{{short description|American soccer player}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Greg Jordan | image = | caption = | fullname = Gregory Jordan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|4|5}} | birth_place = Naperville, Illinois, United States | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2008–2011 | youthclubs1 = Creighton Bluejays | years1 = 2012–2013 | clubs1 = Philadelphia Union | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2012 | clubs2 = → Harrisburg City Islanders (loan) | caps2 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = → Harrisburg City Islanders (loan) | caps3 = 10 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2014–2016 | clubs4 = Minnesota United | caps4 = 48 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2017 | clubs5 = San Francisco Deltas | caps5 = 21 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = Charlotte Independence | caps6 = 16 | goals6 = 1 | medaltemplates = | pcupdate = 09:43, 15 October 2018 (UTC) | ntupdate = }}

'''Gregory Jordan''' (born April 5, 1990, in Naperville, Illinois) is an American former soccer player.

==Career==

===College=== Jordan played college soccer at Creighton University between 2008 and 2011. During his time at Creighton, Jordan was named NSCAA All-American Second Team in 2011 as a senior, as well as the All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team as both a junior and senior.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gocreighton.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1000&ATCLID=1554593|title=Greg Jordan|publisher=Creighton University|accessdate=November 18, 2017}}</ref>

===Professional=== Jordan was drafted in the second round (32nd overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft by Philadelphia Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2012/01/union-select-hoffman-jordan-gaddis-2012-superdraft|title=Union select Hoffman, Jordan, Gaddis in 2012 SuperDraft|publisher=Philadelphia Union|date=2012-01-12|accessdate=2012-01-21|archive-date=2012-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116052930/http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2012/01/union-select-hoffman-jordan-gaddis-2012-superdraft|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Jordan was loaned to USL Pro club Harrisburg City Islanders in June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2012/06/orlando_city_shuts_down_visiti.html|title=Orlando City shuts down visiting Harrisburg in USL PRO scrum|author=Eric F. Epler|publisher=PA Media Group|date=June 22, 2012|accessdate=November 18, 2017}}</ref>

The Union declined to renew Jordan's contract at the end of their 2013 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phillysoccerpage.net/2013/11/11/john-hackworth-lays-out-his-postseason-plans/|title=John Hackworth lays out his postseason plans|author=Dan Walsh|publisher=The Philly Soccer Page|date=November 11, 2013|accessdate=November 18, 2017}}</ref> He joined Minnesota United FC of the North American Soccer League ahead of the 2014 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasl.com/article/uuid/1e3p8clrxhbou1i8qeh656iquv/minnesota-united-sign-midfielder-greg-jordan-defender-tyler-polak#.Uz9eMvldUrU |title=Oops! Sorry, Something Went Wrong &#124; Nasl |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081019/http://www.nasl.com/article/uuid/1e3p8clrxhbou1i8qeh656iquv/minnesota-united-sign-midfielder-greg-jordan-defender-tyler-polak#.Uz9eMvldUrU#.Uz9eMvldUrU |archive-date=2017-12-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Jordan joined the San Francisco Deltas ahead of the 2017 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasl.com/news/2016/12/26/deltas-add-three-more-players-to-roster|title=Deltas Add Three More Players To Roster|publisher=NASL|date=December 26, 2016|accessdate=November 18, 2017}}</ref> The San Francisco Deltas went on to win the 2017 NASL Championship where Jordan played all 90 minutes of the 2–0 win against the New York Cosmos.

Jordan signed with USL side Charlotte Independence for the 2018 season on February 28, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlotteindependence.com/news_article/show/892042?referrer_id=2701681|title=Jordan Added to Independence Midfield|author=James Thomas|website=charlotteindependence.com|publisher=Charlotte Independence|date=February 28, 2018|accessdate=November 17, 2018}}</ref> Jordan left Charlotte at the end of their 2018 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/977116|title = Independence Announce Initial Roster Moves for 2019|date = 13 December 2018}}</ref>

Jordan is currently a girls soccer coach with the Gretna Elite Academy soccer club in Gretna, NE (a suburb of Omaha).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gretnaeliteacademy.com/coaches/greg-jordan/|title=Coaches, Greg Jordan|date=3 June 2020 |accessdate=September 8, 2022}}</ref> Jordan coached the 2008G ECNL team which has won back-to-back Nebraska State Cup Championships (2021, 2022).

==Career statistics==

===Club=== {{updated|October 13, 2018}} {| class="wikitable" Style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club!!rowspan="2"|Season!!colspan="3"|League!!colspan="2"|Cup!!colspan="2"|Continental!!colspan="2"|Other!!colspan="2"|Total |- !League!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Philadelphia Union||2012||rowspan="2"|Major League Soccer||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2013||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Totals!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0 |- |rowspan="3"|Harrisburg City Islanders (loan)||2012||rowspan="2"|USL Pro||8||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||9||0 |- |2013||10||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||11||0 |- !colspan="2"|Totals!!18!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!20!!0 |- |rowspan="4"|Minnesota United||2014||rowspan="3"|North American Soccer League||23||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||23||0 |- |2015||24||0||1||0||0||0||1||0||25||0 |- |2016||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Totals!!49!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!2!!0!!49!!0 |- |rowspan="2"|San Francisco Deltas||2017||rowspan="1"|North American Soccer League||21||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||21||0 |- !colspan="2"|Totals!!21!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!21!!0 |- |rowspan="2"|Charlotte Independence||2018||rowspan="1"|United Soccer League||16||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||16||1 |- !colspan="2"|Totals!!16!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!16!!1 |- !colspan="3"|Career totals!!104!!1!!2!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0!!104!!1 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{MLS player|greg-jordan}} * {{USL Championship player|greg-jordan}} * {{Soccerway|greg-jordan/225607}} * [http://www.gocreighton.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1000&ATCLID=1554593 Creighton Bluejays Profile]

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