Jordyn Huitema

Biography

Jordyn Huitema made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 where she helped Canada win the gold medal. She saw action as a substitute in Canada’s last four games, including the final against Sweden. 

Huitema made her first appearance for Canada at the inaugural U15 Concacaf Championships in 2014. She was just 13 years old when she scored the shootout winner to earn Canada a gold medal. At 14 she was invited to a senior national team camp as an extra player. In 2016 she was named to the best XI at the U15 Concacaf Championship while helping Canada to a silver medal. She won bronze with the U17 team at their Concacaf Championship later that year.

Huitema earned her first cap with the senior team in 2017 and became one of Canada’s youngest ever goal scorers when she netted a pair in a friendly against Costa Rica. On July 12, 2017, Huitema became the first Canadian to score for the U17, U20, and senior national teams in the same calendar year. For her efforts she was named the 2017 U17 Canadian Player of the Year.

2018 would be an even busier year for Huitema, beginning with the U20 Concacaf Championships. She scored five goals in five games, helping Canada to a fourth-place finish. She was awarded the Golden Boot and named to the tournament’s Best XI. She next captained the U17 Canadian team to a best-ever fourth-place finish at the FIFA U17 World Cup. She then joined the senior team for a silver medal at the Concacaf Championships. At the end of the season, Huitema was awarded the Canadian Youth International Player of the Year. By the time she finished her international junior career, Huitema had 23 goals, second all-time in Canadian history behind only Christine Sinclair.

In 2019 Huitema played in her first senior FIFA Women’s World Cup. But it was at the 2020 Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Tournament where she broke out with the senior national team. She led the way offensively, netting seven goals and being awarded the Golden Boot. One of those goals was the game winner against Costa Rica that punched Canada’s ticket to Tokyo 2020. 

After making her second appearance at FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023, Huitema scored the winning goal in the second leg of the Concacaf Olympic Playoff against Jamaica to secure Canada’s spot at Paris 2024. 

During the 2024 Concacaf Gold Cup, Huitema scored three goals, helping Canada reach the semifinals before a loss on penalties to the United States. She took part in the 2023 and 2024 SheBelieves Cup, helping Canada to a second place finish at the latter. 

In 2015 Huitema moved away from home and joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Elite REX Program. She played there until signing with the TSS FC Rovers of the second tier WPSL in 2018. Before making an appearance with the club she was invited to play with PSG Féminines at the Women’s International Champions Cup, but did not sign a contract in order to maintain her NCAA eligibility. In January 2019, Huitema decided to forgo college, becoming the first Canadian woman to turn pro right out of high school and signed a four-year contract with the French club. She quickly started setting records for Canadian women in Europe. In her first season she scored four goals in four Champions League games, helping PSG to the semifinals. In 2021 she won the French league title and in 2022 the Coupe de France. She signed with Seattle in the NWSL in 2022 and won the NWSL Shield in her first season.

A Little More About Jordyn

Getting into the Sport: Started playing at age 4 and joined the local boys team when she was 10 because the girls team ‘wasn’t competitive enough’… Biggest role model in the sport is former Canadian teammate Christine Sinclair because of her leadership abilities both on and off the field… Outside Interests: Grew up also competing in swimming and hockey…