Jordan Brown (goalkeeper)

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Jordan Brown
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Brown with Georgia in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-02-23) February 23, 2004 (age 20)
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Georgia Bulldogs
Number 1
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– Georgia Bulldogs 51 (0)

Jordan Brown (born February 23, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Georgia Bulldogs.

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Early life and college career

Brown grew up in Las Vegas, the daughter of Leslie and Shannon Brown. She attended Faith Lutheran High School, where she started in goal for four seasons. She led Faith Lutheran to the school's first 4A state championship in 2019, keeping 18 clean sheets against 3 goals allowed and being named the Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year. She finished her high school career with 37 shutouts, 1 goal from kick-off, and 2 assists. She played ECNL club soccer for Heat FC. [1] [2]

Georgia Bulldogs

Brown initially redshirted her freshman season with the Georgia Bulldogs in 2022 before head coach Keidane McAlpine chose to begin playing her during the season. [3] She ended up starting the last 8 games of the year and keeping 5 clean sheets. [1] In the SEC tournament, she made 6 saves in a 1–1 draw against South Carolina in the semifinals but could not stop any penalties as Georgia lost in a shootout. [4] In her sophomore season, she played in 23 games (22 starts), making 79 saves and keeping 6 shutouts. She made 22 saves during three games of the SEC tournament, shutting out Arkansas 1–0 in the final for Georgia's first SEC title. She helped reach the third round of the NCAA tournament but saved no penalties in a shootout loss to Clemson. [1] [5] In her junior season, she led the SEC with 120 saves and kept 9 clean sheets in 21 games, earning second-team All-SEC honors. [1]

International career

Brown was invited to virtual national team training at the under-18 level in 2021. [6] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, practicing alongside the senior national team, in January 2025, her first national team camp call-up at any level. [7]

Honors and awards

Georgia Bulldogs

Individual

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References

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