Jody Brown Explained

Jody Brown
Fullname:Jody Kimone Brown[1]
Birth Date:2002 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Portmore, Jamaica
Height:1.63 m
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Florida State Seminoles
Clubnumber:10
Youthyears1:2018–2020
Youthclubs1:Montverde Academy
Collegeyears1:2020–2023
College1:Florida State Seminoles
Collegecaps1:64
Collegegoals1:17
Nationalyears1:2014–2016
Nationalteam1:Jamaica U15
Nationalcaps1:3+
Nationalgoals1:5
Nationalyears2:2015–2017
Nationalteam2:Jamaica U17
Nationalcaps2:5+
Nationalgoals2:8
Nationalyears3:2017–2022
Nationalteam3:Jamaica U20
Nationalcaps3:8
Nationalgoals3:11
Nationalyears4:2018–
Nationalteam4:Jamaica
Nationalcaps4:18
Nationalgoals4:12
Ntupdate:00:20, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Jody Kimone Brown (born 16 April 2002) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for the Jamaica women's national team.[2] She played college soccer with the Florida State Seminoles.

Early life and education

Montverde Academy

Brown attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida, a town near Orlando, where she helped lead the soccer team to back-to-back state championships in 2018–19.[3] As a junior in 2019, she recorded 32 goals and 9 assists. The same year, she was named Girls Soccer Player of the Year by the Orlando Sentinel and Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Soccer.[3]

Florida State University

After graduating from Montverde Academy,[4] Brown moved to Florida State University in August 2020.[5]

International career

Brown has represented Jamaica on the senior national team as well as the under-15, under-17, and under-20 national teams. She competed at two CONCACAF Girls' Under-15 Championship editions in (2014 and 2016), the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification. She made her senior debut in 2018 at the age of 16. The same year, she was the youngest player competing at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, the qualifying tournament for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Brown was the top scorer of the tournament with four goals.[6]

At age 17, Brown was selected for Jamaica's 2019 Women's World Cup squad.[7] She made her World Cup debut during the team's first group stage match against Brazil in Grenoble.[8]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 23 July 2018 2–1 2–1 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
2 31 August 2018 4–1 4–1 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
3 2 September 2018 4–0 6–1
4 October 11, 2018 2–0 9–0 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
5 4–0
6 7–0
7 17 October 2018 1–0 2–2
8 3 March 2019 3–2 3–2 Friendly
9 19 February 2023 1–1 2–3 2023 Cup of Nations

Honours

Florida State Seminoles

Jamaica

Individual

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Jamaica. . 27 May 2019 . 12 . 27 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Reggae Girlz count on Jody Brown. Olympic Channel. en-us. 2019-06-09.
  3. Web site: Montverde Academy's Jody Brown named Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Soccer. Carnahan. J. C.. orlandosentinel.com. 2019-06-09.
  4. Web site: Jody Brown Named to 2018 Concacaf XI Female Best Team. Montverde Academy Athletics. January 18, 2019. March 8, 2019.
  5. Web site: Jody Brown. 24 July 2020.
  6. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Profile - Jamaica . https://web.archive.org/web/20190528171040/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/teams/team/1885011/profile/. dead. 28 May 2019. FIFA.com. www.fifa.com. en-GB. 2019-06-09.
  7. Web site: Two Jacksonville soccer standouts become first from Jacksonville to compete in a Women's World Cup. WTLV. 2019-06-09.
  8. News: Brazil 3–0 Jamaica: Women's World Cup 2019 – as it happened. Miller. Nick. 2019-06-09. The Guardian. 2019-06-09. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  9. Web site: 18 October 2018 . Jamaica claim first-ever Women's World Cup berth . 16 January 2022 . fifa.com . FIFA . en.
  10. Web site: 2022-07-17 . Vanzanten's late goal earns Third Place honors for Jamaica . 2022-07-19 . CONCACAF.
  11. Web site: 17 October 2018 . Concacaf announces the individual awards and Best XI of the CWC . 9 March 2021 . CONCACAF.
  12. Web site: January 15, 2019 . Lozano and Morgan Claim Top CONCACAF Awards . January 10, 2023 . beIN SPORTS USA .