Jody Brown

Jody Kimone Brown (born 16 April 2002) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for the Jamaica women's national team[2] and Montverde Academy.[3]

Jody Brown
Personal information
Full name Jody Kimone Brown[1]
Date of birth (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002
Place of birth Portmore, Jamaica
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Montverde Academy
Number 10
Youth career
Team
Montverde Academy
National team‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Jamaica U15 3+ (5)
2015–2017 Jamaica U17 5+ (8)
2017– Jamaica U20 8 (11)
2018– Jamaica 14 (8)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 February 2020

Early life and education

Brown attends 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.[4] 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.[4][4]

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.[5]

At age 17, Brown was selected for Jamaica's 2019 Women's World Cup squad.[6] She made her World Cup debut during the team's first group stage match against Brazil in Grenoble.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
23 July 2018Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia
2–1
2–1
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
2
31 August 2018National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
4–1
4–1
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification
3
2 September 2018 Cuba
4–0
6–1
4
October 11, 2018H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States
2–0
9–0
2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship
5
4–0
6
7–0
7
17 October 2018Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States Panama
1–0
2–2
8
3 March 2019Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica Chile
3–2
3–2
Friendly

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Jamaica" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 12. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "Reggae Girlz count on Jody Brown". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. "Jody Brown Named to 2018 Concacaf XI Female Best Team". Montverde Academy Athletics. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. Carnahan, J. C. "Montverde Academy's Jody Brown named Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Soccer". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Profile - Jamaica - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. "Two Jacksonville soccer standouts become first from Jacksonville to compete in a Women's World Cup". WTLV. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. Miller, Nick (9 June 2019). "Brazil 3–0 Jamaica: Women's World Cup 2019 – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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