Jyllissa Harris

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Jyllissa Harris
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Harris with the Houston Dash in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-04-08) April 8, 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Hazlet, New Jersey, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Ottawa Rapid FC
(on loan from Houston Dash)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 South Carolina Gamecocks 107 (16)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Houston Dash 12 (0)
2025– → Ottawa Rapid FC (loan) 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 2, 2024

Jyllissa Harris (born April 8, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Ottawa Rapid FC of the Northern Super League, on loan from the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the South Carolina Gamecocks.

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Early career

Harris was born in Hazlet, New Jersey, and attended Red Bank Catholic High School. [1] She was a nominee for the High School All-American Game in 2017 and competed for the PDA Gunners and Sky Blue of the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL). [2]

College career

Harris played college soccer for the South Carolina Gamecocks from 2018 to 2022. [2]

Harris attended the University of South Carolina where she set an NCAA Record for all-time minutes (9,395). At South Carolina, Harris was No. 1 all-time starter (105 games) and No. 1 in all-time games played (107, No. 3 in NCAA). Across her five-year career, Harris started in all but two of her 107 games played and passed the 2000-minute mark twice. Harris was awarded the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI selection as well as a United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American nod. [2]

Club career

Harris was selected by the Houston Dash in the 2023 NWSL Draft. [3] In her first season with Houston, Harris recorded 47 total passes with an 80.9% success rate. [4] In November 2023, the Dash exercised a contract option for Harris. [5] In March 2025, she was loaned to Canadian Northern Super League club Ottawa Rapid FC. [6]

Personal life

Harris graduated from South Carolina in May 2022 with a degree in Childhood Education. [3]

In September 2022, Harris and other female student-athletes at South Carolina were honored during a South Carolina football game before being yelled at to "get off the field"; the moment went viral as Harris spoke out on social media regarding the incident. [7]

Career statistics

As of match played November 2, 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [a] Playoffs [b] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Houston Dash 2023 NWSL 1060——70
2024 110——3 [c] 0140
Career total120600030210

Honors

South Carolina Gamecocks

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Notre Dame girls soccer comes up short against Red Bank Catholic in Non-Public A South title game". November 10, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jyllissa Harris". University of South Carolina Athletics. July 17, 2018.
  3. 1 2 FC, Houston Dynamo. "Houston Dash announce draft pick signings | Houston Dynamo". Houston Dynamo FC.
  4. ↑ "Jyllissa Harris". NWSL.
  5. ↑ "Houston Dash announce end of season roster decisions". Houston Dash.
  6. ↑ "Houston Dash loan Jyllissa Harris to Ottawa Rapid FC for the 2025 season". Houston Dash. March 10, 2025.
  7. ↑ Adams, Emily. "Shane Beamer apologizes for reaction to Title IX recognition at South Carolina football game". USA TODAY.
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