Jayde Riviere

Summary

Jayde Yuk Fun Riviere (born January 22, 2001) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a right-back for Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Canada women's national team.

Jayde Riviere
Riviere with Canada in 2021
Personal information
Full name Jayde Yuk Fun Riviere[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-22) January 22, 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Markham, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Manchester United
Number 14
Youth career
2005 West Rouge SC
2005–2014 Pickering SC
2014–2017 Markham SC
2017–2019 Vancouver Whitecaps REX
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Michigan Wolverines 47 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 AFC Ann Arbor 4 (0)
2023– Manchester United 14 (0)
International career
2016 Canada U15 7 (4)
2016–2018 Canada U17 16 (2)
2018 Canada U20 5 (0)
2017– Canada 43 (1)
Medal record
Women's soccer
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 23, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 5, 2023

Riviere played college soccer at the University of Michigan before signing her first professional contract with Manchester United in 2023. She represented Canada at multiple youth levels before earning her first senior cap in 2017. In 2021, she won a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Early life edit

Born in Markham, Ontario, Riviere was first taught to play soccer by her father when she was three.[3] She started playing club soccer for West Rouge SC at the age of four,[4] later representing Pickering SC[5] before moving to Markham SC aged 13.[6] She attended Bill Crothers Secondary School where she also played volleyball, flag football and track and field, and was named Female Athlete of the Year after scoring 50 goals in just 20 league games in her only year of high school soccer[7] before joining the Ontario REX program.[8] In August 2017, Riviere moved cross country to Burnaby, British Columbia, to join the residency program at the Vancouver Whitecaps Super REX Academy.[9]

College career edit

Riviere verbally committed to playing college soccer for the Michigan Wolverines at the University of Michigan in 2014.[10] In total, she received 28 full scholarship offers before she enrolled at the Michigan School of Kinesiology in the fall of 2019.[11] She also rejected offers to play professionally in order to attend Michigan.[12] She made her collegiate debut starting in the season opener on August 22, 2019, a 5–0 win over Marshall Thundering Herd. She scored her first and only collegiate goal on November 8, 2019, scoring the overtime winner in a 2–1 victory against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights in the 2019 Big Ten women's soccer tournament semi-final.[13] In her freshman season, she was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.[14] In 2021, she made a career-high 22 appearances on the season and helped lead Michigan to the 2021 Big Ten women's soccer tournament title, the third in team history and first since 1999, as well as a program-tying best NCAA quarter-finals appearance.[15] She made one appearance in the 2022 season, on August 28 against Boston University Terriers, before announcing she would be ending her Michigan career early due to a lower body injury.[16] In total she made 47 appearances for Michigan, registering one goal and three assists.[17]

Club career edit

In April 2022, Riviere signed with AFC Ann Arbor of the amateur USL W League ahead of the inaugural 2022 USL W League season.[18][19] She made four appearances during the season.[20]

Despite being touted as a first round pick, Riviere did not declare for the 2023 NWSL Draft amid rumoured interest from European clubs.[21] On January 21, 2023, she signed her first professional contract with English Women's Super League team Manchester United on a two-and-a-half year deal.[22] She made her debut on May 7, as an 86th-minute substitute in a 3–0 win against Tottenham Hotspur in the WSL.

International career edit

Youth edit

In September 2015, Riviere saw her first involvement with the Canadian youth program as a 14-year-old when Bev Priestman called her up an EXCEL camp with the under-17 team.[4] In March 2016, she was named to her first tournament squad, making four appearances at the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[4] Later that year she was part of the roster that finished as runners-up at the 2016 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship, playing in all seven matches and scoring four goals before ending the year with a third tournament appearance, this time at the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, playing in two matches.[4] Having made her senior international debut in 2017, Riviere continued to feature at youth level, representing Canada at three major youth tournaments in 2018; she started the year playing in every match at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, finished third at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, and ended the year with a run to the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup semi-final.[4]

Senior edit

In November 2017, Riviere was called up to the Canada senior team for the first time for a two-game friendly series against the United States.[23] On November 12, 2017, she made her senior international debut in the second of the two games, entering as a 71st-minute substitute for Adriana Leon in a 3–1 defeat to the United States.[24] She started her first match for the senior team on April 8, 2019, and assisted both goals in a 2–1 friendly win against Nigeria.[25]

In May 2019, she was named to the roster for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.[26][27] Having been an unused substitute for the opening game, she started the next group game, a 2–0 over New Zealand. She made a further two appearances, both as a substitute as Canada was eliminated by Sweden in the quarter-finals.

She scored her first goal for the senior team on January 29, 2020, the sixth goal in a 11–0 win over Saint Kitts and Nevis during the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[28]

In 2021, Riviere represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[29] An unused substitute for the opening game, Riverie replaced Allysha Chapman as starter in the remaining group stage matches, beating Chile and drawing with Great Britain. Having picked up a yellow card against Brazil in the quarter-final, Riviere was suspended on yellow card accumulation for the semi-final against the United States but returned for the gold medal match, substituting on during overtime as Canada won gold in a penalty shootout victory over Sweden.[30][31]

Personal life edit

Riviere's father was born in Dominica, and her mother was born in Hong Kong.[4] In 2021, Riviere was honoured in her hometown of Markham when Mayor Frank Scarpitti declared August 6 to be "Jayde Riviere Day" in Markham after Canada's gold medal victory at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[30] Riviere regularly returns to her youth club Markham SC to help with soccer camps.[32]

