Jordynn Dudley

Jordynn Araya Dudley (born November 21, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the Florida State Seminoles. She won an NCAA championship and was named first-team All-American with the Seminoles as a freshman in 2023. She helped win bronze with the United States at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Jordynn Dudley

Dudley in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Jordynn Araya Dudley
Date of birth	(2004-11-21) November 21, 2004
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Florida State Seminoles
Number	11
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2023–	Florida State Seminoles	36	(22)
International career‡
2023–2024	United States U20	14	(5)
Medal record Women's soccer FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Colombia 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 21, 2024

Early life

Dudley was raised in Milton, Georgia, the daughter of Georgette McCray and Donald Dudley, and has an older brother. She began playing soccer when she was two years old. She attended Cambridge High School and earned all-state honors in soccer all four years there. She also played basketball growing up and became her high school's all-time scoring leader with more than 2,000 career points. She played youth club soccer for United Futbol Academy, earning ECNL All-American honors in 2022–23. She verbally committed to Florida State University in October 2021, when the soccer program was led by Mark Krikorian, and signed a national letter of intent in December 2022 to play under new Florida State head coach Brian Pensky.

College career

Dudley started 16 games for the Florida State Seminoles in her freshman season in 2023. She scored her first two college goals in a 5–1 win over South Florida. She scored another two goals in a 3–3 draw to then-No. 1 North Carolina, followed by another brace in a shutout win over Miami. In the postseason, she scored in the conference semifinal and assisted in the final to help win the ACC tournament. She scored three goals, including two game winners, through the first five rounds of the NCAA tournament. In the national title game, she converted a penalty kick to open scoring and added an assist in a 5–1 victory over Stanford, making Florida State undefeated national champions. She totaled 14 goals and 9 assists over the season and was recognized as the ACC Freshman of the Year, first-team All-ACC, first-team All-American, and the most outstanding offensive player of the NCAA tournament.

International career

Dudley was called into training camp with the United States national under-14 team in July 2018. She trained with the combined under-18/under-19 teams in January 2023 and the under-20 team three months later. She represented her country at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, scoring on a header 25 seconds into the opening 6–0 win over Panama. The United States finished the tournament runner-up to Mexico, qualifying for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Dudley helped lead the United States to third place at the U-20 Women's World Cup, the country's best result since 2012. She started the opening match but missed the rest of the group stage after being in concussion protocol. She returned off the bench in the first knockout round, scoring in extra time to defeat Mexico 3–2. In the quarterfinals, trailing Germany 2–0, the United States came back in the last moments of regulation with a goal from Dudley and an own goal forced by Ally Sentnor in the 90+8th and 90+9th minutes; they advanced in a penalty shootout. After falling to North Korea, the United States won the third place game 2–1 over the Netherlands, its best result since 2012.

Honors

Florida State Seminoles

• NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament: 2023

External links

• Jordynn Dudley at Soccerway.com
• Jordynn Dudley at the Florida State Seminoles
• Jordynn Dudley at U.S. Soccer