Garrett Halfhill

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Garrett Halfhill
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Halfhill playing for FC Cincinnati in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-07-26) July 26, 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth San Diego, California, United States
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 New York Cosmos
Number 6
Youth career
2008–2011 Virginia Rush
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Xavier Musketeers 84 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 Des Moines Menace 4 (0)
2014–2015 Cincinnati Dutch Lions 26 (1)
2017–2018 FC Cincinnati 2 (0)
2018–2019 New York Cosmos 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 19, 2019

Garrett Halfhill (born July 26, 1993) is an American soccer player who currently plays for New York Cosmos in the National Premier Soccer League.

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Early life

Halfhill was born on July 26, 1993, in San Diego, California, to parents Robert and Cheryl Halfhill. He grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he attended Landstown High School from 2008 to 2011. He has two sisters, Janelle and Amber. [1]

Career

Youth

Halfhill played soccer for his high school team, the Landstown Eagles, for all four years of his attendance. In his freshman year, he participated in Landstown winning their first Beach District championship title. [2] He received many accolades in high school, including being selected for the All-Virginia Beach Team three times. His senior year, he was named to the All-District and All-Region first teams, an honorable mention for the All-State team, and was named most outstanding male athlete by Landstown High School. [1]

During high school, Halfhill also played for Virginia Rush Soccer Club, a developmental soccer club in Southeastern Virginia. [3]

College and amateur

In 2011, Halfhill was admitted to Xavier University with a Dean's Award Scholarship to study marketing. He played on the university's men's soccer team and started his freshman year, in which he had five starts, twenty appearances, and one goal. From his sophomore year until his graduation, Halfhill appeared in every Xavier match and started in all but one of them. He was named to the Big East Conference all-academic team his junior and senior years. In his senior year, Halfhill was named team captain, and was second on the team in minutes played with 2,092 total minutes. On September 13, 2014, Halfhill scored a career-high four points in a 3–0 win against Cincinnati, [4] leading him to be named to that week's Big East Weekly Honor Roll and College Soccer News National Team of the Week. He was also named to the Big East's All-Tournament Team. [5] At the end of his Xavier career, Halfhill held the university record for most matches played with 84 total appearances. [1]

Halfhill played in the Premier Development League (PDL) with the Des Moines Menace in 2013, and the Cincinnati Dutch Lions in 2014 and 2015.

Professional

In May 2017, Halfhill signed with United Soccer League club FC Cincinnati. [6] He made his debut with FC Cincinnati in a U.S. Open Cup match against AFC Cleveland on May 17, 2017. He debuted in the USL on June 3, 2017, in a match against Rochester Rhinos. [7] In October 2017, FC Cincinnati announced that Halfhill (along with eight other players) had been re-signed for the 2018 season. [8] In 2018 FC Cincinnati released Halfhill and he landed with the New York Cosmos. He played two seasons (2018-2019) with the New York Cosmos and made 35 appearances for the club.

Personal life

In addition to playing soccer, Halfhill has also worked as a sales representative at Paycor, a payroll and human resources company in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a business consultant at Dotloop. [9]

Career statistics

As of end of 2019 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Des Moines Menace 2013 [10] Premier Development League 4000––40
Cincinnati Dutch Lions 2014 [11] Premier Development League130–––130
2015 [11] Premier Development League131–00–131
FC Cincinnati 2017 [12] United Soccer League 2010001040
New York Cosmos 2018 [13] National Premier Soccer League 90104000140
2019 [14] National Premier Soccer League 90003010130
2019 [14] NPSL Members Cup 0000800080
Career total5012015020691

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References

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  2. ↑ Cuenca, Darrell (May 23, 2008). "Beach District soccer: Landstown boys win region berth; Cox wears girls crown". The Virginian-Pilot . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Rush Competitive Alumni". Virginia Rush Soccer Club. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Bergen, Brendan (September 13, 2014). "Halfhill Scores Twice as Men's Soccer Topples Crosstown Rival Cincinnati, 3-0". Xavier Athletics. Xavier University . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Providence Captures BIG EAST Men's Soccer Crown". BIG EAST. November 16, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ Brennan, Patrick (May 17, 2017). "FC Cincy inks Xavier men's soccer alum Garrett Halfhill". The Cincinnati Enquirer . Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ Kimura, Fumi (June 3, 2017). "FCC Win Streak Halted By Rhinos". FC Cincinnati. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  8. ↑ Kimura, Fumi (October 25, 2017). "Nine Return For 2018". FC Cincinnati. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  9. ↑ Halfhill, Garrett. "Garrett Halfhill". LinkedIn . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Des Moines Menace: Final 2013 Statistics" (PDF). Des Moines Menace . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Archived Player Stats". Premier Development League. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Garrett Halfhill". United Soccer League . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Garrett Halfhill signes New York Cosmos". New York Cosmos . Retrieved Apr 17, 2018.
  14. 1 2 "Garrett Halfhill re-signed". New York Cosmos . Retrieved Feb 7, 2019.
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