Jessie Fleming

Jessie Alexandra Fleming (born March 11, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Chelsea of the English FA WSL and the Canada national team.[2]

Jessie Fleming

Personal information
Full name	Jessie Alexandra Fleming
Date of birth	March 11, 1998
Place of birth	London, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Chelsea
Number	17
Youth career
	London Nor'West SC
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	UCLA Bruins	75	(25)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–	Chelsea	7	(0)
National team^‡
2013–2014	Canada U-17	12	(4)
2014	Canada U-20	3	(0)
2015	Canada U-23	5	(1)
2013–	Canada	77	(10)
Honours Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:56, 7 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 10, 2020[1]

Fleming previously played collegiate soccer in the United States at UCLA from 2016 to 2019. She made her senior international debut at age 15 years 278 days.

College career

Fleming committed to UCLA in 2014[3] and joined the Bruins in 2016.[4] She played her first game on August 28, less than 10 days after helping Canada win a bronze medal at the Olympic Games, scoring twice in a 4–3 loss to Florida. Her goalscoring tear continued as she netted 7 goals in her first 6 games as a college player. She appeared in 19 games, making 16 starts, and finished as the leading scorer on the team with 11 goals and 5 assists, for a total of 27 points. Fleming was one of just two freshmen to receive All-America honours in 2016, being selected to the NSCAA All-America third team. She was selected the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman of the Year, and also earned first-team NSCAA All-Pacific Region, All-Pac-12 and All-Freshman acclaim.[5]

As a sophomore, Fleming scored 6 goals, including three game-winners, and recorded 8 assists, for a total of 20 points. She earned first-team All-America honours and received first-team All-West Region and All-Pac-12 honours for the second-straight year. After helping UCLA reach the College Cup final and scoring a goal in the championship match, she was selected as a finalist for the Hermann Trophy[6] and chosen as one of four nominees for the Class of 2018 Honda Sports Award for soccer.[7]

Although she missed nearly half of her junior season while on national team duty, Fleming still earned first-team All-Pac-12 honours for the third year in a row and was a second-team All-West Region honouree after scoring 15 points on 5 goals and 5 assists.[8]

Club career

On July 22, 2020, Fleming signed for Chelsea of the English FA WSL on a three-year deal.[2]

International career

Fleming captained Canada U-17 to a silver medal at the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, resulting in qualification to the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where she navigated Canada out of the group of death.[9]

Fleming made her senior debut at age 15 in Brazil on December 15, 2013 at the Torneio Internacional de Brasília tournament, when she entered as a second-half substitute against Chile in a 0–1 defeat and became the second-youngest player to ever play for Canada. She scored her first goal against Scotland on March 4, 2015 in a 2–0 win at the 2015 Cyprus Cup.[10]

Fleming was named as a member of the Canada 2015 World Cup squad.[11] On June 15, 2015, she started Canada's final group stage match of the World Cup against Netherlands in front of 45,420 fans at Olympic Stadium.[12] The match ended 1–1, which was enough for Canada to win Group A.

Fleming was named to Canada's 2016 Summer Olympics squad, which defeated the home team Brazil to win a bronze medal.[13] She had a secondary assist on the winning goal, scored by Christine Sinclair.[13]

Fleming made her 50th appearance on March 7, 2018, scoring her 5th international goal in a 3–0 win over South Korea at the 2018 Algarve Cup.[14]

On May 25, 2019 she was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of February 7, 2021[16]

Club	League	Season	League		National Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup[lower-alpha 2]		Continental[lower-alpha 3]		Other[lower-alpha 4]		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	FA WSL	2020–21	7	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	14	0
Career total			7	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	14	0

1. Include Women's FA Cup
2. Include FA Women's League Cup
3. Appearance in UEFA Women's Champions League
4. Appearance in Women's FA Community Shield

International goals

	Key (expand for notes on “international goals” and sorting)
Location	Geographic location of the venue where the competition occurred Sorted by country name first, then by city name
Lineup	Start – played entire match on minute (off player) – substituted on at the minute indicated, and player was substituted off at the same time off minute (on player) – substituted off at the minute indicated, and player was substituted on at the same time (c) – captain Sorted by minutes played
#	NumberOfGoals.goalNumber scored by the player in the match (alternate notation to Goal in match)
Min	The minute in the match the goal was scored. For list that include caps, blank indicates played in the match but did not score a goal.
Assist/pass	The ball was passed by the player, which assisted in scoring the goal. This column depends on the availability and source of this information.
penalty or pk	Goal scored on penalty-kick which was awarded due to foul by opponent. (Goals scored in penalty-shoot-out, at the end of a tied match after extra-time, are not included.)
Score	The match score after the goal was scored. Sorted by goal difference, then by goal scored by the player's team
Result	The final score. Sorted by goal difference in the match, then by goal difference in penalty-shoot-out if it is taken, followed by goal scored by the player's team in the match, then by goal scored in the penalty-shoot-out. For matches with identical final scores, match ending in extra-time without penalty-shoot-out is a tougher match, therefore precede matches that ended in regulation
aet	The score at the end of extra-time; the match was tied at the end of 90' regulation
pso	Penalty-shoot-out score shown in parenthesis; the match was tied at the end of extra-time
	Light-purple background color – exhibition or closed door international friendly match
	Light-yellow background color – match at an invitational tournament
	Light-orange background color – Olympic women's football qualification match
	Light-blue background color – FIFA women's world cup qualification match
	Orange background color – Olympic women's football tournament
	Blue background color – FIFA women's world cup final tournament
NOTE: some keys may not apply for a particular football player

