Jadyn Edwards

Edwards is from Mill Creek, Washington.^[1] She started playing soccer at age 5 for her local YMCA recreational league before spending five years with club team Greater Seattle Surf, where she reached one state cup final.^[2][3] She attended Henry M. Jackson High School, where she was a three-time all-league first-team honoree, contributed to four district championships, and led the soccer team to one second-place state finish.^[1] In her senior year, she switched positions from midfielder to forward and subsequently recorded 18 goals and 17 assists on the season.^[3][4]

Partially due to the presence of head coach Heather Dyche, Edwards chose to play collegiately for the New Mexico Lobos.^[3] She scored back-to-back overtime game-winners in 2020 and 2021 to clinch two consecutive Mountain West regular season titles; in 2021, she was also named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year. Edwards was able to return to New Mexico for a fifth year in 2022 due to the extra year of NCAA eligibility offered to athletes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] In August 2022, she was named to the Mac Hermann Trophy watchlist, becoming the first Lobo athlete to do so.^[5]

Edwards finished her college career with 94 appearances and 24 assists, setting program records in both categories.^[6] Her 31 assists ranked third in New Mexico's all-time leaderboard.^[4] Across her five years, she had helped the Lobos secure four Mountain West regular season championships and one tournament title. Edwards herself was a two-time Mountain West all-tournament honoree, three-time all-first team Mountain West honoree, and three-time all-region honoree. She also registered three hat tricks and four multi-goal games.^[1]

OL Reign

Edwards was selected by Racing Louisville FC in the third round of the 2023 NWSL Draft as the 29th overall pick.^[6][7] She became the first-ever Lobo to be drafted into the NWSL.^[8][9] Edwards spent one month training with Louisville's preseason squad before the club waived her rights.^[10] In March 2023, she returned to her home state of Washington, joining OL Reign as a non-rostered trialist.^[11] The Reign signed Edwards to her first professional contract on June 26, 2023, a national team replacement deal to fill in roster space vacated by players at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[12] The contract signified a full-circle moment for Edwards, whose first time watching an NWSL match in-person had been at a Seattle Reign FC game when she was in high school.^[8] Three days later, she made her professional debut in the NWSL Challenge Cup, playing second-half minutes and recording one shot on target in a victory over rivals Portland Thorns FC.^[13] She did not make any further appearances for the Reign before her short-term contract expired.^[14]

Ferencváros

On January 16, 2024, Edwards was announced to have signed a contract with Hungarian club Ferencváros.^[15] In her first five months with the team, she helped Ferencváros win its fifth league championship in a row after beating Győri ETO FC in May 2024 to clinch the title. During the match, Edwards tallied a hat-trick to seal the deal.^[16] In the 2024–25 season, Edwards gained experience in the UEFA Women's Champions League. On 4 September 2024, she scored both of Ferencváros's goals in a 2–1 qualifier victory over Estonian champions Flora Tallinn.^[17] However, in the following match, Ferencváros was beaten by Vorskla Poltava, dashing the club's hopes of playing in the main Champions League tournament.^[18][19]

New Mexico Lobos

• Mountain West Conference: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Mountain West women's soccer tournament: 2021

Ferencváros

• Női NB I: 2023–24, 2024–25

Individual

• First-team All-Mountain West: 2020, 2021, 2022
• Second-team All-Mountain West: 2019
• Mountain West tournament all-tournament team: 2021, 2022
• Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year: 2021