Jahmali Waite is a Jamaican goalkeeper born in Kingston in 1998. He spent time in the Philadelphia Union academy and played college soccer for Fairleigh Dickinson and UConn, earning conference recognition at Fairleigh Dickinson. After amateur spells with Reading United and Ocean City Nor'easters, he signed professionally with Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 2022 and later played for El Paso Locomotive and Tampa Bay Rowdies. Waite represented Jamaica at under-17 level and made his senior international debut against Cameroon in 2022. He was included in Jamaica's 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup squad.