Adrienne Jordan

Adrienne Jordan
Personal information
Full name Adrienne Leigh Jordan
Date of birth (1994-01-30) January 30, 1994
Place of birth Colorado Springs, Colorado
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 ÍBV
Number 15
Youth career
2006–2012 Pride Soccer Club
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Northern Colorado 72 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Colorado Pride 11
2016 Chicago Red Stars
2016 Östersunds DFF 20 (0)
2017– ÍBV 35 (1)
National team
2017 United States U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 19, 2018

Adrienne Leigh Jordan (born January 30, 1994 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a German-American football player who plays as a defender for ÍBV in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna.

Early life

Jordan grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado and attended Rampart High School. During her time at Rampart, she lettered twice in soccer, swimming and track, while lettering once in basketball. Senior year she went to state for swimming and track, and currently holds one of the top 10 fastest times in the 100 and 300-meter hurdles. She graduated from the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in May 2012.

University of Northern Colorado

In 2016, Jordan graduated with a double major in Sports and Exercise Science and Foreign Language: German from the University of Northern Colorado. Here She played for the University of Northern Colorado Bears women's soccer program from 2012 to 2016.[1] She helped lead her team to its first ever NCAA tournament appearance by winning the Big Sky Conference tournament in 2016. With a total of 72 games played during her career as a bear, Jordan made top 20 in the program and recorded 66 shots, with 30 of those on goal, 2 goals and 5 assists. Her role in the University of Northern Colorado soccer program earned her several honors and awards, listed as follows:

  • 2012 College Sports Madness Big Sky All- Conference 2nd Team
  • 2012 Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
  • 2012 Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week
  • 2012 Big Sky All-Academic
  • 2013 Big Sky All-Conference Honorable Mention
  • 2014 Big Sky All-Conference 1st Team
  • 2014 Big Sky Co-Defensive MVP[2]
  • 2014 College Sports Madness Big Sky All-Conference 2nd Team
  • 2014 1st Team NSCAA All-Pacific Team
  • 2015 Defensive Player of the Week
  • 2015 Big Sky All-Conference First Team
  • 2015 Big Sky Defensive MVP
  • 2015 Big Sky All-Tournament Team
  • 2015 NSCAA All-Pacific Second Team
  • 2015 Big Sky All-Academic

Club career

Colorado Pride, 2015

In 2015 Jordan played for the W league team, Colorado Pride. Colorado Pride took second in the nation after losing to Washington Spirit Reserves in the finals.[3]

Chicago Red Stars, 2016

Jordan was drafted by the Chicago Red Stars in the 4th round of the 2016 NWSL College Draft.[4] In doing so she made history by being the first Northern Colorado Bears and first Big Sky player to be drafted by the NWSL.[5] Along with this Jordan became the first Colorado Springs area player to be drafted into the NWSL.[6] She was selected to be an amateur player for Chicago, before being offered a professional contract by Ostersund DFF.

Ostersunds DFF, 2016

Jordan played as a left full-back as well as a left center- back for Ostersunds DFF. She started in all 19 games she was available for the Elitettan team, playing a total of 1710 minutes and earned player of the match awards twice.

ÍB Vestmannaeyja, 2017–

Adrienne played in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild (women) league for Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja for the 2017 season as a right wing-back. She played in all 18 league games recording 1590 minutes played, one goal, and three assists. She also played every minute in the Women's Cup tournament to help ÍBV win the Icelandic cup.

International career

Jordan received a call-up to the United States U-23 team for the 2017 La Manga Series.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Adrienne Jordan – 2015". Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  2. ↑ "Soccer All-Conference Teams Announced". Big Sky Conference. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Colorado Pride " Late Goal Sends Pride Down in Championship Bid". pridewleague.com. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  4. ↑ "Red Stars Select Seven Players in 2016 Draft – Chicago Red Stars". chicagoredstars.com. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  5. ↑ "@UNCBearsSoccer's Jordan Drafted by Chicago Red Stars". University of Northern Colorado. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  6. ↑ "Adrienne Jordan first area player drafted by NWSL". Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  7. ↑ "U-23 WNT WILL TRAVEL TO SPAIN FOR MATCHES AGAINST JAPAN, ENGLAND AND NORWAY". February 24, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
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