Jenny Bindon

Jenny Bindon
Personal information
Full name Jenny Lynn Bindon
Date of birth (1973-02-25) 25 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Belleville, Illinois, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 London City Lionesses (assistant coach)
Youth career
1979–1986 Belle-Clair Soccer
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Three Kings United
Glenfield Rovers
Bay Olympic
Hibiscus Coast
International career‡
2004–2014 New Zealand 77 (0)
Managerial career
2016 Takapuna AFC (co-head coach)
2017–2019 UCLA Bruins (assistant/goalkeeping coach)
2020–2021 Loyola Marymount Lions (head coach)
2023– London City Lionesses (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 February 2014

Jenny Lynn Bindon (née Bourn; born 25 February 1973) is an American-born association football coach and former goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. She played 77 full internationals in between 2004 and 2010.[1] She is currently an assistant coach of the London City Lionesses.[2]

High school

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Jenny and her twin sister, Sarah, were multi-sport stars at Belleville West High School. The two participated in basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis, and cross country. Girls' soccer was not offered at the time.[citation needed]

NCAA career

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Bindon played basketball (1991–93), tennis (1991–92), and soccer (1992) for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars.[3] She left SIUE to enlist in the United States Coast Guard. After the Coast Guard, Bindon returned to the field in 1998 at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois, where she played soccer and basketball.[4]

International career

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Bindon made her full Football Ferns debut in a 0–2 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004, and represented New Zealand at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in China,[5] where they lost to Brazil (0–5), Denmark (0–2) and China (0–2).

She was also included in the New Zealand squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics where they drew with Japan (2–2) before losing to Norway (0–1) and Brazil (0–4).[6]

On 7 March 2011 Bindon earned her 50th A-international cap in a 5–2 loss to France in the Cyprus Cup, becoming the first New Zealand goalkeeper to reach the milestone.[7]

At the 2012 London Olympics, Bindon played all 360 minutes in 4 matches played by New Zealand. She conceded 5 goals, 2 to the U.S. who sent them home with a 0–2 quarter-final defeat. Other goals conceded in group stage, to Great Britain (0–1), Brazil (0–1), and Cameroon (3–1);[8] Her goalkeeping performance was critical to New Zealand advancing to second stage, since they advanced by better goal difference than North Korea.[9]

At 39 years of age, she was the oldest competitor in 2012 Olympic women's football tournament. After her last match in 2012 Olympics, she did not rule out competing for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, quote: "I've been asked that question many times because of my age. But there's no reason for me to stop as long as this smile stays on my face and my body keeps holding out."[10]

Bindon announced her retirement from international football in February 2014.[11]

Coaching career

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After retiring, Bindon later moved to coaching, which she has already pursued while as a player. Bindon served as the assistant coach and goalkeeper coach for the New Zealand under-17 women's team, and goalkeeper coach for the New Zealand under-20 and senior women's teams,[12] and was joint head coach of third division Takapuna AFC during the 2016 NRFL season,[13] the second female coach in that club to do so.

In February 2017 Bindon was named by the University of California, Los Angeles women's soccer team to be an assistant and goalkeeping coach.[12] She coached in two College Cups in 2017 (Runner-Up) and 2019 (Final Four).

On 16 December 2019, Bindon was named head coach of the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) women's soccer team.[14] She is the sixth head coach in programme history.[15] Bindon was dismissed on 8 November 2021. Her teams posted a 1-26-1 record during two seasons, including a winless 0-19 campaign in her second year.[16]

In October 2022, Bindon sued LMU for wrongful termination in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging defamation, retaliation, and gender discrimination. A hearing has been set for 19 April 2023, in Santa Monica.[17]

Personal life

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Bindon moved to New Zealand after her marriage to Grant Bindon, former captain of the New Zealand men's volleyball team, whom she met while they were students at Lewis University.[18] They have one son, Tyler,[19] who currently plays for EFL League One club Reading.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Caps 'n' Goals, New Zealand Women's national representatives". UltimateNZSoccer.com. The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
  2. ^ "London City Lionesses first team". Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ^ "SIUE". SIUE.
  4. ^ "40th Annual Flyer Athletics Fund Golf Outing - Official Athletics Website". Lewis University Athletics.
  5. ^ "New Zealand Squad List, 2007 Women's World Cup". FIFA.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  6. ^ "Olympic Football Squads Named". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  7. ^ "NZ Football - HOME". www.nzfootball.co.nz.
  8. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: New Zealand – Statistics". FIFA.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012: Groups". FIFA.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008.
  10. ^ "Bindon: We're happy and proud". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012.
  11. ^ "NZ women's keeper Jenny Bindon to retire". Stuff.co.nz. 4 February 2014.
  12. ^ a b "Bindon Named Women's Soccer Assistant Coach". UCLA. 17 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Bindon relishing Takapuna challenge". 7 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Jenny Bindon - Women's Soccer Coach". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Two-time Women's World Cup Player and Two-Time Olympian Jenny Bindon Selected to Lead Lions". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  16. ^ "New Direction for Women's Soccer Program". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  17. ^ Benis, Chris (28 November 2022). "Former women's soccer coach sues LMU, alleges gender discrimination and wrongful termination". Los Angeles Loyolan. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Jenny Bindon". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  19. ^ "Football Ferns | Jenny Bindon". Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  20. ^ "BINDON SIGNS FOR THE ROYALS!". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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