LOS ANGELES – Loyola Marymount University Lions redshirt junior goalkeeper
Jacob Jackson was selected No. 24 overall by the New England Revolution in Tuesday's 2022 Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
Jackson is the third Lion drafted in the first round and the first to be selected in the MLS Draft since Craig Nitti was picked in 2015. He is also the eighth all-time LMU men's soccer player to be drafted by an MLS club.
Jackson, spent the last three seasons as a starter for LMU, posting a 26-8-8 career record for the Lions. The Escondido, Calif. native was named the West Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and an All-WCC First Team selection in each of the last two seasons. As a redshirt junior in 2021, Jackson set a career high with 11 wins, allowing only 12 goals in 17 games while posting eight shutouts.
During the 2021 spring season, Jackson went unbeaten (6-0-3) allowing only two goals across 870 minutes to become just the second goalkeeper in WCC history to post a goals against average of under 0.25 in a season.
Jackson holds LMU career records for shutouts with 24 and a goals against average of 0.68 along with the most consecutive scoreless minutes (560) in a season.
