Jordyn Huitema

Jordyn Pamela Huitema (born May 8, 2001) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League club OL Reign and the Canada national team.

Huitema made her senior national team debut at age 15 and scored her first international goal at 16, drawing headlines as a potential future star.

Huitema made her first junior appearance for Canada with the national under-15 team on August 7, 2014, against Puerto Rico in a 5–0 victory at the CONCACAF Girls Under-15 Championship.

The Canadians would go on to win the inaugural edition of the tournament in a penalty shoot-out, with Huitema scoring the winning shoot-out goal.

She would go on to make 10 more appearances for the under-15 squad.

Huitema's debut for the under-17 team came on March 3, 2016, at the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Championship in a 3–0 win against Guatemala.

Huitema also played in the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

There, she scored her first goal in FIFA competition in a 3–2 win over Cameroon.

She made 7 more appearances for the under-17 team.

Huitema first came to the notice of officials with Paris Saint-Germain Féminine when playing at the 2017 Algarve Cup with the Canadian national team.

At the time, national teammate Ashley Lawrence played for PSG at the club level, and as a result the team's general manager was in attendance at the event for games where Huitema "just happened to get a lot of minutes and played well."

On July 6, 2017, Huitema made her first appearance for the under-20 team, scoring a goal in a 4–1 win over the United States.

After scoring in a 3–1 loss to China in an under 17 match on July 12, 2017, Huitema became the first Canadian to score for the under 17, under 20 and senior national team in the same calendar year.

In 2017, she was named the Canada U-17 Female Player of the Year for her performances with the U-17, U-20 and senior teams throughout the year.

Huitema would sign with TSS FC Rovers of the Women's Premier Soccer League for the 2018 season.

On July 23, 2018, it was announced that Huitema would play with PSG Féminines during the 2018 Women's International Champions Cup (WICC).

She did not sign a professional contract with the team, allowing her to maintain college eligibility, as she was at the time also weighing offers to play for Stanford University or UCLA in the NCAA.

She started for PSG during their pre-season friendly against Manchester City Women on July 24, at the University of Portland.

Huitema was also in the starting lineup for PSG's semi-final match in the International Champions Cup, they lost 2–1 to the North Carolina Courage.

On January 12, 2018, Huitema was named to Canada's squad for the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago.

In the first game of the tournament, Huitema scored twice in a 3–1 win over Costa Rica.

In the second game, Huitema scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win over hosts Trinidad & Tobago, which clinched Canada's progress into the semi-finals.

She would play 66 minutes in a 4–0 victory over Haiti which resulted in Canada winning their group.

On January 24, 2019, Huitema announced that she would forgo college and begin her professional career.

On May 17, 2019, PSG confirmed Huitema had signed a four-year contract with the club.

On June 4, 2021, Huitema scored a header in the final minutes of a 3–0 victory over Dijon to seal the Division 1 Féminine title for Paris Saint-Germain, the first league title for the club.

Overall she appeared in 16 games in her second season with the club, scoring three goals and two assists in sixteen games.

Huitema became the top Canadian scorer in the UEFA Women's Champions League before she turned 20, a record subsequently surpassed by Cloé Lacasse.

Following her third season with PSG, Huitema contemplated making a move in order to obtain more starts and playing time than were available to her with PSG.

On June 18, 2022, Huitema transferred to American club OL Reign and signed a two-year contract.

In the final of the 2022 edition of The Women's Cup, she scored her first goal for the team to give the Reign a 2–1 lead over Racing Louisville FC, ultimately proving to be the game-winning goal.

She scored two goals in the remainder of the regular season, the second in the season-ending match with the Orlando Pride that saw the Reign clinch the NWSL Shield.

She was a member of the Canada squad that won the nation's first gold in women's soccer at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Huitema was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia, 100 kilometres (60 mi) east of Vancouver.

She began playing soccer at four years of age with Chilliwack FC.

She attended middle school at Rosedale Middle School in Chilliwack.

She attended Burnaby Central Secondary as part of the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite REX program.

While in the program she befriended future Canadian national teammate Julia Grosso.

Her brother, Brody, was a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program and played for Duke University.

Her second brother, Trent, played ice hockey in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for the Humboldt Broncos.