Jaycie Johnson
Personal information
Full name Joelle Catherine Johnson[1][2]
Date of birth (1995-04-18) April 18, 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Lake Winnebago, Missouri, United States
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Sporting Blue Valley SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Nebraska Cornhuskers 73 (42)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Reign FC 4 (0)
2021–2022 Kansas City Current 7 (0)
International career
2015–2018 United States U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2019

Joelle Catherine "Jaycie" Johnson (born April 18, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker.

Youth career

A Lake Winnebago, Missouri native, Johnson enjoyed a prolific youth career with Lee's Summit West High School and Sporting Blue Valley Soccer Club, previously known as Kansas City Football Club until a merger.[3][2] She scored 195 goals for Lee's Summit West, earning all-state honors all four years, as well as 2012 NSCAA All-America and 2013 Gatorade Missouri Girls Soccer Player of the Year awards.[4]

College career

A four-star recruit and rated the No. 148 player in the country, Johnson committed to Nebraska Cornhuskers. She had a record-breaking freshman year in 2013, leading the team in goals (17) en route to Soccer America All-Freshman Team honors. In Nebraska's NCAA first-round match, Johnson became the first freshman and only the fifth player in history to score four goals in an NCAA tournament match.

Johnson followed up her freshman season with 11 goals in 2014 and 3 goals in 9 matches before tearing her ACL on September 25, 2015. Coming back from her season-ending injury, she again scored 11 goals in 2016, ending her college career with her first NSCAA All-America (third-team) honors as a senior.

Club career

North Carolina Courage selected Johnson in the third round of the 2017 NWSL College Draft, but she suffered a knee injury and missed the entire 2017 NWSL season.[5]

Ahead of the 2018 NWSL season, Reign FC invited Johnson to its preseason camp as a trialist, and she made the team as a National Team Replacement player on March 30.[6] She subsequently made the first-team roster on July 10, after a long spell on the disabled list.[7]

Johnson remained with Reign FC in 2019 as a supplemental player, but she was moved to the season-ending injury list on June 28, 2019.[8] The club declined to pick up her contract options for 2020 at the end of the season.[9]

Ahead of the 2021 season, Johnson was picked up by Kansas City NWSL.[10]

Johnson was waived by Kansas City in November 2022.[11]

International career

Johnson was a member of the United States U23 team in 2015.

References

  1. ^ "University of Nebraska–Lincoln awards 3,100-plus degrees in May exercises" (TXT). University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Lincoln, Nebraska. May 6, 2017. Archived from the original on September 17, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "US Youth Soccer 2011 Region II Championships: 16U Girls – KCFC Force 94/95 (KS) (SC)". US Youth Soccer. 2011. Archived from the original on November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "November Academy Affiliate Club Spotlight: Sporting Blue Valley". Sporting KC Youth Soccer. November 18, 2020. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  4. ^ "Jaycie Johnson". Nebraska Cornhuskers. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  5. ^ "NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE SELECTS FOUR IN CLUB'S FIRST NWSL DRAFT". North Carolina Courage. January 12, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2018.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Seattle Reign FC Sign Forward Jaycie Johnson as a National Team Replacement Player". Seattle Reign FC. March 30, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  7. ^ "Seattle Reign FC Signs Forward Jaycie Johnson". Seattle Reign FC. July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  8. ^ "FORWARD JOHNSON PLACED ON THE SEASON-ENDING INJURY LIST". Reign FC. June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  9. ^ "REIGN FC EXERCISES CONTRACT OPTIONS OF 23 PLAYERS, OFFERS NEW CONTRACTS TO 7 PLAYERS". Reign FC. November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  10. ^ "Johnson Welcome Home".
  11. ^ "Kansas City Current 2023 Roster Update - Kansas City Current". www.kansascitycurrent.com. November 15, 2022.

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