Position: Goalkeeper
Date of Birth: 12/24/1998 (25)
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pronunciation: Juh-MALI Wait
BIOGRAPHY
Jahmali Waite enters his first season with El Paso Locomotive FC. Waite arrives in El Paso after two seasons with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, helping the club finish as 2023 Eastern Conference Regular Season champions and USL Championship Players’ Shield winners. Additionally, Waite was awarded the 2023 USL Championship Fans’ Choice Save of the Year.
Across the USL Championship regular season and playoffs, Waite started in all 50 of his appearances for Pittsburgh, registering 17 clean sheets and 87 saves (62.59 save %) while only conceding 52 goals during his stint with the club.
He has become a regular call-up for the Jamaica Men’s National Team, making his international debut in late 2022 against Cameroon and contributing to his country’s run to clinch qualification for the 2023/24 Concacaf Nations League Semifinals.
In total, Waite has eight appearances with the Reggae Boyz. A youth product of the Philadelphia Union Academy, Waite was a member of the Philadelphia Union II (formerly Bethlehem Steel) 2017 USL Championship squad before going on to play college soccer for Fairleigh Dickinson University (2017-19) and the University of Connecticut (2020-21).
PREVIOUS CLUBS: Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (2022-23), Ocean City Nor’easters (2021), Reading United AC (2019), Bethlehem Steel (2017)
