Jahmali Waite
Jahmali Waite is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for El Paso Locomotive in the USL Championship. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, he represents Jamaica at international level.
Club career
Youth career
Waite played as part of the Philadelphia Union academy, also appearing on the bench for the club's USL Championship side during their 2017 season. He was persuaded to move to the club by fellow Jamaican Andre Blake.College and amateur career
In 2017, Waite attended Fairleigh Dickinson University to play college soccer. In three seasons with the Knights, Waite made 40 appearances. He was named to the Northeast Conference All-Rookie team as a freshman in 2017 and a First Team All-NEC selection in 2018. In his final year with the Knights, he was named the NEC Tournament MVP and helped guide Fairleigh Dickinson to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.2020 saw Waite transfer to the University of Connecticut, where he made a further 23 appearances.
During his time at college, Waite also played in the USL League Two. He made eight regular season appearances and one playoff appearance for Reading United AC during their 2019 season. In 2021, Waite appeared for Ocean City Nor'easters, playing nine times in the league and twice in the playoffs.
Following college, Waite went undrafted in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft, but joined Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire for their preseason training camp. However, he did not sign for the club.