| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kennedy Jade Faulknor[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-06-30)June 30, 1999 (age 25) | ||
| Place of birth | Scarborough,Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vancouver Rise FC | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2017 | Unionville Milliken SC | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2021 | UCLA Bruins | 67 | (8) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Unionville Milliken SC | 2 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Canberra United | 14 | (1) |
| 2023 | Minnesota Aurora | ||
| 2025– | Vancouver Rise FC | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014 | Canada U-15 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016 | Canada U-17 | 3 | (1) |
| 2015 | Canada | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of April 29, 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of October 16, 2017 | |||
Kennedy Jade Faulknor (born June 30, 1999) is a Canadiansoccer player who plays as acentre-back forVancouver Rise FC in theNorthern Super League. In 2015, she represented theCanadian national team, where, at the age of 16, she was the youngest centre-back to ever play for Canada.
Born in Scarborough, to a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother,[2] she grew up in nearby Markham.[3] Faulknor began playing youth soccer with theUnionville Milliken SC at age five,[4][2] playing rep since age eight.[5] With the UMSC 1999 Girls, she served as team captain, was leading scorer in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, was team MVP in 2012 and 2013, and was named to the Provincial All-Star Team in 2013 and 2014 at U14 and U15 level, respectively.[6]
In May 2015, she committed to attendUCLA to play for theUCLA Bruins on a full scholarship, beginning in 2017.[5][7] She made her debut on September 3, 2017, playing against theWeber State Wildcats.[8][1] She scored her first goal on September 13, 2018 against theLoyola Marymount Lions.[9]
In 2017, she played two games withUnionville Milliken SC inLeague1 Ontario.[10]
In February 2022, she attended preseason with theHouston Dash of theNational Women's Soccer League.[11]
In October 2022, Faulknor joined AustralianA-League Women clubCanberra United.[12]
In April 2023, Faulknor joinedMinnesota Aurora in theUSL W League.[13][14]
In 2025, she joinedNorthern Super League clubVancouver Rise FC.
Faulknor was called up to the national team program for the first time at age 14 in June 2014 for a U15 national team camp.[2] She was then named to the U15 squad for the2014 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship.[15] Faulknor won gold with Canada at the tournament and was named to the Tournament Best XI.[16]
In December 2015, at the age of 16, Faulknor was first called up to theCanadian senior squad, being selected for the2015 International Women's Football Tournament of Natal.[17] She made her debut starting in the first match of the group stage, in which Canada beatMexico 3–0,[18] becoming the youngest centre-back to ever appear for Canada.[2]
In December 2015, Faulknor was namedCanadian U-17 Women's Player of the Year.[19]
In March 2016, Faulknor was selected forCanada's under-17 squad for the2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[20] She scored her first international goal against Grenada U20 on March 5.[21] In the next match against Haiti, she suffered a concussion, sidelining her for the remainder of the tournament.[22]