Jordan Older

Jordan Older is an American professional soccer player who is the first and youngest American ever to have played professionally in the Brazilian Serie A and the Paulista Championship Serie A with Paulista FC in 1994, União São João EC in 1994, and AA Portuguesa Santista in 1998 and with various professional teams in Europe and the United States making him the first American ever to play professionally in the Brazilian Serie A and the Paulista Championship Serie A and the first American to play with the most 1st division professional football/soccer teams in Brazil. Jordan Older is also the only American to have played professionally in both Europe and Paulista Championship Serie A. In 1994 Jordan Older took part in the Team USA (US National Team) training camp upon the invitation of USA World Cup Team head coach Bora Milutinovic.

Jordan Older represents the first wave of American-born and raised international soccer players to play professionally in Europe and South America (Brazil), with professional playing experience on 3 continents; South America, Europe, and North America. Jordan Older is one of only four of American-born players ever who have played professional soccer in Europe, South America, and the USA. The other three are US Soccer Hall of Fame members Cobi Jones, Alexi Lalas, and Joe-Max Moore, however Jordan Older was the first American to achieve this and the only American soccer player, out of these four, to have played full-time in all 3 continents since the others were short stints or 1 month loans.

In April of 1998 Jordan Older was voted to the fans selection of the 1998 USA World Cup Roster in an Internet poll held by Soccer America. In 1999 Jordan Older was invited to play with São Paulo FC and Fluminense, both of the Brazilian Serie A. An interesting fact is that União São João EC and AA Portuguesa Santista were the first teams of FIFA World Cup Champion Roberto Carlos and Brazilian star Neymar, respectively. In 2003 Jordan Older played in the USL Professional League with the San Diego Gauchos and in 2005 Jordan Older played with Ljungskile SK in the Swedish 1st division.

Jordan Older is the founder and executive director of the Ventura Film Festival, which is an international film festival and the largest film festival in Ventura County. At the Ventura Film Festival, Jordan Older has been responsible for bringing in notable talent such as Academy Award winners Shirley Jones, TJ Martin and George Chakiris to the Ventura Film Festival. The Ventura Film Festival has screened and hosted many Academy Award winning (Oscar Winning) films such as The Cove, Undefeated and the 50th Anniversary of West Side Story.

Jordan Older studied Physics at UCLA and also works as a sports agent with King Sports Management in Beverly Hills, California. It is reported that Jordan Older has strong contacts with the top professional soccer teams in the world that help him in the transfers of players and coaches.