Liya Brooks
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liya Njeri N'Day Brooks | ||
| Date of birth | 17 May 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | New Jersey, U.S.[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||
| Number | 0 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023–2024 | Washington State Cougars | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | North Carolina Tar Heels | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2022 | Jamaica U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Jamaica U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Jamaica | 2 | (0) |
Liya Njeri N'Day Brooks (born 17 May 2005) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Born in the United States, she represents Jamaica internationally.
Early life
[edit]Brooks began playing football at age eight.[2] She attended Moanalua High School in Honolulu as a freshman and sophomore before transferring to South Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon, ahead of her junior year.
College career
[edit]Brooks made one substitute appearance in two seasons with the Washington State Cougars before transferring to the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2025.[3][4]
InternationalcCareer
[edit]Brooks made her senior international debut in goal against South Africa on 29 November 2024, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Liya Brook's Jamaican National Team is set for World Cup Group Stage". 22 July 2023.
- ^ Mendoza, Jim (21 February 2020). "Hawaii teen with a dream of becoming a soccer pro selected for elite national team". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ "Liya Brooks". Washington State Cougars. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Liya Brooks". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Busby relieved as Girlz end long, winless drought - Jamaica Observer". December 2024.
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- 2005 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from New Jersey
- Jamaican women's footballers
- Jamaica women's international footballers
- Women's association football goalkeepers
- Washington State Cougars women's soccer players
- Soccer players from Hawaii
- American women's soccer players
- American sportspeople of Jamaican descent
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century people from New Jersey
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- 21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
- Jamaican women's football biography stubs