Ellie Jean

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Ellie Jean
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Jean with Gotham in 2023
Personal information
Full name Elisabeth Charlotte Jean [1]
Date of birth (1997-01-31) January 31, 1997 (age 27) [2]
Place of birth Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States [1]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Racing Louisville FC
Number 5
Youth career
Oakwood SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2018 Penn State 100 (8)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 New England Mutiny
2020 FC Nordsjælland
2020–2022 PSV Eindhoven 22
2022–2023 NJ/NY Gotham FC 33 (0)
2024– Racing Louisville FC 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 United States U17
2016 United States U20
2017–2018 United States U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 10, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 10, 2023

Elisabeth Charlotte Jean (born January 31, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Racing Louisville FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

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Early life

Jean was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, [1] and grew up in Coventry, Connecticut. As a child, she practiced gymnastics before taking up soccer, initially at Northeast United. [3] At age 13, she moved teams to youth soccer club Oakwood SC in Glastonbury, Connecticut, where she played for five years. [3] She attended Coventry High School but did not play soccer for the school, instead competing in cross country running. [1] [3] The Hartford Courant named her its cross country runner of the year in her senior year. [3]

College career

In the 2015 season, Jean was credited with six assists in 26 matches played for the Nittany Lions, and the team won the national championship. [4] [3] She redshirted in her sophomore season to play for the United States women's national under-20 soccer team at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [1] Jean finished her Penn State career in 2018 with 100 appearances, one goal, and eight assists. [2]

Club career

Jean played for the New England Mutiny of United Women's Soccer in 2018 and 2019. [5]

FC Nordsjælland, 2020

Jean opted not to register for the 2020 NWSL College Draft. [6]

On January 14, 2020, Jean signed a contract with semi-professional Danish club FC Nordsjælland of the Danish Women's League. [7] However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports, all sport in Denmark was locked down and banned on March 6, 2020, suspending the 2019–20 season. [8] Jean returned to the United States in March. [9]

PSV Eindhoven, 2020–2022

On May 1, 2020, Jean was transferred to Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and signed a two-year contract with the club. [10] She appeared in 22 league matches for PSV, and four matches of the team's 2020–21 UEFA Women's Champions League campaign, debuting in the European competition in December 2020 in a 1–4 loss to FC Barcelona. [6] [4]

NJ/NY Gotham FC, 2022–2023

On January 31, 2022, NWSL club NJ/NY Gotham FC paid an undisclosed transfer fee to acquire Jean from PSV with six months remaining on her contract with the Dutch club. [11] Gotham signed her to a one-year contract with an option for an additional year. [12]

In 2023, newly appointed Gotham FC coach Juan Carlos Amorós shifted Jean from her traditional role as a fullback to center back, pairing her with Ali Krieger. [13] Gotham FC would go on to win the NWSL Championship.

Racing Louisville FC, 2024–

On December 12, 2023 Gotham FC traded Jean to expansion team Bay FC in exchange for 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft protection. [14] On December 18, Jean was traded to Racing Louisville FC. [15]

International career

Jean was called into camp for the United States under-15 team in October 2012. [16]

On September 25, 2013, Jean was named to the United States under-17 roster for the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. [17] Jean captained the team at the tournament. [2] [18]

In 2016, Jean started in all six matches for the United States under-20 team at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [4]

In March 2017, Jean was called into camp for the United States under-23 team for the first time. [19] In June 2017, she was named to the under-23 roster for the 2017 Nordic Cup, where the United States finished in second place. [20] Jean was called into under-23 camp again in July 2017 [21] and January 2018, [22] and in March was named to the roster that would compete in the 2018 Portland Thorns FC Spring Invitational pre-season tournament. [23]

Honors

Penn State Nittany Lions

PSV Eindhoven

NJ/NY Gotham FC

Personal life

Jean is Dominican American. [25] [26]

Jean's birth father, Domingo Jean, had been a pitcher for the New York Yankees in 1993. [3] He left the family when Jean was a child, and Jean's mother, Rebecca, raised her as a single parent. [25] Jean's mother remarried, and Jean's stepfather Kevin Bacher was an assistant coach for the UConn Huskies men's soccer team, [3] [26] [27] which inspired Jean to play soccer. Jean would later reconnect with her father and half-brother as an adult after returning to the United States from the Netherlands in 2022. [26]

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  8. ↑ "Sporten lukker ned i Danmark: Få overblikket her" (in Danish). TV2. 6 March 2020.
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