Jeevan Badwal

About

Jeevan Singh Badwal (born March 11, 2006) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer.

Badwal began playing youth soccer at age four with Surrey FC. Afterwards, he played with Pacific United FC, being invited to a Wolverhampton Wanderers’ US National Academy camp in Arizona in July 2016 when he was 10. He later played with Coastal FC, Supra Academy, and B.E.S.T. Academy. In August 2019, he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy. In 2022, he was named the Whitecaps U16 Player of the Year. In June 2023, he was selected to play in the MLS Next All-Star Game. Badwal is of Punjabi-Indian descent and can speak Punjabi.

In 2023, he began playing with Whitecaps FC 2 in MLS Next Pro as an academy callup. In February 2024, he signed a professional contract with the team. After participating in the 2024 pre-season with the Vancouver Whitecaps first team, he signed a short-term loan agreement with them ahead of their CONCACAF Champions Cup Round One first leg against Tigres UANL, but was an unused substitute in the match. On May 19, 2024, he scored his first professional goal for Whitecaps…