.jpg) Howell withGotham FC in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jaelin Marie Howell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-11-21)November 21, 1999 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Windsor, Colorado, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gotham FC | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Colorado | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Florida State Seminoles | 90 | (10) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Racing Louisville | 50 | (0) |
| 2024 | Seattle Reign | 8 | (0) |
| 2025– | Gotham FC | 25 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | United States U17 | 21 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | United States U20 | 26 | (2) |
| 2020– | United States | 6 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of November 22, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of December 1, 2025 | |||
Jaelin Marie Howell (born November 21, 1999) is an American professionalsoccer player who plays as amidfielder forGotham FC of theNational Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and theUnited States national team. She playedcollege soccer for theFlorida State Seminoles, winning theHermann Trophy in two consecutive seasons (2020 and 2021). She wonnational championships in2018 and2021.
Racing Louisville selected Howell second overall in the2022 NWSL Draft, and she became Racing'scaptain the following year. In 2024, she was traded midseason to theSeattle Reign. She then joined Gotham and won the2025 NWSL Championship in her first season with the Bats.
After playing at theunder-17 andunder-20 levels, Howell made hersenior debut for the United States in 2020.
Howell attendedFossil Ridge High School inFort Collins, Colorado. She was named an NSCAA All-American in 2015.[2]
Howell played college soccer forFlorida State Seminoles.[3][4] She was awarded theHermann Trophy in 2020, honoring the United Soccer Coaches National Players of the Year in NCAA Division I women's soccer. She again won the Hermann Trophy in 2021 for the second consecutive season.[5]
On January 21, 2022, Howell signed a three-year contract withRacing Louisville FC after being selected second by the team in the2022 NWSL Draft.[6]
Howell made her Racing Louisville debut on March 18 in the NWSL Challenge Cup opener, starting in midfield against the Kansas City Current.[7] The midfielder was second in the NWSL in minutes played last season among rookies, only trailing her Racing teammateSavannah DeMelo. Howell had two assists for the year.
Howell was named Racing's captain before the 2023 season.[8]
On August 19, 2024, Howell was traded toSeattle Reign FC along with $50,000 in allocation money in exchange forBethany Balcer.[9] She made her debut for Seattle againstNorth Carolina Courage on August 25th, 2024 as she was substituted on in the 75th minute.[10]
On December 20, 2024, Howell joinedGotham FC as part of a trade that also sawCassie Miller andLynn Williams move to Seattle.[11] On May 25, 2025, she started in the2025 CONCACAF W Champions Cup final againstTigres, where Gotham won 1–0 to become the inaugural winners of the competition.[12]
Howell was named to the2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship Best XI.[13] The same year, she was the starting center midfielder for theU-17 team at the2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. On March 29, 2017, she was called up to theU.S. women's national soccer team.[13][14]
After being a part of the USA U-20 Squad that finished runner up at the2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, Howell was named to the USAU-20 roster for the2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[15]
She made her debut for theUnited States November 27, 2020, coming on as a substitute forSam Mewis in the 89th minute against theNetherlands.
Howell scored her first senior national team goal in a 9–1 win over Uzbekistan.[16]
Jaelin's father,John, was anNFLsafety who was part of theTampa Bay Buccaneers team that wonSuper Bowl XXXVII.
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Playoffs[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Racing Louisville FC | 2022 | NWSL | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 27 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| Seattle Reign | 2024 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 58 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 1 | ||
| National Team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 9, 2022 | Columbus, Ohio |  Uzbekistan | 7–0 | 9–1 | Friendly | [m 1] |
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