Club career
North Carolina Courage head coach Sean Nahas first invited Jackson to train with the Courage in the summer of 2022. [10] She was offered professional terms following summer and chose 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 through 2025, with the option for another year, under the relatively new Under-18 Entry Mechanism. [11] [12] She carried a foot injury which kept her out for the rest of the year. [13]
Jackson made her professional debut on March 16, 2024, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute for Ashley Sanchez in the season-opening 5–1 win over the Houston Dash. [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 group stage. After a 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 the 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 through 2028. [20]
International career
Jackson got her first call up to a youth national team training camp with the under-15 team 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]
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