Jordan Murrell

Jordan Murrell

Personal information
Full name	Jordan Peter Murrell
Date of birth	(1993-05-02) May 2, 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	London, England
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Pinnstars
2009–2011	Toronto FC
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	Syracuse Orange	74	(5)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013	Ocean City Nor'easters	7	(0)
2014	K-W United FC	6	(1)
2015	Real Monarchs	17	(0)
2016	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	12	(0)
2017–2018	Reno 1868	47	(3)
2019	Valour FC	20	(0)
2020	Las Vegas Lights	11	(0)
International career‡
2011	Canada U18	5	(1)
2012–2013	Canada U20	3	(0)
2016	Canada U23	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 October 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 May 2016

Jordan Peter Murrell (born May 2, 1993) is a Canadian professional soccer player.

Club career

Early career

Murrell began playing soccer at age four with Pinnstars FC in London. ^[1]

Murrell spent 2009–2011 with Toronto FC's academy in the Canadian Soccer League. ^[2] He began his young career in the U16s of the academy before getting promoted to the U18s in 2010. After strong years within the academy, he became captain of the U18 side in 2011.

In 2011, Murrell committed to playing four years of college soccer at Syracuse University between 2011 and 2014 earning many accolades. ^[3]

While at college, Murrell played with USL PDL side Ocean City Nor'easters in 2013 ^[4] and K-W United FC in 2014. ^[5]

Real Monarchs

On January 20, 2015, Murrell was selected in the third round (57th overall) of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft by Real Salt Lake. ^[6]

Murrell signed with Salt Lake's USL side Real Monarchs SLC on March 16, 2015. ^[7] In 2015, the club declined 8 options, including Murrell.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

After training with the club for most of preseason, Murrell signed with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on March 24, 2016. ^[8]

Reno 1868

In December 2016, Murrell signed with USL expansion side Reno 1868 FC. ^[9] In July 2017, he would score twice in a 9–0 rout over LA Galaxy II. ^[10] Murrell would appear in 27 games for the club that season, a new career high.

Upon completion of the 2017 season, Reno 1868 announced that they had re-signed Murrell for the 2018 season. ^[11] Murrell was released by Reno on December 3, 2018. ^[12]

Valour FC

On January 8, 2019 Murrell returned to Canada, signing a multi-year contract with Valour FC in the Canadian Premier League. ^[13] He made his debut for Valour on May 1 against Pacific FC. On August 13 Murrell was suspended 6 games after an altercation with the referee on August 5 during a match against HFX Wanderers which included him kicking over a table as he left the field. ^[14] On January 17, 2020 Valour announced they had released Murrell from his contract. ^[15]

Las Vegas Lights

On January 31, 2020, Murrell joined USL Championship side Las Vegas Lights. ^[16]

International career

In January 2011, Murrell made his first appearance for Canada's U18 national team in a training camp that was held in Costa Rica. He played in a pair of friendlies scoring in a friendly vs Costa Rica U18 national team Later in 2011, December Murrell was called for Canada's U18 national team to train in a USA based camp.

In July 2012, Murrell was called up for a Canada U20 national team camp. Murrell captained the team in one of friendlies vs Mexico's U20 national team while appearing in both. ^[1]

In February 2013, Murrell was named to Canada's squad for the 2013 CONCACAF U20 Championship. ^[17]

In May 2016, Murrell was called to Canada's U23 national team for a pair of friendlies against Guyana and Grenada. ^[18] He saw action in both matches. ^[19]

Personal life

Murrell was born in London to English parents. ^[1] At age 11, he and his family moved to Markham, Canada. ^[1]

References

1. Jordan Murrell at the Canadian Soccer Association . Retrieved 14 January 2019.
2. "Canadian Soccer League". 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
3. "Jordan Murrell - Men's Soccer".
4. "Jordan Murrell". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
5. "United Soccer Leagues (USL)". Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
6. "RSL selects Jordan Murrell with 57th pick in draft". 20 January 2015.
7. "Report: Jordan Murrell joins Real Monarchs". 16 March 2015.
8. John Krysinsky (24 March 2016). "Syracuse Standout Jordan Murrell Signs With Riverhounds". Pittsburgh Soccer Now. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
9. "Soccer: Reno 1868 FC signs three". Reno Gazette Journal. 20 December 2016.
10. Nicholas Murray (4 July 2017). "Reno Sets Record in Rout of Galaxy II". USL.
11. "Reno 1868 FC Signs Six to New Deals, Picks Up Two Contract Options". Reno 1868 FC. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
12. "Reno 1868 FC announces roster moves ahead of 2019 season". reno1868fc.com. Reno 1868. 3 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
13. "Valour FC sign Canadians Jordan Murrell and Glenn Muenkat". Valour FC. 8 January 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
14. Hobson, Russ (13 August 2019). "Former Valour FC captain Jordan Murrell suspended 6 games".
15. "Valour FC transactions". 17 January 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
16. "Former Canadian Youth National Team Member Jordan Murrell Joins Lights Fc". Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
17. Concacaf. "Henry named in Canada U20 camp roster" . Retrieved 23 October 2016.
18. Canada Soccer Association. "Canada announces roster for Caribbean tour". Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
19. Canada Soccer Association. "Canada m23 wins again on Caribbean tour". Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

External links

• Jordan Murrell at Soccerway
• Syracuse Orange bio