Goal	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	March 4, 2015	GSP Stadium	Scotland	1–0	2–0	2015 Cyprus Cup
2.	February 14, 2016	BBVA Compass Stadium	Trinidad and Tobago	6–0	6–0	CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifier
3.	July 20, 2016	Stade Sébastien Charléty	China PR	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4.	June 8, 2017	Investors Group Field	Costa Rica	1–0	3–1	Friendly
5.	March 5, 2018	Estádio Municipal de Albufeira	South Korea	2–0	3–0	2018 Algarve Cup
6.	June 10, 2018	Tim Hortons Field	Germany	2–1	2–3	Friendly
7.	October 14, 2018	Toyota Stadium	Panama	3–0	7–0	2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship Semi-final
8.	March 25, 2019	BMO Field	Mexico	1–0	3–0	Friendly
9.	June 15, 2019	Stade des Alpes	New Zealand	1–0	2–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Group Stage
10.	January 29, 2020	H-E-B Park	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8–0	11–0	2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

Honours

Club

Chelsea

• Women's FA Community Shield: 2020Winner

International

• Summer Olympic Games: Bronze medal, 2016
• Algarve Cup: 2016
• Four Nations Tournament: 2015

Individual

College

• Hermann Trophy finalist: 2019 [17]
• Hermann Trophy finalist: 2017[18]
• First-team All-American: 2017[19]
• Third-team All-American: 2016[20]

International

• CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship Golden Ball: 2013[21]
• CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship Best XI: 2013[22]
• Canadian U-17 Player of the Year: 2014
• Canadian U-20 Player of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2017
• CONCACAF Best XI: 2017[23]
• CONCACAF Women's Championship Best XI: 2018[24]

Personal life

Both of Flemings' parents are originally from Toronto. She grew up and played soccer in London, Ontario.[1] Fleming attended Ryerson Public School for elementary school, where she remained undefeated in cross country throughout her entire elementary school career. She went on to attend London Central Secondary School from grade 9 to grade 10, and H. B. Beal Secondary School for grade 12.

In 2013, Fleming won two gold medals at the OFSAA track and field championships in the midget women 1500m and the midget women 3000m. The following year, she won another gold medal in the junior women 3000m. Fleming also played hockey as a child, including in a full-contact boys' league.[25]

References

1. "Jessie Fleming player profile". Canada Soccer Association. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
2. "CHELSEA FC WOMEN SIGN CANADIAN JESSIE FLEMING". Chelsea FC. July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
3. Kassouf, Jeff (November 1, 2014). "Canada's Fleming verbally commits to UCLA". Equalizer Soccer. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
4. Kennedy, Paul (February 5, 2016). "UCLA lands Pugh and Fleming in recruiting coup 02/05/2016". Soccer America. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
5. "Fleming Named to MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List". UCLA Athletics. August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
6. "Fleming named finalist for MAC Hermann Trophy". UCLA Athletics. December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
7. "Jessie Fleming Nominated for Honda Award". UCLA Athletics. December 13, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
8. "Three Bruins Selected to MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List". UCLA Athletics. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
9. Care, Tony (March 4, 2015). "Jessie Fleming: The next Christine Sinclair?". CBC Sports. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
10. "Fleming, Sinclair score as Canada beats Scotland at Cyprus Cup". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
11. Dalla Costa, Morris (May 5, 2015). "Top level is just the start for young Jessie Fleming". The London Free Press. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
12. "Netherlands vs. Canada". soccerway. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
13. "Fleming Wins Olympic Bronze with Team Canada". Retrieved December 6, 2016.
14. "Canada defeats Korea Republic 3:0 in final Algarve Cup group stage match". Canada Soccer. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
15. "Together We Rise: Canada Soccer announces squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019". Retrieved May 25, 2019.
16. "Jessie Fleming Profile". Retrieved August 29, 2020.
17. "Jessie Fleming Profile". UCLA. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
18. "Jessie Fleming Profile". UCLA. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
19. "Jessie Fleming Profile". UCLA. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
20. "Jessie Fleming Profile". UCLA. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
21. "CWU17 Golden Ball: Jessie Fleming (Canada)". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
22. "TSG announces CWU17 Best XI". CONCACAF. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
23. "2017 CONCACAF Award Winners Announced". CONCACAF. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
24. "Concacaf announces the individual awards and Best XI of the CWC". CONCACAF. October 18, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
25. Bribach, Winston (October 17, 2016). "Jessie Fleming attributes soccer expertise to track, hockey roots". Daily Bruin. Retrieved December 6, 2016.

External links

• Jessie Fleming profile at Canada Soccer
• Jessie Fleming profile at UCLA
• Jessie Fleming profile at FIFA