Jordan Saling (born March 15, 1996) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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in the

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. Born in the mainland United States, he represents the Puerto Rico national team.

Youth career

During his youth Saling played for Parsippany SC, NASA United, and

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College career

For the 2016/2017 season, Saling played

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for the Generals of Herkimer County Community College. He was the team's second-top scorer with twelve goals while adding nine assists as he started all twenty of the team's matches. He was named national player of the week, first team All Mountain Valley, first team All-Region, and to the

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All East Team. For the 2017/18 season he transferred to Wilmington University. He made four appearances for the team that year after complications caused by a broken wrist early in the season. In 2018, he transferred once again and played for

William Paterson Pioneers William Paterson University, officially William Paterson University of New Jersey (WPUNJ), is a public university in Wayne, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Founded in 1855 and was named after American ju ...

for the following two seasons. In total he started all thirty eight matches that he played, tallying twelve goals and three assists.

Club career

In 2018 Saling briefly joined Atlanta Silverbacks FC of the

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. In 2018 he played for fellow-NPSL side FC Monmouth. He was the team's top scorer that season with four goals in nine appearances. Also following the 2018 season he was named to the Keystone Conference Best XI team. Saling moved abroad in summer 2019 and had a 3-month stint with

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of the

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n Kategoria Superiore. After returning to the United States in August of that year, he joined

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of the

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. He made one league appearance for the club that season. Saling joined

expansion side

in November 2021.

International career

Saling made his senior international debut for

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on June 2, 2021, in a

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match against the

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. He came on as a 74th-minute substitute in the eventual 7–0 victory.

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International

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saling, Jordan 1996 births Living people Puerto Rican men's footballers Puerto Rico men's international footballers American men's soccer players American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Passaic County, New Jersey People from Haledon, New Jersey Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Puerto Rican expatriate men's footballers American expatriate sportspeople in Albania Soccer players from New Jersey Wilmington Wildcats men's soccer players William Paterson University alumni National Premier Soccer League players Atlanta Silverbacks FC players KF Laçi players USL League Two players Flower City Union players National Independent Soccer Association players