Jenny Bindon

Jenny Lynn Bindon (née Bourn; born 25 February 1973) is an American-born association football coach and former goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. She played 77 full internationals in between 2004 and 2010.[1] She currently serves as the head coach of the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) women's soccer team.[2]

Jenny Bindon
Personal information
Full name Jenny Lynn Bindon
Date of birth (1973-02-25) 25 February 1973
Place of birth Belleville, Illinois, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team

Loyola Marymount Lions women's soccer

(Head coach)
Youth career
1979–1986 Belle-Clair Soccer
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Three Kings United
Glenfield Rovers
Bay Olympic
Hibiscus Coast
National team‡
2004–2014 New Zealand 77 (0)
Teams managed
2016 Takapuna AFC (co-head coach)
2017–2019 UCLA Bruins (assistant/goalkeeping coach)
2020– Loyola Marymount Lions (head coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 February 2014

High school

Jenny and her twin sister, Sarah, were multi-sport stars at Belleville West High School. The two participated in basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis, and cross country. Girls' soccer was not offered at the time.

NCAA career

Bindon played basketball (1991–93), tennis (1991–92), and soccer (1992) for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars.[3] She left SIUE to enlist in the United States Coast Guard. After the Coast Guard, Bindon returned to the field in 1998 at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, where she played soccer and basketball.[4]

International career

Bindon made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0–2 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[5] where they lost to Brazil (0–5), Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).

She was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and Brazil (0–4).[6]

On 7 March 2011 Bindon earned her 50th A-international cap in a 5–2 loss to France in the Cyprus Cup, becoming the first New Zealand goalkeeper to reach the milestone.[7]

At the 2012 London Olympics, Bindon played all 360 minutes in 4 matches played by New Zealand. She conceded 5 goals, 2 to the U.S. who sent them home with a 0–2 quarter-final defeat. Other goals conceded in group stage, to Great Britain (0–1), Brazil (0–1), and Cameroon (3–1);[8] Her goalkeeping performance was critical to New Zealand advancing to second stage, since they advanced by better goal difference than North Korea.[9]

At 39 years of age, she was the oldest competitor in 2012 Olympic women's football tournament. After her last match in 2012 Olympics, she did not rule out competing for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, quote: "I've been asked that question many times because of my age. But there's no reason for me to stop as long as this smile stays on my face and my body keeps holding out."[10]

Bindon announced her retirement from international football in February 2014.[11]

Coaching career

After retiring, Bindon later moved to coaching, which she has already pursued while as a player. Bindon served as the assistant coach and goalkeeper coach for the New Zealand under-17 women's team, and goalkeeper coach for the New Zealand under-20 and senior women's teams,[12] and was joint head coach of third division Takapuna AFC during the 2016 NRFL season,[13] the second female coach in that club to do so.

In February 2017 Bindon was named by the University of California, Los Angeles women's soccer team to be an assistant and goalkeeping coach.[12] She coached in two College Cups in 2017 (Runner-Up), 2019 (Final Four).

On December 16, 2019, Bindon was named head coach of the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) women's soccer team. She is the sixth head coach in program history.[14]

Personal life

Bindon moved to New Zealand after her marriage to Grant Bindon, former captain of the New Zealand men's volleyball team, whom she met while they were students at Lewis University.[15] They have one son, Tyler.[16]

References
  1. "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". UltimateNZSoccer.com. The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  2. "Jenny Bindon - Women's Soccer Coach". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. "SIUE". SIUE.
  4. "40th Annual Flyer Athletics Fund Golf Outing - Official Athletics Website". Lewis University Athletics.
  5. "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  6. "Olympic Football Squads Named". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  7. "NZ Football - HOME". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
  8. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: New Zealand – Statistics". FIFA.com. FIFA.
  9. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: Groups". FIFA.com. FIFA.
  10. "Bindon: We're happy and proud". FIFA.
  11. "NZ women's keeper Jenny Bindon to retire". Stuff.co.nz. 4 February 2014.
  12. "Bindon Named Women's Soccer Assistant Coach". UCLA. 17 February 2017.
  13. "Bindon relishing Takapuna challenge". 7 April 2016.
  14. "Two-time Women's World Cup Player and Two-Time Olympian Jenny Bindon Selected to Lead Lions". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  15. "Jenny Bindon". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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