Darin Lewis

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Darin Lewis
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-04-28) 28 April 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
WASA FC
Number 9
Youth career
1997–1998 Mercer County Community College
1999–2000 Connecticut Huskies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001 Portland Timbers 7 (0)
2002 MetroStars 3 (0)
2002 Virginia Beach Mariners 11 (0)
WASA FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Darin Lewis (born 28 April 1976) is a Trinidadian soccer player who plays for WASA FC.

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Youth

The son of former Trinidad and Tobago national football captain Steve Pierre, Lewis attended Mercer County Community College where he was part of Mercer's 1997 and 1998 JUCO soccer championship teams. [1] In 1999, he transferred to the University of Connecticut where he played on the men's soccer team in 1999 and 2000. In 2000, the Huskies won the NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship and Lewis was a Second Team All American. [2]

Professional

In June 2001, he signed with the Portland Timbers of the USL A-League. [3] [4] On 1 April 2002, he joined the MetroStars as one of three allowed foreign players. He played three games, one start before going down injured. A week later, a multi-player trade brought in two more foreign players and the MetroStars released Lewis. [5]

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References

  1. JUCO soccer records [ permanent dead link ]
  2. "2000 All Americans". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  3. "Darin Lewis set for his Timbers debut". Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  4. 2001 Portland Timbers
  5. Obscure Metro Files: Darin Lewis and Andrew Lewis