Kearra Bastes-Jones

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Kearra Bastes-Jones
Personal information
Full name Kearra Theryes Bastes Jones
Date of birth (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Duarte, California, United States
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2016–2019 Bishop Amat H.S.
– Crescenta Valley
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019– UC Santa Barbara
International career‡
2018– Philippines 4 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 April 2018

Kearra Theryes Bastes Jones (born 29 May 2001), [1] known as Kearra Bastes-Jones, is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in the United States, she represents the Philippines at international level.

Bastes-Jones attended Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California and is part of her school's women's soccer team [2] which competed in the Del Rey League of the CIF Southern Section. She was captain from 2017 to 2018. [3] She was named into the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, Whittier Daily News Girls Soccer All-Area First Team. [4]

In the club level, prior to entering college, she has played for Crescenta Valley SC. [3]

Bastes-Jones is part of the Philippines women's national football team that participated at the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup [4] She started in the Philippines' first match against host Jordan. [5] The match ended in a 2–1 win. [6]

Her mother, Hariett Bastes, traces her roots to Davao. [7] Starting September 2019 she will play college soccer at UC Santa Barbara. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Philippines - AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 - Playing Squad". AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Press Kit. Asian Football Confederation. p. 9.
  2. ↑ "Kearra Bastes Jones". MaxPreps. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Women's Soccer NLI 2019: Kearra Bastes-Jones". UC Santa Barbara. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Meet the Malditas: See who's wearing the Philippines' colors at the Women's AFC Asian Cup in Jordan". ABS-CBN Sports. 6 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "AFC Women's Asian Cup : Jordan 1-2 Philippines (Lineups)" . Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Leong, Kelvin (7 April 2018). "Malditas earn first 2018 Women's Asian Cup win, Thailand lose to China". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Camille Rodriguez, Alexa Diaz, And Kearra Bastes-Jones Weigh In On Match Against China PR". Philippine Football Federation. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
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