Jackson William Yueill (; born March 19, 1997) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

New England Revolution The New England Revolution are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the Greater Boston area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conference. It is on ...

Early life

Jackson Yueill grew up in

Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It is located on the north bank of the Minnesota River above its confluence with the Mississippi River, south of downtown Minneapolis and just south of the Interstate 494/Inter ...

where he played youth soccer for Ramalynn Academy as well as Bloomington Jefferson, where he helped lead the Jaguars to the State Soccer Tournament as a freshman.

College

Yueill played two years of

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UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the C ...

between 2015 and 2016, where he was named NSCAA First Team All-Far West Region and First Team All-Pac-12 Conference both years. Yueill left college after the 2016 to sign a

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contract with

Club career

San Jose Earthquakes

On January 13, 2017, Yueill was selected sixth overall in the

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San Jose Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional association football, soccer club based in San Jose, California. The Earthquakes compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. Origin ...

. Yueill made his professional debut on March 25, 2017, while on loan to San Jose's

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affiliate

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, starting in a 2–0 loss to

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. He scored his first professional goal in the fourth round of the

2017 U.S. Open Cup The 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 104th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. FC Dallas entered the competition as the 2016 U.S. Open Cup Final, defending champions, but were eliminated in the quart ...

in a 2–0 victory over the

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. This performance was followed by Yueill's

debut as a 75th-minute substitute in a scoreless home draw against

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on June 17, 2017. His first MLS start came at

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on July 1 in a 2–1 victory over the

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. Yueill was one of two Earthquakes players, the other being

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, nominated on October 14, 2017, for the

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New England Revolution

On December 18, 2024, Yueill signed a three-year deal as a free agent with

ahead of their 2025 season. Yueill made his Revolution debut, and recorded his first start for the Revolution, in the 2025 season opener, a 0-0 draw against

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on February 22.

International career

Yueill received his first call up for the United States U-23 national team in March 2019, featuring in matches against Egypt and the Netherlands. Yueill received his first ever call up to the senior United States squad on June 1, 2019. He was the only player selected that was not on the team's provisional 2019 Gold Cup roster. He made his senior debut on June 5, 2019, in a friendly against Jamaica.

Career statistics

Club

International

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US Soccer
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Honors

United States *

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: 2019–20

References

External links

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Bruins bio
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