Jaelene Daniels - Former pro soccer player on serving in ministry and seeking God's guidance in making difficult decisions
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4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Jaelene Daniels is a former pro soccer player, who spent seven seasons in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) with the Western New York Flash and the North Carolina Courage. She was a member of two NWSL championship teams during her time with the Courage.
Playing the defender position, Hinkle starred in high school at Valor Christian in Highlands Ranch, Colo., where she was a Parade High School All-American and named first-team all-state.
She is currently the Development Director with Impact City FC, a soccer ministry in North Carolina.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Jaelene about her relationship with Jesus and how it has transformed her life. Jaelene also discusses her decision not to wear a pride-themed jersey while playing for the USA national team and the backlash she received. She emphasizes the importance of personal conviction and seeking God's guidance in making difficult decisions.
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| 0:40.5 | Hey guys, coming up today on Sports Spectrum, we welcome back Jalene Daniels to the show, |
| 0:45.4 | former U.S. women's national team soccer player, seven years in the NWSL, National |
| 0:51.7 | Women's Soccer League as a professional soccer player. |
| 0:54.7 | When she was on this show, three or four years ago, she was Jaline Hinkle. |
| 0:59.6 | Now she's Jalene Daniel. |
| 1:01.1 | She got married. |
| 1:02.2 | She's currently the development director for Impact City FC, which is a soccer ministry. |
| 1:08.9 | And she's down in Raleigh, North Carolina, which is really cool |
| 1:11.5 | to talk to Jalene about her pivot from professional soccer as a player to working in ministry |
| 1:17.9 | now to share the gospel through the world of soccer. |
| 1:22.2 | And Jaline, if you don't remember, she's went through a couple of different very public |
| 1:26.7 | situations and scenarios where she |
| 1:29.3 | had to stand firm in her faith in Jesus and faced a lot of brushback, a lot of pushback, |
| 1:36.1 | even got canceled in many ways when that was beginning to be a thing in social media. |
| 1:41.6 | But we talk about what it means to be bold and to stand firm in your faith and then to make |
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