Jaelene Hinkle, North Carolina Courage Soccer Player

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🗓️ 17 January 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Episode 440

Jaelene Hinkle plays professional soccer for the North Carolina Courage in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). She was selected seventh overall in the 2015 NWSL Draft by the Western New York Flash.

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 has played the last five seasons in the NWSL, the first two with Western New York and the last three with North Carolina, which has won three consecutive NWSL Shields (best regular-season record) and the past two NWSL championships.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Hinkle about her journey to pro soccer, winning the NWSL title again in 2019, where her journey with Christ began, and facing scrutiny for standing up for her faith.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.0	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:20.0	This episode of Sports Spectrums podcast with Jalene Hinkle is brought to you by Compassion International.
0:26.9	They are the most trusted child development ministry in the world.
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0:35.8	compassion.com slash sports spectrum. That's the website,
0:39.7	compassion.com slash sports spectrum and pray about sponsoring a child today. On the podcast today,
0:49.5	we welcome Jalene Hinkle professional soccer player. Jalene was a member of the USA national team, the under 17, under 23 team and the current national team.
1:00.3	She plays defender for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League,
1:06.5	three straight championships for the North Carolina Courage. She's a member of this year's team,
1:12.6	of course, the 2019 team that won it all just a few months ago as we head into now 2020,
1:18.5	and she gets ready for another season in North Carolina. In high school, she attended
1:23.1	Valor Christian in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, which is actually the same area location that
1:29.9	Sports Spectrum is based out of. In Highlands Ranch, Colorado, class of 2011, was selected
1:35.2	the seventh pick overall in the first round of the 2015 National Women's Soccer League
1:41.2	draft by the Western New York Flash, which then became
1:44.5	the North Carolina Courage. And she was nominated for Defender of the Year in 2019 by the National
1:51.7	Women's Soccer League. Jalien is very open about her faith and has shared that on many
1:57.8	platforms, including her social media page, where she lists Colossians 323 as her
2:03.5	life verse. And you'll hear her talking about that verse on the podcast. She also has a quote on there.
2:08.5	It says, and I believe it's from Lecrae, the rapper, if you live for people's acceptance,
2:13.2	you'll die from their rejection. And Jeline has faced some rejection from the world because of stances that she's taken
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