Early life
Jackson grew up in Roswell, Georgia. [2] She began playing soccer with local club Roswell Santos SC, where her father coached her team. [2] After ten years there, she joined ECNL club Concorde Fire, playing up an age group. [2] She was named the ECNL Southeast Conference Player of the Year in 2021. [3] In 2022, she was named the ECNL National Player of the Year after leading the Fire to the ECNL under-18/19 national title. [4] [5]
Jackson played high school soccer for Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, totaling 36 goals and 48 assists. [6] She was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2022 after scoring 14 goals with 18 assists and leading Roswell to a 19–2–1 record and the GHSA Class 5A state semifinals. [7] She committed to play college soccer for Duke during her junior year. [8] TopDrawerSoccer ranked her as the fourth-best prospect in the 2024 class. [9]
Club career
North Carolina Courage head coach Sean Nahas first invited Jackson to train with the Courage in the summer of 2022. [10] The next summer, she was offered professional terms and decided to give up her college eligibility and sign with the club. [10] On July 28, 2023, the Courage announced that they had signed 17-year-old Jackson to her first professional contract on a two-and-half-year deal, with the option for another year, using the NWSL's recently established Under-18 Entry Mechanism. [11] [12] She had a foot injury that kept her out for the rest of the year. [13]
Jackson made her professional debut as a 90th-minute substitute for Ashley Sanchez in the season-opening 5–1 win over the Houston Dash on March 16, 2024. [14] She earned her first start in her 12th appearance on June 23, a 3–1 home win over the Chicago Red Stars. [15] On July 26, she scored her first professional goal, a stoppage-time equalizer from outside the box, against Racing Louisville in the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup; following the 1–1 draw, she scored the opening penalty kick in the shootout victory. [16] She played in 18 regular-season games in 2024, starting 3, as the Courage placed fifth in the league. [17] She was an unused substitute in the playoff quarterfinal loss to the Kansas City Current. [17]
Narumi Miura's departure to the Washington Spirit opened a starting role for Jackson in the 2025 season. [18] On March 15, she scored her first regular-season goal in a season-opening 1–1 road draw with Racing Louisville. [19] She played in 25 league games in 2025, starting 23, and scored 2 goals as the Courage placed ninth and missed the playoffs. [19] On December 3, the Courage signed Jackson to a three-year contract extension. [20]
International career
Jackson was first called into camp with the United States youth national team at the under-15 level in October 2019. [2] She trained again with the team in March 2020 at a camp run by her future Courage coach Sean Nahas. [21] [22] When youth soccer returned from its COVID-19 pandemic hiatus, Jackson traveled abroad for the first time to play for the national under-17 team at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship in the Dominican Republic. [2] She co-captained the team to win the tournament, scoring two goals and making three assists, and was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player. [5] She recorded two assists at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where the United States fell to Nigeria in the quarterfinals on penalties. Jackson was one of two United States players whose penalties were saved in the shootout. [5] [23]
Jackson played friendlies for the under-20 team before being selected to the roster for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [24] [25] She played all but 45 minutes at the U-20 Women's World Cup, helping the United States finish in third place, its best result since 2012. She converted a penalty kick in a shootout win over Germany in the quarterfinals. [26] [27] She was called up by Emma Hayes into Futures Camp, training concurrently with the senior national team, in January 2025. [28]
Jackson was called up to the senior national team for the first time in January 2026. [29]
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