Jordyn Nicole Listro (born August 10, 1995) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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of the

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(NWSL) and the Canada national team.

Early life

Born in

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, Canada, Listro was a standout soccer player at

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and was awarded team MVP 2009–11. She played club soccer for Wexford SC and the Ontario Soccer National Training Centre as a youth, later playing for

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in the

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and

Sanjaxx Lions Sanjaxx Lions was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 2012 as a soccer academy and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2015. The club was one of the ten original foundin ...

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College career

Listro played

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at the

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while majoring in

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. She was a four-year starter for the

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between 2013 and 2016, becoming the program's record appearance maker with 82. As a senior she was named to the

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All-Conference Second Team.

Professional career

UDG Tenerife

Listro entered the

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but was not selected. In June 2017, she signed with Spanish Primera División team UDG Tenerife. Listro made her professional debut starting in a 1–1 with

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on September 3, 2017. She made a total of five appearances for the team before departing in November 2017, returning to Canada for personal reasons.

Orlando Pride

After a spell working as a medical sales representative, Listro attempted to make a return to professional soccer and was a trialist with

during 2020 preseason. With the season disrupted by the

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, Listro was one of seven players signed to a short-term contract with Orlando in order to compete in the

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in September following the team's decision to loan out 11 senior players to play regularly overseas. She made her debut on September 19, 2020, in the first fall series match, starting in a 0–0 draw with

North Carolina Courage The North Carolina Courage is a professional women's soccer team based in Cary, North Carolina. It was founded on January 9, 2017, after Stephen Malik acquired National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) franchise rights from the Western New York F ...

. She started in three of the four Fall Series matches for a combined 262 minutes. Ahead of the 2021 season, Listro re-signed with the club on a one-year deal with an option for an additional season.

Kansas City Current

On March 30, 2021, Listro was traded to expansion side

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(later renamed Kansas City Current) in exchange for a third-round pick in

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, changing to a second-round pick should certain conditions be met. On December 8, 2021, it was announced Listro had been released as part of the team's offseason roster moves.

North Carolina Courage

On December 14, 2021, Listro was selected off the waiver wire by the

. In March 2022, she was released prior to the start of the season having not been named to the final roster.

Orlando Pride

On May 7, 2022, it was announced Listro had rejoined

for the remainder of the 2022 season.

International

As well as

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, Listro was also eligible to represent

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at international level, the birthplace of her grandparents. In 2012, Listro was named to the Canada under-17 squad for the

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held in

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. She made one appearance at the tournament, as a substitute in the opening game against

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. After

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had dropped contact with Listro when she went to college, she received her first senior national team call-up in January 2021 for a training camp ahead of the

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. She was one of six uncapped players named to incoming head coach

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's first squad. Listro made her senior international debut on February 21, starting in the second game of the tournament and playing 61 minutes of a 1–0 win over

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Personal life

In November 2021, Listro got engaged to fellow

alumnus and professional

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er Cristian DiMarco. The pair had started dating in March 2017.

Career statistics

Club

International

References

External links

South Florida Bulls profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Listro, Jordyn 1995 births Living people Canadian people of Italian descent Soccer players from Toronto Canadian women's soccer players Canada women's international soccer players Women's association football midfielders USL W-League (1995–2015) players League1 Ontario (women) players South Florida Bulls women's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain UD Granadilla Tenerife players Primera División (women) players Orlando Pride players National Women's Soccer League players Kansas City Current players Sanjaxx Lions players