Harrison Heath

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Harrison Heath
Personal information
Full name Harrison William Heath
Date of birth (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2011–2012 Houston Dynamo
2012–2014 Norwich City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 Orlando City U-23 2 (0)
2014 Orlando City (USL) 7 (0)
2015–2016 Orlando City 6 (0)
2016 → Orlando City B (loan) 12 (1)
2017 Atlanta United 1 (0)
2017 → Sacramento Republic (loan) 2 (0)
2018 Minnesota United 4 (0)
2019–2020 Miami FC 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2020

Harrison William Heath (born 6 March 1996) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Contents

Career

Youth career

Heath played in the youth academy of Houston Dynamo from 2011 to 2012 before moving to England to play for Norwich City's academy from 2012 to 2014, where he was part of the U18 squad that won the 2013 FA Youth Cup. [1] In between his time at Houston and Norwich, Heath played for Orlando City U-23 and took part in two games. [1]

Orlando City

Heath signed his first professional contract with Orlando City on 17 July 2014. [1] This would be their last season in the United Soccer League before moving to Major League Soccer. During this final USL season, Heath appeared in 8 matches, starting 5 of them. [2]

The next season he was kept with the team as they made their inaugural campaign into Major League Soccer. Heath was able to make three appearances in each of the team's first two seasons in the league. [2] However, in his second season in MLS he was loaned to Orlando's reserve team, Orlando City B in March 2016. [3] While with the reserves, Heath made 13 appearances in the USL. [2]

Atlanta and Minnesota

On 11 December 2016 Heath was traded to Atlanta United FC by Orlando in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft. [4] Heath was subsequently loaned out to Sacramento Republic, where he made two appearances for the senior team. [2] After only making one appearance for Atlanta, Heath was released by the team at the end of their 2017 season. [5]

On 10 December 2017, Heath was signed by Minnesota United where he was reunited with his father Adrian Heath. Minnesota sent a fourth-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft to Atlanta for the MLS rights to Heath. [6] Heath was only able to make four appearances for Minnesota, however, and was released at the end of Minnesota's 2018 season. [7]

Miami FC

Heath signed with the National Premier Soccer League's defending champions, Miami FC, on 20 February 2019. [8] Heath made four appearances during the 2019 NPSL season, which is only played during the summer, and the team successfully defended their title and won the league. [2] Heath subsequently made the jump with the team to the inaugural season of the National Independent Soccer Association, however he did not make the bench for the team's first match against the Philadelphia Fury.

On 7 January 2020 it was announced that Heath re-signed with the team for the 2020 season, meaning that he would move with the team from NISA to the USL Championship. [9]

Following several months away from playing Heath announced his retirement from professional football on 1 January 2022.

Personal life

Harrison Heath is the son of retired footballer and former head coach of Minnesota United FC, Adrian Heath. [10] Harrison holds a U.S. green card which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes. [11]

He married Kaylyn Kyle. They welcomed their first child in June 2018, Hayden Jack Heath. [12]

Career statistics

As of 4 October 2020 [13] [2]
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Orlando City U-23 2012 [14] PDL 2000—0020
Orlando City (USL) 2014 USL Pro 7000—1 [lower-alpha 2] 080
Orlando City 2015 MLS 3020——50
2016 3020——50
Total60400000100
Orlando City B (loan) 2016 USL121——1 [lower-alpha 2] 0131
Atlanta United 2017 MLS1010—0020
Sacramento Republic (loan) 2017 USL2000—0020
Minnesota United 2018 MLS4000——40
Miami FC 2019 NPSL 4010—2 [lower-alpha 3] 171
2019–20 NISA 50——1 [lower-alpha 4] 060
2020 USL Championship16000—00160
Total250100031291
Career total591600051702
  1. ↑ All appearances in the U.S. Open Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance in the USL Cup playoffs
  3. ↑ Appearances in the NPSL playoffs
  4. ↑ Appearance in the NISA playoffs

Honours

Orlando City
Miami FC

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harrison Heath at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Orlando City SC Loan Seven Players to OCB". Orlando City Soccer Club.
  4. ↑ "Orlando City SC Trades Harrison Heath to Atlanta United FC". 11 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Atlanta United announce year-end roster moves". 20 November 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "MNUFC Signs Harrison Heath". Minnesota United FC. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "MNUFC Season-End Roster Update". MLS. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Miami FC Signs Midfielder Harrison Heath to Roster". MiamiFC.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "FOUR RETURN TO THE MIAMI FC FOR 2020 SEASON". www.miamifc.com. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Orlando City signs Harrison Heath, son of coach Adrian Heath – Orlando Sentinel". orlandosentinel.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  11. ↑ Orlando Sentinel (26 September 2014). "Orlando City sorts out international roster spots and green cards". OrlandoSentinel.com.
  12. ↑ "Kaylyn Kyle Heath on Instagram: "❤️ Baby Heath coming June 2018 ❤️ . . . . #expecting #pregnant #pregnantandperfect #pregnancyannouncement #pregnancy #fitpregnancy…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
  13. ↑ Harrison Heath at Major League Soccer
  14. ↑ "Harrison Heath at SoccerStats.us". SoccerStats.us. SoccerStats.us. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
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