Jessie Fleming
.jpg) Fleming at the 2015 Women's World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jessie Alexandra Fleming | ||
| Date of birth | March 11, 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | London, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | UCLA Bruins | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| London Nor'West SC | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | UCLA Bruins | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Canada U-17 | 9 | (4) |
| 2014 | Canada U-20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | Canada U-23 | 5 | (1) |
| 2013– | Canada | 26 | (2) |
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Jessie Alexandra Fleming (born March 11, 1998) is a Canadian soccer player. She is a member of the Canadian national team, having made her senior debut at age 15 years 278 days.
Playing career
College
She joined UCLA in 2016.[3] She played her first game on August 28, scoring twice in her debut though the Bruins would go on to lose 4-3. Her goalscoring tear continued as she netted 7 goals in her first 6 games as a college player.
International
Fleming captained Canada U-17 to a silver medal at the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, resulting in qualification to the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she navigated Canada out of the group of death.[4] Fleming made her senior debut at age 15 in Brazil on December 15, 2013 at the Torneio Internacional de Brasília tournament. She entered as a second-half substitute against Chile in a 0–1 defeat. She scored her first goal against Scotland on March 4, 2015 in a 2–0 win at the 2015 Cyprus Cup.[5]
Fleming was named as a member of the Canada 2015 World Cup squad.[6] On June 15, 2015, she started Canada's final group stage match of the World Cup against Netherlands in front of 45,420 fans at Olympic Stadium.[7] The match ended 1–1, which was enough for Canada to win Group A.
Personal
Both of Flemings' parents are originally from Toronto. She lives and plays soccer in London, Ontario.[8] Jessie attended Ryerson Public School for elementary school and London Central Secondary School from grade 9 to grade 10.
In 2013, Fleming won two gold medals at the OFSAA track and field championships in the midget women 1500m and the midget women 3000m. The following year, Fleming won another gold medal in the junior women 3000m.
Honours
- Canada
- Summer Olympic Games: Bronze medal, 2016
References
- ↑ 2015 World Cup FIFA
- ↑ "Jessie Fleming Profile". Canada Soccer.
- ↑ "SoccerAmerica – UCLA lands Pugh and Fleming in recruiting coup 02/05/2016".
- ↑ Care, Tony (March 4, 2015). "Jessie Fleming: The next Christine Sinclair?". CBC Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Fleming, Sinclair score as Canada beats Scotland at Cyprus Cup". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
- ↑ Dalla Costa, Morris (May 5, 2015). "Top level is just the start for young Jessie Fleming". The London Free Press. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Netherlands vs. Canada". soccerway. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ↑ "Canada Soccer profile". Canada Soccer. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
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