Jamie Finch

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Jamie Finch
Personal information
Full name Jamie Alan Finch
Date of birth (1989-02-26) February 26, 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Bellevue, Washington, United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1999–2003 FC Alliance
2003–2005 Eastside FC
2005–2007 Emerald City FC
2008–2011 Washington Huskies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Washington Crossfire [A] 25 (0)
2012 Carolina RailHawks 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 26, 2012

Jamie Alan Finch (born February 26, 1989) is an American soccer player.

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Early career

High School & Youth

Finch graduated from Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, Washington in 2007. During his stint at Inglemoor, Finch was a two-year letterwinner, Seattle Times' first-team all-state selection as a senior, shared King-Co Co-MVP honors with former UW Husky teammate Taylor Mueller and was named to Seattle Post-Intelligencer All-Area Team in 2007. He helped lead Inglemoor to three straight 4A State Tournament appearances including a third-place finish in 2005 and a fourth-place finish in 2007.

Finch also played club soccer for FC Alliance (1999–2003), Eastside FC (2003–2005) and Emerald City FC (2005–2007). He led Emerald City FC to a quarter final finish at the 2007 Regionals in Las Vegas, Nevada, a second-place finish at 2006 Regionals in Boise, Idaho and a first-place at the 2005 Nomads Thanksgiving Tournament in San Diego, California.

College & Amateur

Following his high school and youth career, Finch committed to the University of Washington. However, he redshirted during his freshman year in 2007 due to injury. On August 29, 2008, Finch made his collegiate debut for the Huskies in a 2-1 loss to Fairleigh Dickinson University in the season opener. [1] He made a total of 16 appearances and tallied two assists in his redshirt freshman season and was also named to the Pac-10 All-Academic First-Team.

In 2009, Finch was named to the Pac-10 All-Academic First-Team for the second straight year and was also named All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention. On November 8, 2009, Finch scored his first collegiate goal for the Huskies in a 2-1 loss to UCLA. [2]

In his junior year in 2010, Finch was one of three Huskies to start all 18 games for the team and tallied two assists during the campaign. Finch went on to be named All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention, Pac-10 All-Academic First-Team, NSCAA Scholar All-West Region and First-Team Academic All-District VIII.

In his final season of his collegiate career, Finch appeared in all 18 games, tallied five assists and led the Husky backline that recorded nine shutouts during the regular season. In the final regular season game, Finch recorded two assists in the Huskies 3-0 win over Oregon State University. The First assist came when he set up Jacob Hustedt for his sixth of the season and the second came off a corner kick to Casey McCool. [3] The Huskies finished 12-4-2 on the year, which is usually good enough to make the NCAA Tournament, but they were left out. [4]

During his time in college, Finch spent two seasons with the Washington Crossfire [A] in the USL Premier Development League. [5] [6]

Professional career

On January 17, 2012, Finch was drafted in the second round of the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft (29th overall) by the Columbus Crew. [7] [8] However, he did not sign a contract with them. On May 18, 2012, Finch joined NASL club Carolina RailHawks. [9] His debut didn't come until July 22 when he came on as a sub in the 77th minute of Carolina's 1-0 win over Minnesota Stars FC. [10]

Statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
USALeague Open Cup League CupTotal
2009 Washington Crossfire [A] USL Premier Development League 12020140
2010130130
2012 Carolina RailHawks North American Soccer League 30000030
TotalUSA2800020300
Career total2800020300

Notes

A.  a b c The club was known as the Seattle Wolves in 2009.

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