Jenna Richmond
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jenna Carroll Richmond[1] | ||
| Date of birth | December 18, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Alexandria, Virginia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | UCLA Bruins | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | Pali Blues | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | FC Kansas City | 22 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | United States U-17 | ||
| 2010 | United States U-20 | 15 | (1) |
| 2013 | United States U-23 | 8 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 25, 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 25, 2014 | |||
Jenna Carroll Richmond (born December 18, 1991) is an American soccer midfielder who last played for FC Kansas City in the National Women's Soccer League.
Early life
[edit]Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Richmond attended Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia where she played soccer and ran cross country, where she won districts as a freshman.[2] Playing for two club soccer teams, GSC Team America Premier and McLean Freedom, she won six State Cup titles and won a national championship at the U-16 level. She received Golden Boot honors at the national championship as the tournament's top goal scorer.[2]
In 2009 and 2010, Richmond was named Gatorade Player of the Year for Virginia as well as Parade All-American. In 2010, she was also named Washington Post Player of the Year. During her senior year in high school, she was named the top college recruit according to multiple sources, including ESPN and Top Drawer Soccer.[2][3]
UCLA Bruins
[edit]Won the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship with UCLA in her senior year.
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]FC Kansas City
[edit]Richmond was drafted by FC Kansas City as the sixteenth overall pick of the 2014 NWSL College Draft.[4]
International
[edit]Richmond has represented the United States on the U-15, U-17, U-20, and U-23 teams.[5]
Honors and awards
[edit]Team
[edit]with FC Kansas City:
- NWSL championship: 2014[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Germany 2010 – List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. April 27, 2011. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Jenna Richmond". UCLA. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ Remsberg, Matt (January 29, 2010). "Elite teammates turn to each other after serious injury". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "Jenna Richmond Drafted by FC Kansas City in Second Round of NWSL Draft". UCLA. January 17, 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "Jenna Richmond". FC Kansas City. 17 January 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "FC Kansas City Earns 2014 NWSL Championship". FC Kansas City. August 31, 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
External links
[edit]- US Soccer player profile Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- UCLA player profile
- FC Kansas City player profile
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