9 / Jordyn Huitema
PRONOUNS: She/Her
POSITION: Forward
HEIGHT: 5-11
INTERNATIONAL: Canada
HOMETOWN: Chilliwack, Canada
DOB: May 8, 2001 (22 years old)
COLLEGE: -
PREVIOUS CLUB: Paris Saint-Germain
NWSL EXPERIENCE: 3 (3rd Reign)
ACQUIRED: Transferred from Paris Saint-Germain and signed with Seattle Reign FC to an international roster spot on June 18, 2022.
TRANSACTIONS: On September 15, 2023, Seattle Reign FC exercised Huitema’s option, keeping her with the club through the 2024 season.
PROFESSIONAL (NWSL)
Transferred to the Reign in the middle of the 2022 season and has totaled 38 appearances across all NWSL competitions since...In regular season play, Huitema has 23 starts in 30 appearances, recording seven goals, two assists and 45 shots.
2023 • SEA • 20/14 (3/3)
One of four players on the team to appear in at least 20 games in the regular season... Finished second on the team in goals with five, adding 25 shots...Appeared in four games during the Challenge Cup, scoring two goals...One of four players in the NWSL with at least three headed goals, joining teammates Bethany Balcer and Veronica Latsko.
2022 • SEA • 10/9 (1/1)
Appeared in the final 10 games of the regular season, making nine starts for 758 total minutes…at ACFC, 7/30: Made her NWSL debut and finished the match with a team-leading six shots...Recorded two goals and two assists, becoming one of three players on the team to finish with multiple goals and assists...Was one of five players on the Reign to register a goal and an assist in the same game.
INTERNATIONAL (CAN): Through 2023, Huitema has 73 caps, 18 goals and six assists for Canada... Helped her country qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and was selected to her first-ever World Cup...A native of Chilliwack, BC, Huitema was named to the senior team in 2017 and became one of Canada’s youngest-ever goal scorers after recording a brace in a friendly against Costa Rica...Became the first Canadian to score for the U-17, U-20 and senior national teams in the same calendar year, earning 2017 U-17 Canadian Player of the Year honors...Finished her international youth career as the second all-time leading goal scorer (23) in Canadian soccer history behind only Christine Sinclair...Helped her country win the Olympic gold medal in 2021, appearing in four games, including the final against Sweden, alongside Reign teammate and midfielder Quinn... The duo also represented Canada at the World Cup in 2019.
YOUTH: Started playing at 4 years old and joined the local boys team when she was 10 because the girls team ‘wasn’t competitive enough’…Grew up also competing in swimming and hockey.
FIRST CANADIAN: In 2019, Huitema decided to forgo college, becoming the first Canadian woman to turn pro out of high school in signing a four-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain.
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