Jessica Ayers
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jessica Kohm Ayers | ||
Date of birth | June 11, 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Seattle, Washington | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Vittsjö GIK | ||
Number | 8 | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Colorado College Tigers | 83 | (32) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Seattle Reign FC | 0 | (0) |
2016 | IK Myran | ||
2019 | IK Myran | 6 | (1) |
2020–2021 | FC Gintra | 27 | (42[1]) |
2022–2023 | IFK Kalmar | 38 | (3) |
2023– | Vittsjö GIK | 4 | (0) |
International career | |||
2014 | United States U23 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jessica Kohm Ayers (born June 11, 1993) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Vittsjö GIK.
Early life and amateur career
[edit]Ayers grew up in Seattle. She is Jewish.[2] She regarded United States international Mia Hamm as her football idol.[3] Ayers played college soccer at Colorado College, earning first-team all-conference honors all four years.[4]
Club career
[edit]Ayers was drafted by FC Kansas City with the 26th pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft.[4] She later played for Swedish side Vittsjö GIK.[5]
International career
[edit]She was called up to the United States under-23 team in 2014.[6]
Style of play
[edit]Ayers has been described as "connects the extremely hardworking and combative chain of defenders and forwards".[7]
References
[edit]- ^ https://lietuvosfutbolas.lt/zaidejai/jessica-kohm-ayers-73860/?pg=1
- ^ "How women's soccer brought Jess Ayers back to her Jewish roots". forward.com. July 28, 2023.
- ^ "Jessica Ayers kilmės šaknys – Lietuvoje". lrt.lt. December 30, 2021.
- ^ a b "Ayers' path from NWSL to Sweden 'dream'". goal.com.
- ^ "Ayers: "Mitt mål att att komma in och bidra direkt"". barometern.se. October 27, 2021.
- ^ "U-23 WNT Head to OTC for Second Camp of 2014". Archived from the original on July 1, 2014.
- ^ "J. Ayers: šį sezoną galime nuveikti kai ką išskirtinio". lyrtas.lt.
External links
[edit]Kategorien:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Seattle
- American women's soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- American expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
- American expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- 20th-century American Jews
- 21st-century American Jews
- Colorado College Tigers women's soccer players
- Damallsvenskan players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Finland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Lithuania
- Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden
- FC Kansas City draft picks
- Vittsjö GIK players
- Women's association football midfielders
- American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
- 21st-century American sportswomen