Janine Elizabeth Beckie (born August 20, 1994) is a Canadian
soccer player who plays as a
forward for
National Women's Soccer League club
Portland Thorns FC
The Portland Thorns FC is an American professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon. Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which receives support from the Uni ...
and the
Canada national team. She previously played for
Sky Blue FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...
, the
Houston Dash
The Houston Dash is a professional women's soccer team based in Houston, Texas. It joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the 2014 season, and is affiliated with the MLS team Houston Dynamo FC.
History Establishment
On November ...
, and
Manchester City. She is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States.
Early life
Born in
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
to Canadian parents, Beckie attended
Valor Christian High School
Valor Christian High School is a private, Christian high school in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States. The school colors are Navy blue, Columbia blue, and white, and the school nickname is ''The Eagles''. Valor has four major focuses: Academi ...
in
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Highlands Ranch is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Douglas County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The po ...
.
At Valor Christian, she played for the varsity team for four years and was named 2012 Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year.
Beckie attended
Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sy ...
, where she played for the
Red Raiders from 2012 to 2015 and became the all-time leading scorer for the women's team with 57 career goals. In December 2015, Beckie was named Player of the Year by Dallas Soccer News.
Club career
Early career
In 2013, Beckie signed with the
Seattle Sounders Women
Sound Football Club is an American women's soccer team in the Women's Premier Soccer League. Sound FC play its home games at Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila, Washington, six miles south of downtown Seattle.
The team was founded in 2000 as Sea ...
in the
USL W-League
The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...
.
Houston Dash
Beckie was selected eighth overall in the
2016 NWSL College Draft
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Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film d ...
by the
Houston Dash
The Houston Dash is a professional women's soccer team based in Houston, Texas. It joined the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the 2014 season, and is affiliated with the MLS team Houston Dynamo FC.
History Establishment
On November ...
. On February 8, 2016, it was announced that Beckie would be allocated to the team as part of the
NWSL Player Allocation
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) federation players were players whose salaries for playing in the NWSL were paid for by their respective national federations from 2013 to 2021. American federation players were contracted to the United Sta ...
On April 16, 2016, Beckie scored in her professional debut against the Chicago Red Stars
Sky Blue FC
On January 18, 2018, Beckie was traded to the
Sky Blue FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...
along with
Carli Lloyd by the Dash in a three-team trade with the
Chicago Red Stars
The Chicago Red Stars are a professional women's soccer club based in Bridgeview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A founding member of the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league, they have played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) sin ...
and
Sky Blue FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...
. After making 15 appearances for Sky Blue, Beckie announced her departure from the club on August 9, 2018.
Manchester City W.F.C.
Beckie's transfer from
Sky Blue FC
NJ/NY Gotham FC is a professional women's soccer team based in Harrison, New Jersey. Founded in 2006 as Jersey Sky Blue, the team was known as Sky Blue FC from 2008 until 2020. A founding member of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2013 ...
to
Manchester City was made official on August 9, 2018. Beckie concluded her first season with 8 goals in 15 games, and two trophies (
FA League Cup,
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
). In the 2019–20 season, Beckie earned her first start in a
UWCL game, and scored her first hat-trick in the competition.
On April 14, 2020, Beckie signed a new contract with Manchester City that would last until 2022.
Portland Thorns
In April 2022, it was announced that Beckie would return to the NWSL, signing a 3 year contract with Portland Thorns.
International career
Beckie has represented Canada on the under-20 and senior national teams.
In August 2014, she scored the match-winning goal against North Korea to advance the under-20 team to the knockout stage of the
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
2016 Summer Olympics
Beckie scored three goals in the Rio 2016 Olympics – helping the national team to defend their bronze medal effort in the 2012 London Olympics.
On May 25, 2019, she was named to the roster for the
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. I ...
.
2020 Summer Olympics
On August 6, 2021, Canada defeated
Sweden 3–2 on penalty kicks to capture the gold medal in the
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
.
Personal life
Beckie is a
Christian. Her brother
Drew Beckie is also a soccer player for
Atlético Ottawa
Atlético Ottawa is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays its home games at TD Place. The team was founded in 2020 by Spanish club Atlético Madrid.
History
F ...
. She is a co-owner of
League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's association football, soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league ...
club
Simcoe County Rovers FC
Simcoe County Rovers Football Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Barrie, Ontario, that plays in the League1 Ontario men's and women's divisions.
History
The club was founded in 2021, by former Canadian national team pl ...
.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
Honours
Manchester City
*
FA Women's Super League
The Women's Super League (WSL), currently known as the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) for sponsorship reasons, is the highest league of women's football in England. Established in 2010, it is run by the Football Association and features ...
runner-up:
2018–19
*
Women's FA Cup
The Women's FA Challenge Cup Competition is the top annual cup tournament for women's clubs in English football. Founded in 1970, it has been named the WFA Cup, FA Women's Cup and now Women's FA Cup (Vitality Women's FA Cup for sponsorship rea ...
:
2018–19,
2019-20
*
FA Women's League Cup
The FA Women's League Cup is a league cup competition in English women's association football. The competition was originally open to the eight teams in the FA WSL, but since the WSL's restructuring to two divisions, it has featured 23 teams. Pri ...
:
2018–19,
2021–22
Portland Thorns FC
*
NWSL Championship
The National Women's Soccer League Playoffs (or NWSL Playoffs) are a single elimination tournament among six teams in the National Women's Soccer League of the United States, deciding the winner of the NWSL Championship.
Since playoff games can ...
:
2022
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Canada
*
Summer Olympics: gold medal
2021
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; bronze medal:
2016
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Individual
* Canada Soccer Player of the Month: November 2020
References
External links
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Janine Beckieat
Texas Tech Red Raiders
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1994 births
Living people
People from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Soccer players from Colorado
Citizens of Canada through descent
Soccer people from Saskatchewan
Canadian women's soccer players
Canada women's international soccer players
American women's soccer players
American emigrants to Canada
Women's association football forwards
Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games
Texas Tech University alumni
Texas Tech Red Raiders women's soccer players
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England
Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate women's footballers in England
Houston Dash players
National Women's Soccer League players
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic soccer players of Canada
Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Houston Dash draft picks
NJ/NY Gotham FC players
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Manchester City W.F.C. players
Pan American Games competitors for Canada
Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Simcoe County Rovers FC owners