Darian Jenkins

Darian Jenkins
Personal information
Full name Darian Michelle Jenkins
Date of birth (1995-01-05) January 5, 1995
Place of birth Murray, Utah, United States
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage
Number 21
Youth career
2007–2012 Sparta United
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 UCLA Bruins 76 (29)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 SoCal FC (WPSL)[1]
2017– North Carolina Courage 13 (0)
National team‡
2011–2012 United States U17
2014 United States U18
2017– United States U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 7, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 18, 2017

Darian Michelle Jenkins (born January 5, 1995) is an American soccer forward on the roster for the North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League.

College career

UCLA Bruins

Jenkins scored 29 goals in 76 appearances for the UCLA Bruins women's soccer team, and was team co-captain in her 2016 senior season. In their 2016 season opener, Jenkins scored a hat trick in the first half of the match, the Bruins' first hat trick since Sydney Leroux scored one in 2011.[2] She broke her fibula in a match on October 2, 2016, ending her collegiate career.[3]

Club career

North Carolina Courage, 2017–present

Jenkins was the North Carolina Courage's second pick in the 2017 National Women's Soccer League College Draft in January 2017, selected 7th overall. She signed with the Courage on April 10 and was immediately placed on the 45-day disabled list while she continued to recover from her fibula injury.[4] Jenkins was not added to the active roster in 2017 as she continued to recover from injury.[5]

She would make her debut for the Courage on March 24, 2018 against the Portland Thorns, appearing as a second half substitute.[6] Jenkins appeared in 13 regular season games for the Courage in 2018. She was a stoppage time substitute in the Championship Game as the Courage won the 2018 NWSL Championship by defeating the Portland Thorns 3-0. [7]

Honors

Club

North Carolina Courage North Carolina Courage

References

  1. ↑ "Four Former SoCal FC Players Drafted by NWSL Teams". SoCal FC. January 14, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Darian Jenkins". www.uclabruins.com. UCLA Bruins. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bruin Bites: UCLA Women's Soccer Scoring Leader Darian Jenkins Out for Season". SBNation. October 6, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ Castro, Melissa (April 10, 2017). "Darian Jenkins and Lauren Kaskie of UCLA Women's Soccer Sign With NWSL Teams". SBNation. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Darian Jenkins talks recovery and playing for the North Carolina Courage". June 18, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Darian Jenkins Stats". July 4, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Courage cap off record-setting season with NWSL Championship win". September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.


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