Colin Rocke

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Colin Rocke
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-03-21) March 21, 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Santa Cruz, Trinidad
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward / Defender
Youth career
1989–1993 West Virginia Wesleyan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1991 El Paso Patriots
1993 Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) 13 (5)
1994–1995 Las Vegas Dustdevils (indoor) 30 (17)
1995–1996 Dallas Lightning (indoor) ? (11)
1997–1998 New Orleans Storm 51 (0)
1999 Charleston Battery 10 (0)
2003 New Orleans Shell Shockers 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Colin Rocke is a retired Trinidad-American association football forward who played professionally in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and USISL A-League.

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Player

Rocke attended West Virginia Wesleyan College where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1989 to 1993. In 1989 and 1990, West Virginia Wesleyan won the NAIA national men's soccer championship. Rocke was a three-time NAIA All American soccer player (1989, 1990 and 1992) as well as a conference champion track runner. [1] He graduated in 1993. In 2012, West Virginia Wesleyan inducted Rocke into its Athletic Hall of Fame. [2] In 1990 and 1991, Rocke played as an amateur for the El Paso Patriots of the USISL during the summer. In 1993, Rocke turned professional with the Dallas Sidekicks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League. The Sidekicks had selected Rocke in the third round (17th overall) of the 1993 CISL Amateur Draft. That season the Sidekicks won the CISL championship. In 1994, the Las Vegas Dustdevils selected Rocke in that year’s Expansion Draft. He spent two seasons in Las Vegas. Rocke won a second CISL championship in 1994 when the Dustdevils defeated the Sidekicks in three games. In the fall of 1995, Rocke joined the Dallas Lightning for the 1995-1996 USISL indoor season. He was the tenth leading scorer, but was injured and lost the 1996 season. [3] In April 1997, Rocke returned to playing as he moved outdoors with the New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers of the USISL A-League. [4] In 1998, the Gamblers were renamed the New Orleans Storm. On January 28, 1999, Rocke signed with the Charleston Battery, but by this time his playing career was winding down as he turned more towards coaching. Rocke returned to Louisiana where he had become the head coach of the Metairie Park Country Day School High School. In 2003, Rocke came out of retirement to briefly play for the New Orleans Shell Shockers of the USL Premier Development League.

Coach

In 1998, Rocke became the head coach of the Metairie Park Country Day High School, a position he held until 2007. In 2000, he led his team to the Louisiana High School State championship. In 2002, they finished runner-up in the final. He was the 2000 Louisiana Division II Girls Coach of the Year. [5]

Honors

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References

  1. ↑ "West Virginia Wesleyan All Americans". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  2. ↑ "West Virginia Wesleyan: Colin Rocke". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  3. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer – 1996". Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  4. ↑ April 5, 1997 Transactions
  5. ↑ 1999-2000 LHSSCA Girls All State Teams
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