Yazmeen Jamieson

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Yazmeen Jamieson
Yazmeen Jamieson Alacran Group.jpg
Jamieson with Jamaica in 2019
Personal information
Full name Yazmeen Alexis Jamieson
Date of birth (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 KFF Vllaznia Shkodër
Youth career
Toronto Eagles SC
Unionville Milliken SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Carleton Ravens
2024– George Brown Huskies 10 (0)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Papakura City 5 (0)
2021 P18 IK 7 (0)
2022 Simcoe County Rovers FC 12 (0)
2022 GPSO 92 Issy 1 (0)
2023 Simcoe County Rovers FC 9 (1)
2024 KFF Vllaznia Shkodër 0 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Jamaica U-20 5 (0)
2018– Jamaica 6 (0)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
CONCACAF W Championship
Bronze medal icon.svg 2022 Mexico
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 April 2022

Yazmeen Alexis Jamieson (born 17 March 1998) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Born in Canada, she represents the Jamaica women's national team.

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Early life

Jamieson was born to a Jamaican father and a Grenadian mother. [1] She started playing soccer at age 6. [2] She attended Bayview Glen School, winning the Elite Athlete Award. [3] She played youth soccer with Toronto Eagles SC and Unionville Milliken SC. [4] She was awarded the 2017 Grenada Association of Toronto Diaspora Award. [5]

University career

She played for Carleton University from 2016 to 2018 and suffered from an injury in 2017. In 2019, she gave up her college eligibility in order to play professionally overseas in New Zealand to improve her chances for the Jamaican national team selection for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [6]

In 2024, she began attending George Brown College, where she played for the women's soccer team. [7] She made her debut on September 6 against the Loyalist Lad Lancers, recording a shutout. [8] At the end of the 2024 season, she was named an OCAA East Division First Team All-Star. [9]

Club career

In 2019, she joined New Zealand club Papakura City, where she made her senior debut. [10] [11]

In 2021, Yazmeen signed a short-term contract with the Swedish club P18 IK in the second division. [12] She started 6 out of the seven matches she was there for and helped bring the team to the final playoffs round. The team won the final match therefore promoting them to Division 1 in Sweden. [13]

In 2022, she joined Canadian club Simcoe County Rovers in League1 Ontario. [14] She was named a league Third Team All-Star in 2022. [15]

In September 2022, she joined GPSO 92 Issy in the French Division 2 Féminine. [16]

In 2023, she returned to Simcoe County Rovers FC. [17] On July 12, she scored a penalty kick in a 7-0 victory over ProStars FC. [18]

In 2024, she signed with Albanian Women's National Championship club KFF Vllaznia Shkodër. [19]

International career

In 2013, at age 15, while on a tour to Jamaica with her youth club team, the Jamaican women's technical director learned of her Jamaican heritage and arranged for her to trial with the Jamaican U20 team. [1] [5] Soon after, she made the roster for the Jamaican U17 team for the U17 World Cup qualifier, however, she was unable to secure her Jamaican citizenship and passport in time and was unable to join the team. [5]

In November 2017, she received her first cap to the Jamaica U20. [20] She was later named to the roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [21]

In 2018, she was named to the Jamaica senior team for the first time. [2] [22]

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References

  1. 1 2 Armstrong, Laura (16 November 2018). "Toronto's Jamieson inspires next generation of women's soccer players in Jamaica". Toronto Star .
  2. 1 2 Daniel, Jack L. (17 March 2019). "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History: American and Jamaican Women Soccer Players are Making History". Pittsburgh Urban Media. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019.
  3. ↑ McCarthy, Crystal (24 April 2019). "Yazmeen Jamieson". 2019 Women's World Cup Preview.
  4. ↑ Kryk, John (6 August 2022). "Torontonian at centre of racial incident in soccer speaks out: 'I just started throwing up'". Toronto Sun .
  5. 1 2 3 Fanfair, Ron (29 May 2019). "Canadians are prominent part of Jamaica's Reggae Girlz World Cup squad". Ron Fanfair.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Emily (16 November 2019). "Ravens at the FIFA WWC and pushing for equal pay in soccer". The Charlatan.
  7. ↑ "Yazmeen Jamieson George Brown profile". George Brown Huskies .
  8. ↑ "Huskies win season opener". George Brown College . 6 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "Pair of Huskies snatch OCAA awards". George Brown College . 17 October 2024.
  10. ↑ Cowan, Sherdon (29 March 2020). "Girlz goalie Jameison using COVID-19 break to catch up on school work". Jamaica Observer.
  11. ↑ Diamond, Drew (9 March 2022). "Hidden Powers: Reggae Girl Yazmeen Jamieson and her saviour in music". Her Football Hub.
  12. ↑ "P18 förstärker med landslagsmålvakt" [P18 reinforces with national team goalkeeper]. Hela Gotland (in Swedish). 29 September 2021.
  13. ↑ ""Det är här är det sjukaste jag varit med om"" ["This is the sickest thing I've been through"]. Hela Gotland. 22 November 2021.
  14. ↑ @RoversFC_L1O (22 February 2022). "In safe hands" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ↑ "Simcoe skipper Cloey Uddenberg at the heart of the 2022 Women's Premier Division All-Star team". League1 Ontario . 17 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "Yazmeen Jamieson s'engage avec le GPSO 92 Issy" [Yazmeen Jamieson commits to GPSO 92 Issy]. GPSO 92 Issy (in French). 29 September 2022.
  17. ↑ @RoversFC_L1O (10 February 2023). "New and Returning Rovers for the 2023 Season!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ↑ "Simcoe County Rovers blank St. Catharines in recent action". Barrie Today. 18 July 2023.
  19. ↑ @RoversFC_L1O (11 February 2024). "Congratulations to Rovers L1O Women's Alumni Yazmeen Jamieson for signing a pro contract with KFF Vllaznia Shkodër" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ↑ "Theodore strikes as TT U-20s edge Jamaica". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 18 November 2017.
  21. ↑ Boyce, Martin (18 January 2018). "WSOC: Jamieson to play for Jamaica at CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship". Carleton Ravens .
  22. ↑ "Reggae Girls depart Monday for camp ahead of World Cup Qualifiers". Loop Sports. 28 April 2018.
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