Yazmeen Jamieson

Yazmeen Alexis Jamieson (born 17 March 1998) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Simcoe County Rovers in League1 Ontario. Born in Canada, she represents the Jamaica women's national team.

Yazmeen Jamieson
Personal information
Full name Yazmeen Alexis Jamieson
Date of birth (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Simcoe County Rovers
Youth career
Unionville Milliken SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Carleton Ravens
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Papakura City 5
2021 P18 IK 7 (0)
2022– Simcoe County Rovers 2 (0)
National team‡
2017–2018 Jamaica U-20 5 (0)
2018– Jamaica 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 September 2018

Early life

Jamieson was born to a Jamaican father and a Grenadian mother.[1] She started playing soccer at age 6.[2] She attended Bayview Glen School, winning the Elite Athlete Award.[3] She played youth soccer with Unionville Milliken SC.[1] She was awarded the 2017 Grenada Association of Toronto Diaspora Award.[4]

Playing career

College

She played for Carleton University from 2016 to 2019 and suffered from an injury in 2017. In 2019, she gave up her college eligibility in order to play professionally overseas in New Zealand to improve her chances for he Jamaican national team selection for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5]

Club

In 2019, she joined New Zealand club Papakura City.[6]

In 2021, Yazmeen signed a short term contract with the Swedish club P18 IK in the second division.[7] She started 6 out of the seven matches she was there for and helped bring the team to the final playoffs round. The team won the final match therefore promoting them to Division 1 in Sweden. [8]

In 2022, she joined Canadian club Simcoe County Rovers in League1 Ontario.[9]

International career

In 2013, at age 15, while on a tour to Jamaica with her youth club team, the Jamaican women's technical director learned of her Jamaican heritage and arranged for her to trial with the Jamaican U20 team.[1][4] Soonafter, she made the roster for the Jamaican U17 team for the U17 World Cup qualifier, however, she was unable to secure her Jamaican citizenship and passport in time and was unable to join the team.[4]

In November 2017, she received her first cap to the Jamaica U20.[10] She was later named to the roster for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[11]

In 2018, she was named to the Jamaica senior team for the first time.[2][12]

References
  1. Armstrong, Laura (16 November 2018). "Toronto's Jamieson inspires next generation of women's soccer players in Jamaica". Toronto Star.
  2. Daniel, Jack L. (17 March 2019). "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History: American and Jamaican Women Soccer Players are Making History". Pittsburgh Urban Media. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019.
  3. McCarthy, Crystal (24 April 2019). "Yazmeen Jamieson". 2019 Women's World Cup Preview.
  4. Fanfair, Ron (29 May 2019). "Canadians are prominent part of Jamaica's Reggae Girlz World Cup squad". Ron Fanfair.
  5. Wilson, Emily (16 November 2019). "Ravens at the FIFA WWC and pushing for equal pay in soccer". The Charlatan.
  6. Cowan, Sherdon (29 March 2020). "Girlz goalie Jameison using COVID-19 break to catch up on school work". Jamaica Observer.
  7. "P18 förstärker med landslagsmålvakt" [P18 reinforces with national team goalkeeper]. Hela Gotland (in Swedish). 29 September 2021.
  8. ""Det är här är det sjukaste jag varit med om"" ["This is the sickest thing I've been through"]. Hela Gotland. 22 November 2021.
  9. @RoversFC_L1O (22 February 2022). "In safe hands" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. "Theodore strikes as TT U-20s edge Jamaica". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 18 November 2017.
  11. Boyce, Martin (18 January 2018). "WSOC: Jamieson to play for Jamaica at CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship". Carleton Ravens.
  12. "Reggae Girls depart Monday for camp ahead of World Cup Qualifiers". Loop Sports. 28 April 2018.
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