44 Facts About Jessie Fleming

Jessie Alexandra Fleming was born on March 11,1998 and is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club Portland Thorns and captains the Canadian national team.

Jessie Fleming was a member of Canada's gold medal-winning side at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she scored the team's only regular-time goal in the final on a penalty kick, as well as the first goal in the penalty shoot-out.

Jessie Fleming was born in London, Ontario to Michaele and John Jessie Fleming, who are both originally from Toronto.

Jessie Fleming has an older brother, Tristan, and a younger sister, Elysse.

Jessie Fleming started playing soccer at the age of three for the London-based Nor'West Optimist Soccer Club, where she remained until 2016.

Jessie Fleming attended elementary school at Ryerson Public School, where she remained undefeated in cross-country throughout her entire elementary school career.

Jessie Fleming went on to attend London Central Secondary School from Grade 9 to Grade 10, where she competed in OFSAA track and field and cross-country.

Jessie Fleming still holds the record for the 1500m in the midget women's category.

Jessie Fleming switched to H B Beal Secondary School for Grades 11 and 12, and graduated in 2016.

Jessie Fleming verbally committed to UCLA in December 2014 and joined the Bruins in August 2016.

Jessie Fleming appeared in 19 games, making 16 starts, and finished as the leading scorer on the team with 11 goals and 5 assists, for a total of 27 points.

Jessie Fleming was one of just two freshmen to receive All-America honours in 2016, being selected to the NSCAA All-America third team.

Jessie Fleming was selected the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman of the Year, and earned first-team NSCAA All-Pacific Region, All-Pac-12 and All-Freshman acclaim.

Jessie Fleming earned first-team All-America honours and received first-team All-West Region and All-Pac-12 honours for the second-straight year.

Jessie Fleming was chosen as one of three finalists for the Hermann Trophy and one of four finalists for the Honda Sports Award.

Jessie Fleming was one of ten finalists for the Senior CLASS Award.

Jessie Fleming graduated from UCLA in 2021, with a major in materials engineering and a minor in environmental science.

On July 22,2020, Jessie Fleming signed for FA WSL champions Chelsea on a three-year deal.

Jessie Fleming was an unused substitute in the 2021 Champions League Final, where Chelsea were defeated by Barcelona.

Jessie Fleming won the league title with Chelsea for the second time, before playing in her second consecutive run with the club to the 2022 FA Cup Final.

Jessie Fleming played 20 games in the season, with a new career high of 14 starts.

On January 23,2024, The Daily Telegraph reported that Jessie Fleming would be moving to the American NWSL's Portland Thorns.

Jessie Fleming started playing for the Canadian youth national teams in 2012, at the age of 14.

At the 2014 U-17 World Cup in Costa Rica, Jessie Fleming navigated Canada out of the group of death.

Jessie Fleming recorded an assist in the quarter-final loss to Venezuela.

Jessie Fleming was a member of the team that reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 U-20 World Cup in Canada.

Jessie Fleming made two appearances in the group stage of the tournament, before playing all 90 minutes in the quarter-final against Germany.

Jessie Fleming represented Canada at the 2015 Pan American Games, where the Canadian Soccer Association fielded an Olympic Developmental under-23 squad.

In December 2013, following her performances at the CONCACAF U-17 Championship, Jessie Fleming received her first call-up to the senior national team, ahead of the 2013 Torneio Internacional de Brasilia.

In early 2015, Jessie Fleming moved to Vancouver to train full-time with the national team ahead of the 2015 FIFA World Cup.

Jessie Fleming was named to Canada's 2016 Summer Olympics squad, which defeated the home team Brazil to win a bronze medal.

Jessie Fleming had a secondary assist on the winning goal, scored by Christine Sinclair.

Jessie Fleming was by this point established as one of the most promising younger players on a team, at a time when commentators were increasingly contemplating its future upon the eventual retirement of longtime captain Sinclair.

On May 25,2019, Jessie Fleming was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA World Cup, where she would eventually play every minute of the tournament for Canada.

Jessie Fleming was named part of the Canadian team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, participating in her second Olympic tournament.

Jessie Fleming later scored the first goal in the shoot-out at the end of the game, which resulted in Canada winning the gold medal.

In 2021, Jessie Fleming was named Player of the Month three times by the Canadian Soccer Association, in the months of March, October, and November.

Jessie Fleming was voted as Canadian Player of the Year and nominated for the CONCACAF Women's Player of the Year award.

At the 2022 Arnold Clark Cup, Jessie Fleming started the first match against England as captain, in the absence of regular captain Christine Sinclair.

Jessie Fleming was named Canada Soccer's Player of the Year for the second time, becoming the third woman to win the award consecutively.

The draw placed them in what Jessie Fleming called a "challenging" group that included host nation Australia.

Jessie Fleming was widely expected to be a central role on the team in the tournament, with many commentators identifying her as Canada's most important player.

Jessie Fleming described it as "a bad night to have a bad night," with post-match assessments of roster performance largely concluding that she had not been able to influence the outcome to her own standard.

Jessie Fleming was called up to the Canada squad for the 2024 Summer Olympics.