Julius James

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Julius James
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Personal information
Date of birth (1984-07-09) 9 July 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Maloney Gardens, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2003 St. Anthony's College
2004–2007 Connecticut Huskies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 Westchester Flames 3 (0)
2008 Toronto FC 13 (1)
2009 Houston Dynamo 8 (0)
2009 → Minnesota Thunder (loan) 2 (0)
2009–2010 D.C. United 31 (2)
2011–2012 Columbus Crew 43 (1)
2013 Carolina RailHawks 16 (0)
2014–2015 San Antonio Scorpions 32 (1)
2016 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 (0)
2017 Central FC 2 (0)
2017 Sacramento Republic 7 (0)
2018–2019 FC Motown 12 (2)
International career‡
2001 Trinidad and Tobago U17 40 (0)
2008–2011 Trinidad and Tobago 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2017

Julius James (born 9 July 1984) is a Trinidadian footballer.

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Career

College

James played college soccer for the University of Connecticut, and was a 2007 Hermann Trophy candidate and Lowe's Senior CLASS Award finalist.

Professional

James drafted 9th overall in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by Toronto FC, and played with them during their 2008 preseason, but suffered a shoulder injury against the New York Red Bulls [1] and missed his side's first two matches of the 2008 regular season. He recovered to make the bench for Toronto's first win of the season against the Los Angeles Galaxy, and scored on his MLS debut, also against Galaxy.

James was traded to Houston Dynamo on 12 December 2008 as part of the deal that took Dwayne De Rosario to Toronto FC. On 14 August 2009, after a short loan period at Minnesota Thunder in the USL First Division, James was traded to D.C. United in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft. [2] On 11 September 2010 James scored his 2nd goal for DC in a 1–0 away win vs. his old team Toronto.

On 17 February 2011, D.C. United waived James. [3]

On 28 February 2011, Columbus Crew announced that they had signed James. [4] He made his debut on the next day as a second-half substitute in the second leg of the Crew's CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final series against Real Salt Lake. [5] He played his first league game with the Crew on 19 March 2011 against his former team, D.C. United, in their 2011 MLS season opener. [6]

James signed a multi-year contract extension with Columbus on 6 July 2011. [7]

After the conclusion of the 2012 season, Columbus declined the 2013 option on James's contract and he entered the 2012 MLS Re-Entry Draft. James became a free agent after he went undrafted in both rounds of the draft.

James signed with Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League (NASL) for the 2013 season. On 1 March 2014, James signed with San Antonio Scorpions of NASL. [8] He re-signed with San Antonio on 9 January 2015. [9]

Following the 2015 NASL season, the Scorpions suspended operations. On 27 January 2016, James signed with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. [10]

International

James played for the Trinidad and Tobago Under-17 Team that traveled to Brazil, Haiti, and the United States, and took part in the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship, where they suffered a 6–1 defeat to Brazil in the group stage. He earned his first senior cap for Trinidad and Tobago national football team against Guyana on 3 September 2008.

Personal

James was a resource economics major at the University of Connecticut. He now resides in Fort Lauderdale, FL and is an elite soccer coach for International Miami CF Academy. He is married with one child.

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References

  1. ↑ "Extra Time: Injury blow for Toronto FC rookie Julius James". www.cbc.ca. Archived from the original on 29 April 2008.
  2. ↑ "DCU Makes Several Moves". Soccer Insider.
  3. ↑ "DC United waives defender Julius James". Yahoo Sports.
  4. ↑ "Crew signs defender Julius James". 28 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "CCL Recap: Morales, Williams lead RSL into CONCACAF semifinals". 2 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Davies double starts United season off with a bang". Archived from the original on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Crew Signs Defender Julius James to Contract Extension - OurSports Central". oursportscentral.com. 6 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Scorpions Sign MLS Veteran Julius James - OurSports Central". oursportscentral.com. March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Julius James & Josue Soto to Return to the San Antonio Scorpions in 2015 - OurSports Central". oursportscentral.com. 9 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Julius James Strengthens Fort Lauderdale Defense". Strikers.com. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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