![]() Fusco with the San Diego Wave in 2025 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordan Michelle Fusco [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | September 11, 2003||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | San Diego Wave | ||
Number | 28 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Tennessee Volunteers | 61 | (14) |
2024 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 25 | (3) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2025– | San Diego Wave | 1 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of April 19, 2025 |
Jordan Michelle Fusco (born September 11, 2003) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Tennessee Volunteers and the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Fusco grew up in Olmsted Township, Ohio, the oldest of two children born to Janae and Scott Fusco. [1] [2] She attended Olmsted Falls High School, where she played two seasons of high school soccer, earning all-state honors. [1] She played club soccer for Internationals SC alongside future Tennessee teammate Taylor Huff, earning ECNL All-American honors in 2021. [1] [3] She committed to Tennessee as a junior. [4]
Fusco appeared in 23 games, 15 as a starter, in her freshman season with the Tennessee Volunteers in 2021, scoring 4 goals and adding 5 assists. She helped Tennessee win the SEC tournament, defeating top-seeded Arkansas in the final. She scored Tennessee's NCAA tournament opener as they made the second round. [1] She started all 19 games as a sophomore in 2022, scoring 4 goals with 1 assist and helping Tennessee top the SEC East standings. [1] She scored 6 goals with 4 assists in 19 games as a junior in 2023, earning first-team All-SEC honors. [1]
Fusco transferred to the Penn State Nittany Lions for her senior season in 2024; Brian Pensky, the coach who had recruited her to Tennessee, had left for Florida State in 2022. [5] She started all 25 games, scored 3 goals, and provided a career-high 12 assists, the most by a Nittany Lion since Sam Coffey's 12 assists in 2020. She earned second-team All-Big Ten honors and helped Penn State reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament. [2] [6]
After being invited as a non-roster trialist in the preseason, Fusco signed her first professional contract with San Diego Wave FC on March 12, 2025, signing a short-term deal through June. [7] She made her professional debut on April 19, coming on as a stoppage-time substitute for Kenza Dali in a 4–1 win over Racing Louisville. [8] On June 20, the club re-signed her until the end of the year. [9]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs [a] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
San Diego Wave FC | 2025 | NWSL | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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