Marisa Jordan

Marisa Jordan
Jordan with the Kansas City Current in 2026
Personal information
Birth name Marisa Bova
Date of birth (2000-08-06) August 6, 2000
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Kansas City Current
Number 1
Youth career
SC Waukesha
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Purdue Boilermakers 60 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2025 North Carolina Courage 5 (0)
2026– Kansas City Current 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of July 29, 2026

Marisa Jordan (née Bova; born August 6, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Purdue Boilermakers and was selected by the North Carolina Courage in the fourth round of the 2022 NWSL Draft.

Early life

Jordan grew up in Hartland, Wisconsin, and has three brothers.[1] Her mother, Amy, played college volleyball for Drake, and her brother Dante played soccer for UNC Asheville.[1] She played soccer as a forward until age twelve, when the coach of her club team, SC Waukesha, asked her to play in goal; the team won six straight state cup championships from 2011 to 2017.[2] Jordan graduated early from Arrowhead High School and began attending Purdue University in the spring of 2018.[2]

College career

Jordan played six games for Purdue as a freshman in 2018.[1] She began regularly starting for the Boilermakers in her sophomore season and had 66 saves to 18 goals allowed in 20 games.[1] She shut out top seed Wisconsin with six saves in the first round of the 2019 Big Ten tournament.[3] In the pandemic-shortened 2020–21 season, she started all 12 games and recorded 35 saves to 10 goals allowed and contributed one game-winning assist.[1]

Jordan captained the Boilermakers in her senior season in 2021, posting seven clean sheets in 22 games and helping the team qualify for the NCAA tournament for the first time in twelve years. She set a program record with 113 saves on the season, becoming the first Boilermaker to pass the single-season 100-save mark, and earned second-team All-Big Ten honors.[1] Fans celebrated her with the phrase "Mo says no".[2] Jordan made six saves against Loyola Chicago in the first round of the NCAA tournament, where Purdue won 1–0 in double overtime.[4] She made a career-high ten saves in the second round, drawing 1–1 to Notre Dame in double overtime, but lost on penalties.[1] A three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, Jordan graduated from Purdue with dual Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in December 2021.[5]

Club career

North Carolina Courage

The North Carolina Courage selected Jordan with the 45th overall pick in the fourth round of the 2022 NWSL Draft.[5] She was signed to an initial one-year contract with a one-year option,[6] which was exercised following her rookie season.[7] On November 17, 2023, she signed a two-year contract extension with the Courage, despite not yet having debuted as the third-stringer behind Casey Murphy and Katelyn Rowland.[8]

With the departure of Rowland for Bay FC, Jordan entered her third season as Murphy's primary backup.[9] On July 20, 2024, Jordan made her professional debut in the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup against the Orlando Pride. She started the match and held the year's eventual champions to a 1–1 draw, then saved two penalty kicks in the resulting shootout to secure a 5–4 win.[10] She played all four games for the Courage in the Summer Cup, including a second penalty shootout win against Racing Louisville,[11] as the Courage reached the semifinals.[12]

On January 8, 2025, the Courage announced Jordan had signed a new long-term contract through 2027.[13] On September 6, she was handed her NWSL regular-season debut by acting head coach Nathan Thackeray, making four saves in a 1–1 draw with the Utah Royals.[14] Two weeks later, she kept her first NWSL clean sheet in a 1–0 win over the Orlando Pride.[15] She played five consecutive regular-season games until Murphy returned as starter for the end of the season.[16]

Kansas City Current

On December 11, 2025, Jordan was traded to the Kansas City Current for a 2026 international roster spot.[17] She joined the club as the backup to Brazilian star Lorena, the reigning NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year.[18] She made her competitive debut for the Current on June 26, 2026, starting in a 2–0 loss to Gotham FC in the NWSL Challenge Cup.[19] The following week, she made her regular-season debut and kept her first clean sheet for the club in a 3–0 win over expansion team Denver Summit.[20]

Personal life

She married Levi Jordan on March 7, 2025.[21]

Honors and awards

North Carolina Courage

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Marisa Bova – Soccer". Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Gorham, Brendon (December 5, 2021). "'Mo says no'". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Purdue stuns top-seed Wisconsin in Big Ten women's soccer tournament". National Collegiate Athletic Association. November 4, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ↑ Gorham, Brendon (November 15, 2021). "Purdue Soccer: Griffith saves the day". Purdue Exponent. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Healy, Charlie (December 18, 2021). "Griffith and Bova Selected as Purdue's First NWSL Draft Picks". Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. ↑ "NC Courage Ink Five 2022 NWSL Draft Picks to Rookie Contracts". North Carolina Courage. February 7, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Courage announce initial off-season roster moves". North Carolina Courage. November 15, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Goalkeeper Marisa Bova signs two-year extension". North Carolina Courage. November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ "2024 North Carolina Courage Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Recap: Courage take down Pride in penalties". North Carolina Courage. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ "Recap: Courage win in pens again after Jackson's equalizer". North Carolina Courage. July 27, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Recap: Courage fall in Summer Cup semifinal Tuesday". North Carolina Courage. August 7, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2026.
  13. ↑ "NC Courage extends goalkeeper Marisa Bova through 2027". North Carolina Courage. January 8, 2025. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Match Recap: NC Courage 1-1 Utah Royals". North Carolina Courage. September 7, 2025. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Shinomi Koyama's late goal earns all three points in Orlando". North Carolina Courage. September 20, 2025. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Marisa Bova 2025 Match Logs". FBref.com. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Kansas City Current Acquires Goalkeeper Marisa Jordan in Trade with North Carolina Courage". Kansas City Current. December 11, 2025. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
  18. ↑ "2026 Kansas City Current Stats (NWSL)". FBref.com. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Match Report: Kansas City Current Falls 2-0 to Gotham FC in 2026 NWSL Challenge Cup, pres. by e.l.f." Kansas City Current. June 26, 2026. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Match Recap: Kansas City Current Returns to Regular Season with Emphatic 3-0 Shutout at Denver Summit FC". Kansas City Current. July 3, 2026. Retrieved July 30, 2026.
  21. ↑ Marisa Jordan [@marisabjordan]; (March 10, 2025). "The Jordans ❤️ 3/7/25". Retrieved March 12, 2025 – via Instagram.
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