Olivia Van der Jagt (born July 7, 1999) is an American professional

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for

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club

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, on loan from

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Youth career

Van der Jagt played youth soccer and volleyball starting at the age of 4, playing for Dos FC; PacNW; Eastside FC of

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, where she won two Washington state championships; and the

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Chargers of

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. She was selected to the 2016 NSCAA All-America Team. Parallel to her soccer career, she also played volleyball until her sophomore year of high school.

College career

Van der Jagt chose the

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over other

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universities. She scored 12 goals and 9 assists in her collegiate career as a midfielder, and was selected to the All-Pac-12 third team in 2021. After starting four matches in her freshman season, she became a regular starter for the Huskies.

Club career

Seattle Sounders Women

Van der Jagt played for the amateur

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from 2016 to 2019 while attending the

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and won the WPSL championship in 2018.

OL Reign

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selected Van der Jagt with the 33rd-overall pick in the third round of the

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, and signed her to a one-year contract on March 18, 2022. She debuted for OL Reign on April 14, 2022, during the

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against

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and scored her first professional goal in stoppage time against

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three days later, a game-winning goal that secured OL Reign's semifinals berth in the tournament.

Spokane Zephyr (loan)

On July 9, 2025, the Reign loaned Van der Jagt to

of the

through the end of 2025.

Honors

; OL Reign *

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Personal life

Van der Jagt's father, Gerard, played for the

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national volleyball team.

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* 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Kent, Washington Soccer players from King County, Washington American women's soccer players Washington Huskies women's soccer players Seattle Reign FC draft picks Seattle Reign FC players National Women's Soccer League players Spokane Zephyr FC players USL Super League players American people of Surinamese descent Sportspeople of Surinamese descent Women's association football midfielders 21st-century American sportswomen {{Authority control