Personal information | |||
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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) |
*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.
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]
Won the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship with UCLA in her senior year.
Richmond was drafted by FC Kansas City as the sixteenth overall pick of the 2014 NWSL College Draft. [4]
Richmond has represented the United States on the U-15, U-17, U-20, and U-23 teams. [5]
with FC Kansas City:
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