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Full name
  
Jenna Carroll Richmond

2010–2013
  
UCLA Bruins

Current team
  
FC Kansas City

Number
  
7

Height
  
1.75 m


Playing position
  
Midfielder

Role
  
Soccer player

Name
  
Jenna Richmond

Position
  
Midfielder


Date of birth
  
(1991-12-18) December 18, 1991 (age 24)

Place of birth
  
Alexandria, Virginia

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Jenna Carroll Richmond (born December 18, 1991) is an American soccer midfielder currently playing for FC Kansas City in the National Women's Soccer League.

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Early life

Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Richmond attended Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia where she played soccer and ran cross country. Playing for two club soccer teams, GSC Team America Premier and McLean Freedom, she won six State Cup titles and won a national championship at the U-16 level. She received Golden Boot honors at the national championship as the tournament's top goal scorer.

In 2009 and 2010, Richmond was named Gatorade Player of the Year for Virginia as well as Parade All-American. In 2010, she was also named Washington Post Player of the Year. During her senior year in high school, she was named the top college recruit according to multiple sources, including ESPN and Top Drawer Soccer.

UCLA Bruins

Won the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship with UCLA in her Senior year.

FC Kansas City

Richmond was drafted by FC Kansas City as the sixteenth overall pick of the 2014 NWSL College Draft.

International

Richmond has represented the United States on the U-15, U-17, U-20, and U-23 teams.

Team

with FC Kansas City:

  • NWSL championship: 2014
  • References

    Jenna Richmond Wikipedia