman season, including two goals and two assists over the first four rounds of the 2016 NCAA tournament. She received All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) third team and ACC All-Freshman honors. She made her debut in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup on July 1, 2020, while on a short-term contract.

Stevens made her first regular season start in the first game of the 2022 season, on April 30 against Racing Louisville, and scored her first professional goal in the first minute of the game. She recorded four goals and two assists in 19 appearances that season.

In the 2023 season, Stevens started 16 of 22 matches, scored four goals, and had one assist for the Red Stars, who finished the season at the bottom of the table. She scored her first goal for Gotham in a 1–1 draw away against the San Diego Wave. A week later, she netted the winner in the 90th minute against former club Chicago Red Stars, making it 2–1, and celebrated by kissing her new club's badge. The next game, Stevens scored both goals in a 2–0 win over Bay FC. Stevens scored and provided two assists in a 3–0 win against Guadalajara in the 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup group stage on August 2. She finished the regular season with 7 goals and 4 assists in 22 appearances (15 starts) as Gotham placed third in the standings.

On May 25, 2025, she played in the 2025 CONCACAF W Champions Cup final against Tigres, where Gotham won 1–0 to become the inaugural winners of the competition. At the end of the year, she departed from Gotham upon the expiration of her contract and was described by club chairman Yael Averbuch West as "a true professional and a joy to watch during her time at Gotham".

Boston Legacy NWSL expansion club Boston Legacy FC announced on December 22, 2025, that they had signed Stevens to a two-year contract with a mutual option for a third year.

International career Stevens trained with the United States youth national teams at multiple age levels, starting at the under-14 level in 2011. She trained with the under-15 team in 2012 and the under-17 team in 2013. She was called up to the under-19 team in 2015. Later that year she represented the under-20 team at the 2015 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, contributing a goal in the group stage against Haiti as the United States went on to win the tournament. She played friendlies with the under-23 team against NWSL clubs in the 2018 preseason.

Stevens received her first call-up to the senior national team in January 2025.

Career statistics

Honors

Gotham FC NWSL Championship: 2025 CONCACAF W Champions Cup: 2024–25

Individual

NWSL Player of the Month: August 2024