Soccer star’s talent comes home
Fred Jeter | 2/29/2024, 6 p.m.
The inaugural W League RVA squad will feature a talented local woman this soccer season.
James River High of Midlothian graduate Kameron Simmonds, currently on the roster of NCAA champion Florida State (FSU), will play forward for the local entry in the USL W League.
It is a pre-professional league that allows the women to also play for their school teams. The first game is March 16 in Spokane, Wash.
Simmonds played locally for Richmond United before first enrolling at the University of Tennessee. She transferred to FSU following one season with the Volunteers.
The Simmonds family has a rich tradition with local pro soccer and with Jamaica.
Kameron Simmonds twice played for Jamaican national teams in 2022, once for the U-20 squad and later for the team representing the island in the World Cup.
Her father, Greg, played for the Richmond Kickers in the early 2000s and her younger brother, Nicholas, is currently on the Kickers’ academy roster.
