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Jessica Ayers
American soccer player (born 1993)
Jessica Kohm Ayers (born June 11, 1993) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Vittsjö GIK.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jessica Kohm Ayers | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-06-11) June 11, 1993 (age 30) | ||
| Place of birth | Seattle, Washington | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vittsjö GIK | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Colorado College Tigers | 83 | (32) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015 | Seattle Reign FC | 0 | (0) |
| 2016 | IK Myran | ||
| 2019 | IK Myran | 6 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | FC Gintra | 27 | (42[1]) |
| 2022–2023 | IFK Kalmar | 38 | (3) |
| 2023– | Vittsjö GIK | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | United States U23 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Ayers grew up in Seattle. She is Jewish.[2] She regarded United States international Mia Hamm as her football idol.[3] Ayers played college soccer at Colorado College, earning first-team all-conference honors all four years.[4]
Ayers was drafted by FC Kansas City with the 26th pick in the 2015 NWSL College Draft.[4] She later played for Swedish side Vittsjö GIK.[5]
She was called up to the United States under-23 team in 2014.[6]
Ayers has been described as "connects the extremely hardworking and combative chain of defenders and forwards".[7]
- "How women's soccer brought Jess Ayers back to her Jewish roots". forward.com. July 28, 2023.
- "Jessica Ayers kilmės šaknys – Lietuvoje". lrt.lt. December 30, 2021.
- "Ayers' path from NWSL to Sweden 'dream'". goal.com.
- "Ayers: "Mitt mål att att komma in och bidra direkt"". barometern.se. October 27, 2021.
- "U-23 WNT Head to OTC for Second Camp of 2014". Archived from the original on July 1, 2014.