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Jaedyn Shaw
Jaedyn Reese Shaw, OLY (born November 20, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
A gold medal winner at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics with the national team. Shaw represented the United States on the under-17, under-19 and under-20 national teams. She was named U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2022.
Shaw played for San Diego Wave FC and won the team's first-ever NWSL Shield and NWSL Challenge Cup in 2024. She was named to the NWSL Best XI in 2023.
Born and raised in Frisco, Texas, Shaw, her older sister, and younger brother were born to their Vietnamese-born mother, Ann and Black father, Lance. As a two-year-old, she would try playing while attending her older sister's games.
Jaedyn had goals of becoming a professional soccer player from a young age. Her parents sacrificed a lot in order to support Jaedyn's goal. Her mother noted, "Just being really transparent, there was a year or two where all four of us lived in a one bedroom apartment to be able to afford for her to go out of town, out of state, out of the country. My husband and I set our lives on the backburner - no vacations, no honeymoon, no nothing - in order for us to be able to handle the financial burdens that came with the opportunity. I knew this was God's purpose for her so a lot of it, as well, came with trainers, elite trainers, that charged us nothing because they knew she was so special. They knew that she would eventually build their business rather than take away from it. It was a mix of a lot of people's kindness and a mix of our sacrifices, financially." For part of her youth, she lived two blocks away from Toyota Stadium where the United States Soccer Hall of Fame resides and FC Dallas plays and has many memories of the stadium.
Shaw played for ECNL club, Solar Soccer Club, from age five to eight. She later played for FC Dallas’ youth academy team and helped the club win the under-15 championship in 2018. Shaw also played futsal and credits it for a lot of growth in her game, "I played strictly futsal until I was pushing maybe 12. I think that it helped me a lot technically and being able to see the game differently."
In April 2019, at the age of 14, Shaw verbally committed to joining the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill starting in the 2024 season. At the age of 15, Shaw was also invited to train with the French first-division club, Paris Saint-Germain. At the youth level, she played for FC Dallas and Solar SC. In 2022, Shaw was rated as the second ranked top prospect for the high school class of 2023 by Top Drawer Soccer.
In spring 2022, she joined Washington Spirit for pre-season and was named in the club's initial preseason roster.
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Jaedyn Shaw
Jaedyn Reese Shaw, OLY (born November 20, 2004) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team.
A gold medal winner at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics with the national team. Shaw represented the United States on the under-17, under-19 and under-20 national teams. She was named U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2022.
Shaw played for San Diego Wave FC and won the team's first-ever NWSL Shield and NWSL Challenge Cup in 2024. She was named to the NWSL Best XI in 2023.
Born and raised in Frisco, Texas, Shaw, her older sister, and younger brother were born to their Vietnamese-born mother, Ann and Black father, Lance. As a two-year-old, she would try playing while attending her older sister's games.
Jaedyn had goals of becoming a professional soccer player from a young age. Her parents sacrificed a lot in order to support Jaedyn's goal. Her mother noted, "Just being really transparent, there was a year or two where all four of us lived in a one bedroom apartment to be able to afford for her to go out of town, out of state, out of the country. My husband and I set our lives on the backburner - no vacations, no honeymoon, no nothing - in order for us to be able to handle the financial burdens that came with the opportunity. I knew this was God's purpose for her so a lot of it, as well, came with trainers, elite trainers, that charged us nothing because they knew she was so special. They knew that she would eventually build their business rather than take away from it. It was a mix of a lot of people's kindness and a mix of our sacrifices, financially." For part of her youth, she lived two blocks away from Toyota Stadium where the United States Soccer Hall of Fame resides and FC Dallas plays and has many memories of the stadium.
Shaw played for ECNL club, Solar Soccer Club, from age five to eight. She later played for FC Dallas’ youth academy team and helped the club win the under-15 championship in 2018. Shaw also played futsal and credits it for a lot of growth in her game, "I played strictly futsal until I was pushing maybe 12. I think that it helped me a lot technically and being able to see the game differently."
In April 2019, at the age of 14, Shaw verbally committed to joining the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill starting in the 2024 season. At the age of 15, Shaw was also invited to train with the French first-division club, Paris Saint-Germain. At the youth level, she played for FC Dallas and Solar SC. In 2022, Shaw was rated as the second ranked top prospect for the high school class of 2023 by Top Drawer Soccer.
In spring 2022, she joined Washington Spirit for pre-season and was named in the club's initial preseason roster.