Jackie Acevedo

Jackie Lynn Acevedo Rangel (born 18 January 1987) is an American-born Mexican former footballer who played as a striker.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Acevedo and the second or maternal family name is Rangel.
Jackie Acevedo
Personal information
Full name Jackie Lynn Acevedo Rangel[1]
Date of birth (1987-01-18) 18 January 1987
Place of birth Austin, Texas, United States
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Position(s) Striker
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Tennessee Lady Volunteers
2009–2011 Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Oklahoma City FC (WPSL) 10 (12)
2013 Houston Aces (WPSL) 9 (5)
2014 Portland Thorns FC 2 (0)
2015 Houston Aces
International career
2003 United States U16
United States U17
2006 Mexico U20 2
2013 Mexico 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Acevedo was born in Austin, Texas, United States to Mexican parents and has five siblings (Jamie Acevedo, Jenny Acevedo, Alexandria King, Victoria King, and Chancellor King). She attended McNeil High School in Austin and won a Texas State Championship in 2004 with McNeil's soccer team. She then went to college at the University of Tennessee.[2] Acevedo played a single year for the University of Tennessee in 2008 before transferring colleges. Acevedo played for three years for Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma and was a three-time NAIA All-American. She also was awarded Offensive Player of the Year by the Sooner Athletic Conference in 2010 and 2011. She scored 80 goals, with 31 assists, across her three years at SNU.[3]

Playing career

Oklahoma City FC

In the 2012 WPSL season, Acevedo played for Oklahoma City FC in the WPSL. She made 10 appearances and scored 12 goals, which ranked 3rd in the league for overall points (26).[3]

Houston Aces

In the 2013 WPSL season, Acevedo earned 9 caps for the Houston Aces, scoring 5 goals with 4 assists. She was named to the All-WPSL Team. The Houston Aces were the runners-up that year, losing in the WPSL Championship.[3]

Portland Thorns FC

On 3 January 2014, Acevedo was allocated to the NWSL side Portland Thorns FC through the NWSL Allocation process.[3][4] She was the only change to the Thorns' allocated players after they won the inaugural NWSL Championship.[5]

She made her debut 12 April 2014 against the Houston Dash in the first game of the 2014 NWSL Season.[3] Early in the year, she was speculated to be the likeliest replacement for the then-injured Alex Morgan as Portland's starting striker, but as the year progressed she only made appearances in the first two games of the year.[6] Mexico did not allocate her to the NWSL for the 2015 season.[7][8]

Mexico U-20 Women's National Team

Acevedo earned two caps for the team in the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[3]

Mexico Senior Women's National Team

Acevedo earned her first international cap for the senior team on 24 November 2013, when she played a friendly against Canada in Vancouver, Canada.[3] She also took part in the 11–20 July 2014 training camp for Mexico National Team in preparation for Mexico's qualifying campaign for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Convocatoria de la Selección Femenil para enfrentar a Canadá" (in Spanish). MiSeleccion.mx. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  2. "Tennessee Soccer: Jackie Acevedo". Tennessee Soccer. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  3. "Jackie Acevedo". Portland Thorns. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. "Jackie Acevedo Allocated to Portland Thorns". Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  5. "NWSL Announces 2014 Allocated Players". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  6. "Portland Thorns forward Jackie Acevedo could be the replacement for an injured Alex Morgan". Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  7. "NWSL Reveals Allocated Players for 2015 Season". 14 January 2015.
  8. "Thorns Acquire International Spot for Becca Moros".
  9. "Jackie Acevedo named to roster for Mexico WNT camp". NWSL. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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