Jennifer Skogerboe

Jennifer Skogerboe
Skogerboe with Portland Thorns FC in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jennifer Lyun Skogerboe[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-08) June 8, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Midfielder/Defender
Team information
Current team
 Suwon UDC WFC
Youth career
Stone Bridge High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 UConn Huskies 70 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Ottawa Fury
2014–2015 Washington Spirit 2 (0)
2015–2016 1. FC Slovácko 10 (0)
2016 Portland Thorns FC 3 (0)
2017–2018 Suwon UDC WFC 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jennifer Lyun Skogerboe (born June 8, 1992) is an American soccer player.

College career

Skogerboe played 70 matches and scored seven goals for the University of Connecticut, playing most as a centre midfielder.[2]

Club career

While still at University of Connecticut, Skogerboe played for D.C. United Women and Washington Spirit Reserves at W-League. Spending three seasons in the league. From 2012 to 2015.[3] She also played two matches with the Spirit core team, between 2014 and 2015. After the 2015 season Skogerboe went overseas and signed with 1. FC Slovácko of Czech First Division. With the czech team, she started 10 matches and helped the team to reach a third place in the league in the 2015–2016 season.

On July 1, 2016 she signed with Portland Thorns FC. Head coach Mark Parsons praised her, stating: "Jen is a technically smooth player, who has good tactical awareness. The most important thing for us in this period is having players that are versatile, and Jen is capable of helping us in multiple positions".[4][5][6][7][8]

After the 2016 season, the Thorns did not extend Skogerboe's 2017 contract option and she signed with Suwon FMC of the WK League in South Korea.[9]

Personal life

Skogerboe was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Her father was a Captain in the Navy, so her family used to travel frequently. They settled in several places, including Singapore, Seattle and Washington D.C.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Neag School of Education: Bachelor of Science". Commencement May 2015. University of Connecticut. May 2015. p. 42. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2021.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "JENNIFER SKOGERBOE". UConn Huskies. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Jennifer Skogerboe". Washington Spirit. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Thorns FC sign defender Jennifer Skogerboe". Timbers.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Jennifer Skogerboe". Timbers.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ^ Mitchell Braeback, Jeremiah (July 2016). "Thorns Sign Defender Jennifer Skogerboe, add Three Amateurs". Stumptown Footy. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  7. ^ Jackson-Gibson, Adele. "Portland Thorns FC sign Jennifer Skogerboe". Excelle Sports. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. ^ Blue, Molly (2 July 2016). "Portland Thorns sign defender Jennifer Skogerboe, bring in three amateur players". Oregon Live. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  9. ^ Goldberg, Jamie (October 19, 2016). "Portland Thorns exercise 2017 contract options on 10 players". OregonLive. The Oregonian. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  10. ^ "Interview – Arrow Liver: Professional Soccer Player, Jennifer Skogerboe". Arrow Living. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 5 May 2017.


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