Jordyn Pamela Huitema was born on May 8, 2001, and is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the National Women’s Soccer League club OL Reign and the Canada national team.
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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. 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 kilometers (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.
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Her second brother, Trent, played ice hockey in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for the Humboldt Broncos.
On July 23, 2018, it was announced that Huitema would play with PSG Féminines during the 2018 Women’s International Champions Cup (WICC).
On June 18, 2022, Huitema transferred to American club OL Reign and signed a two-year contract.
Huitema was selected to make her FIFA Women’s World Cup debut after being named to the Canadian squad for the 2019 edition in France.
Why Jordyn Huitema left PSG?
“All along I kind of knew that PSG was more of a builder [or] a developing kind of step for me. And then after that, it would move to ‘I need minutes, I need game time to show what I’ve developed and to show what I’ve learned over these last three and a half years. ‘” She continued: “It just felt right with Seattle.
When did Jordyn Huitema start playing soccer?
Early life. Huitema was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia, 100 kilometers (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.


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