# Jody Brown

Jody Kimone Brown (born 16 April 2002) is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a forward for Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Benfica and the Jamaica women's national team. She played college soccer with the Florida State Seminoles.

## Early life and education
### Montverde Academy

Brown attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida, a town near Orlando, where she helped lead the soccer team to back-to-back state championships in 2018–19. As a junior in 2019, she recorded 32 goals and 9 assists. The same year, she was named Girls Soccer Player of the Year by the Orlando Sentinel and Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Soccer.

### Florida State University

After graduating from Montverde Academy, Brown moved to Florida State University in August 2020.

## International career

Brown has represented Jamaica on the senior national team as well as the under-15, under-17, and under-20 national teams. She competed at two CONCACAF Girls' Under-15 Championship editions in (2014 and 2016), the 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification. She made her senior debut in 2018 at the age of 16. The same year, she was the youngest player competing at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, the qualifying tournament for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Brown was the top scorer of the tournament with four goals.
At age 17, Brown was selected for Jamaica's 2019 Women's World Cup squad. She made her World Cup debut during the team's first group stage match against Brazil in Grenoble.

## Career statistics
### International goals

Scores and results list Jamaica's goal tally first
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 23 July 2018 | Estadio Moderno Julio Torres, Barranquilla, Colombia | Colombia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games |
| 2 | 31 August 2018 | National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica | Trinidad and Tobago | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 3 | 2 September 2018 | National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica | Cuba | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification |
| 4 | October 11, 2018 | H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States | Cuba | 2–0 | 9–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 5 | October 11, 2018 | H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States | Cuba | 4–0 | 9–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 6 | October 11, 2018 | H-E-B Park, Edinburg, United States | Cuba | 7–0 | 9–0 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 7 | 17 October 2018 | Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States | Panama | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship |
| 8 | 3 March 2019 | Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay, Jamaica | Chile | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 9 | 19 February 2023 | CommBank Stadium, Sydney, Australia | Czech Republic | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2023 Cup of Nations |

## Honours

Florida State Seminoles
* NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament: 2021, 2023
* ACC Women's Soccer Tournament: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
* ACC Women's Regular Season Champions: 2020, 2022
Jamaica
* CONCACAF Women's Championship third place: 2018, 2022
Individual
* CONCACAF Women's Championship Young Player of the Tournament: 2018
* CONCACAF Women's Best XI: 2018