Career statistics edit

Club edit

As of match played March 23, 2024[33]
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AFC Ann Arbor 2022[20] USL W League 4 0 4 0
Manchester United 2022–23 Women's Super League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023–24 13 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 18 0
Total 14 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 20 0
Career total 18 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 24 0
  1. ^ Includes the Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes the FA Women's League Cup
  3. ^ Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League

International edit

As of match played December 5, 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Canada 2017 1 0
2018 0 0
2019 8 0
2020 6 1
2021 11 0
2022 10 0
2023 7 0
Total 43 1
As of match played January 29, 2020
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Riviere goal.
List of international goals scored by Jayde Riviere
No. Date Cap Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 January 29, 2020[34] 10 H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States   Saint Kitts and Nevis 6–0 11–0 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

Honours edit

Michigan Wolverines

Manchester United

Canada

Individual

  • Big Ten Conference All-Freshman Team: 2017

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Canada (CAN)" (PDF). FIFA. July 11, 2023. p. 4. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  2. ^ Jayde Riviere at the Canadian Soccer Association  
  3. ^ Medford, Marcus (October 28, 2021). "First Time's The Charm: Jayde Riviere Reflects on Her Gold-Medal Debut at The Tokyo Olympics". ByBlacks.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Jayde Riviere at the Canadian Soccer Association
  5. ^ Jacob, Vivek (July 18, 2021). "New Olympian Jayde Riviere has seemed destined to play a big part for women's national soccer team". CBC Sports.
  6. ^ Hayakawa, Michael (February 25, 2016). "Markham soccer well represented on U17 national team". Markham Economist & Sun.
  7. ^ Fanfair, Ron (August 25, 2021). "Olympic gold medallist Jayde Riviere received warm welcome on return home". Ron Fanfair.
  8. ^ Johnson, Meaghen (June 1, 2019). "Canadian player profile: Jayde Riviere". TSN.
  9. ^ Davidson, Neil (June 24, 2019). "Teenage fullback Jayde Riviere looks remarkably at ease at Women's World Cup". Toronto Star.
  10. ^ Llamas, Kyle (October 19, 2021). "Jayde Riviere: Soccer's Newest Golden Girl". SPAD Players Tribune.
  11. ^ Fanfair, Ron (August 27, 2019). "Riviere is on track to be among Canada's next generation of elite soccer players". Ron Fanfair.
  12. ^ "Olympian soccer gold medalist Jayde Riviere inspires VCI students". The Review. December 2, 2021.
  13. ^ McIntosh, Megan (November 8, 2019). "Riviere Overtime Goal Sends Michigan to Big Ten Tournament Final". Michigan Wolverines.
  14. ^ "Big Ten Announces 2019 Women's Soccer Postseason Honors". bigten.org. October 22, 2023.
  15. ^ Williamson, Remi (July 1, 2022). "From gold medals to Big Ten Championships: Jayde Riviere's journey". The Michigan Daily.
  16. ^ "Riviere statement". Michigan Women's Soccer Twitter.
  17. ^ "Jayde Riviere - Women's Soccer". University of Michigan Athletics.
  18. ^ Makuch, Ryan (April 21, 2022). "AFCAA Welcomes Olympic Gold Medalist Jayde Riviere to 2022 Roster". AFC Ann Arbor.
  19. ^ Wickliffe, Greg (April 21, 2022). "Olympic Gold medalist joins AFC Ann Arbor's women's soccer team". Michigan Live.
  20. ^ a b "Jayde Riviere 2022 USLW Stats". USL W League. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  21. ^ "Teenage forward Alyssa Thompson is the overall pick of the NWSL draft to Angel City FC - Canada Today". Canada Today. January 12, 2023.
  22. ^ "Jayde Riviere signs for United Women". www.manutd.com.
  23. ^ Cudmore, John (November 9, 2017). "Canada adds Markham teen Riviere to women's soccer roster". Markham Economist & Sun.
  24. ^ "'Caps teens Grosso and Riviere debut for Canadian women's national team". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. November 12, 2017.
  25. ^ Johnson, Meaghen (July 15, 2022). "Riviere on the rise for Canada". TSN.
  26. ^ Yeganegi, Mona (June 9, 2019). "Riviere: I wanted to become a footballer when I was three". FIFA.
  27. ^ Van Diest, Derek (June 15, 2019). "Riviere makes World Cup debut for Canada". Toronto Sun.
  28. ^ "Jayde Riviere scores her first international goal for #CANWNT". YouTube. OneSoccer. February 1, 2020.
  29. ^ Zuke, Ryan (August 7, 2021). "UM soccer players win gold medal with Canada at Tokyo Olympics". Michigan Live.
  30. ^ a b "Olympic gold medallist Jayde Riviere received warm welcome on return home". Ron Fanfair. August 25, 2021.
  31. ^ "Pickering's Jayde Riviere captures Olympic gold with Canada's women's soccer team". Global News. August 6, 2021.
  32. ^ Lautenschlager, Tyson (July 19, 2023). "Young GTA soccer stars Olivia Smith, Jayde Riviere shoot for World Cup glory". CBC.
  33. ^ Jayde Riviere at Soccerway
  34. ^ "Canada v Saint Kitts and Nevis: match centre". Canada Soccer.
  35. ^ Wrack, Suzanne (May 14, 2023). "Chelsea claim FA Cup hat-trick after Sam Kerr sees off Manchester United". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved November 29, 2023.

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