Jordan Silkowitz

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Jordan Silkowitz
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Silkowitz with the Kansas City Current in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-03-27) March 27, 2000 (age 24)
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Bay FC
Number 29
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 Ohio State Buckeyes 18 (0)
2020–2022 Iowa State Cyclones 43 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023–2024 Kansas City Current 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Brisbane Roar (loan) 19 (0)
2024– Bay FC 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 6, 2024

Jordan Silkowitz (born March 27, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones.

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Early life and college career

Silkowitz was raised in Fairfax, Virginia, one of two children born to Robert Silkowitz and Joni Henderson. She attended W. T. Woodson High School, where she lettered in four years of high school soccer, being named second-team all-state in 2017. She played club soccer including for ECNL team McLean Youth Soccer. [1]

Silkowitz redshirted her first season with the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2018 behind Big Ten Conference Goalkeeper of the Year Devon Kerr. [2] The following season, she started only 4 of 18 games but led the team with 58 saves and was named to the Big Ten all-freshman team. [1] [3]

Silkowitz transferred to the Iowa State Cyclones in 2020, playing every minute of the season and matching her total of 58 saves. [1] She made 13 starts and 76 saves in 2021, helping shut out TCU in the first round of the 2021 Big 12 tournament before falling on penalties. [1] [4] She started every game and led the Big 12 with 100 saves in 2022, including a career-high 12 saves against both Iowa and Oklahoma State. [1] [5]

Club career

Kansas City Current

Silkowitz was drafted by the Kansas City Current with the 18th overall pick in the second round of the 2023 NWSL Draft, becoming the first Iowa State player to be drafted in the NWSL and the first goalkeeper to be drafted by the Current. [6] [7]

Brisbane Roar (loan)

Silkowitz was loaned to the Australian club Brisbane Roar FC on September 13, 2023. [8] Three days after arriving in Australia, she made her professional debut starting in the season opener against Melbourne Victory FC on October 15. [9] [10] She made 18 appearances for the Roar, recording five wins and three clean sheets, before being called back to the Current on March 8, 2024. [11]

Bay FC

On August 28, 2024, Bay FC announced that they had acquired Silkowitz from the Kansas City Current in exchange for Kayla Sharples and $15,000 in allocation money. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jordan Silkowitz – Soccer". Iowa State Cyclones . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ Benge, Jacob (September 23, 2019). "Women's Soccer: Two Goalies Look to Replace Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year Devon Kerr". The Lantern . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ McDaniel, Stephen (February 14, 2020). "Jordan Silkowitz signs with Iowa State soccer". Iowa State Daily . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ Flores, Nick (October 31, 2021). "Cyclones knocked out of Big 12 championship on penalty kicks". Iowa State Daily . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Silkowitz Makes History; Drafted by Kansas City Current". Iowa State Cyclones. January 12, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Jordan Silkowitz". Kansas City Current . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  7. ↑ Birch, Tommy (January 13, 2023). "Goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz becomes first Iowa State player selected in NWSL draft". The Des Moines Register . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  8. ↑ "American shot-stopper Jordan Silkowitz signs on". Brisbane Roar FC. September 13, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  9. ↑ Kuhn, Mike (October 18, 2023). "Across State Lines: Silkowitz Makes First Start in Australia". KC Soccer Journal. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  10. ↑ Pisani, Sacha. "'I blacked out': Meet the A-Leagues' new US star with a wild draft story that made history". Australian Professional Leagues . Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Kansas City Current recall goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz from Brisbane Roar". Kansas City Current. March 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Bay FC acquires goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz, $15,000 Allocation Money from Kansas City Current in exchange for defender Kayla Sharples". Bay FC. August 24, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
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