Avneet Shergill

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Avneet Shergill
Personal information
Full name Avneet Singh Shergill
Date of birth (1985-12-03) December 3, 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Stockton, California, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2002–2004 Westside Metros
2004–2006 Tyler Junior College
2006–2008 Marshall Thundering Herd
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006 Ajax Orlando Prospects 8 (3)
2008 West Virginia Chaos 12 (2)
2009 Portland Timbers U23s 15 (1)
2009–2010 Salgaocar SC 3 (1)
Managerial career
2013–2014 R. A. Long High School (head coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 November 2014

Avneet Singh Shergill (born December 3, 1985) is a retired American soccer player, who played as forward for Ajax Orlando Prospects, West Virginia Chaos and the Portland Timbers U23s in the USL Premier Development League and for Indian I-League club Salgaocar SC. [1]

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Career

Shergill was born in Stockton, California, in the United States, to immigrant parents from India. His mother Navjot Shergill was a Track and field athlete for Khalsa College in Punjab, India. He joined Tyler Junior College from the Westside Metros SC in 2004, where he finished the season with 2005 NSCAA Junior College All-West Region Team honours, scoring nine goals. In 2006, he joined the Marshall Thundering Herd after a season competing with the Ajax Orlando Prospects from the USL Premier Development League. [2] He scored 3 goals in 8 appearances for the Prospects, the American farm team of Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam. [3]

After an un-successful Junior season at Marshall, Shergill led the Thundering Herd with his attacking prowess from the flanks, tallying goals against the likes of nationally ranked teams Tulsa, South Carolina, and Kentucky. His college career ended, one game shy of a Conference-USA Championship, and an NCAA Tournament bid. Following his career with Marshall, he returned to the USL Premier Development League playing for West Virginia Chaos in the 2008 season, scoring three times in twelve appearances. [4] In 2009, he joined the Portland Timbers U23s scoring twice in 15 appearances. [5] In 2009, Shergill transferred to Salgaocar SC, competing in the I-League in India. [6] He became the first Indian American to compete in the newly formed league, where he was later joined by the leading scorer of the Timbers 1st team Mandjou Keita. [7] He scored his first I-League goal for Salgaocar SC on 22 January 2010 in an away match against Air India FC at the famous Cooperage Ground in the city of Mumbai, which ended in a 2–1 loss. [8] A severe tear in his groin cut his I-League appearances short and returned to his homeland for rehabilitation upon completion of his contract. Later competed for Red Army FC in the Greater Portland Soccer District as well as BC Tigers of the Vancouver Metro Soccer League in British Columbia, Canada before retiring from football as a player. [9]

In 2016, as a member of the University of the Pacific Men's Soccer coaching staff, he was part of an NCAA record for single season win percentage from year to year. Pacific ended the season with a loss against Stanford in the NCAA Division-I National Tournament 2nd Round, after revival of the men's soccer program only 3 years prior. Following the season, the Pacific Men's Soccer coaching staff were recognized as the 2016 Far-West Region Coaching Staff of the Year. In 2017, he helped Southern Oregon University Men's Soccer team win both the Cascade Collegiate Conference regular season and conference tournament championships, in only its 3rd year of existence as a program. The Raiders went on to play in the NAIA National Championship Tournament 1st Round. He again led the Raiders to the Cascade Collegiate Conference regular season championship in 2018, as the Raiders fell short in the 2nd Round of the NAIA National Tournament. He has also shown to be in process of attaining United States Soccer Federation coaching licenses.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "Anveet Shergill - Statistics". Worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Avneet Shergill - profile". Herdzone.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Ajax Orlando Prospects - 2006 Statistics". USL Soccer. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "West Virginia Chaos - 2008 Statistics". USL Soccer. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Portland Timbers U23s - 2008 Statistics". USL Soccer. Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "JCT, Salgaocar in battle of equals". Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Keita loan going well in India". USL Soccer. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "I-League: Air India Edge Past Salgaocar To Move Out Of The Drop Zone". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Red Army - Greater Portland Soccer District". Greater Portland Soccer District. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
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