Hubert Busby Jr.

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Hubert Busby Jr.
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Personal information
Date of birth (1969-06-18) 18 June 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994 Detroit Wheels ? (?)
1995 Telstar ? (?)
1996 Montreal Impact 0 (0)
1998 Toronto Lynx 18 (0)
1999 Caldas Sport Clube ? (?)
2000 Oxford United 1 (0)
2000 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
2001 Vancouver Whitecaps FC ? (?)
2003 Ottawa Wizards 1 (0)
International career
2001–2003 Jamaica [1]
Managerial career
2003 Ottawa Wizards
2004 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia
2005 Toronto Lynx
2006 AFC Leopards
2010–2012 Vancouver Whitecaps Women
2013–2018 Seattle Sounders Women
2018–2019 Jacksonville Dolphins Women (assistant)
2018–2019 Jamaica Women (assistant)
2020-2021 Jamaica Women
2024- Jamaica Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hubert Busby Junior (born 18 June 1969) is a football manager and former player. Born in Canada, he represented Jamaica at international level.

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Playing career

In 1993, Busby Jr. played in the Canadian National Soccer League with Windsor Wheels. [2] As a player, Busby Jr. spent time with the Toronto Lynx, Montreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps, [3] Oxford United, Crystal Palace, Caldas Sport Clube, and Ottawa Wizards. In 1996, he played in the Canadian National Soccer League with Oakville Canadian Western. [4]

Busby Jr. played for the Jamaica national football team from 2001 to 2003. [1]

Management career

After retiring from soccer, Busby Jr. earned a degree in sociology from Queen's University, and earned his USSF "A" license and NSCAA "A" diploma with over 10 years of diversified coaching experience including the women's programs at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Queen's University.

His first professional coaching experience was in 2003 with the Ottawa Wizards, where he led he Wizards to a conference title and clinched a playoff spot. During the playoffs the Ottawa Wizards Board handed a two days notice to the Canadian Soccer League in withdrawing from the playoffs. As a result, from that the CSL revoked the franchise.

In 2004, he was named Canadian Youth Team Coach for the National Training Centre in Eastern Canada and Technical Director for the Kanata Soccer Club. As well he served as the head coach for the Ottawa St. Anthony Italia he won the Ontario Cup and help the team finish runners up to the Windsor Border Stars in the Open Canada Cup.

In 2005, he was named the new Head Coach for the Toronto Lynx, where he had a disappointing season finishing with a league worst three wins, 17 losses, and eight ties the worst performance in league history and 12th place in the 12 team league. After one season with the Lynx he left the head coach role.

After leaving the Lynx in 2006 he coached the AFC Leopards of the VMSL Premier B Division, and led them to the Imperial Cup but lost in the quarter-finals to Westside FC. He left the Leopards to become the Whitecaps FC Academy's NSPPP Technical Coordinator. On 16 December 2009 was named as the successor of Bob Birarda as Vancouver Whitecaps Women head coach and left the Whitecaps FC Academy. [5]

In 2013, Busby signed on as Head Coach and general manager for the Seattle Sounders Women. [6]

In 2019, Busby served as an assistant coach with the Jamaica women's national team during qualification and for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.

In 2020, he was named Head Coach for the Jamaica Women's national team for Olympic qualifying. [7]

In 2021, The Guardian reported that he was accused by a former player of attempting to solicit sex from her during a recruiting process when he was in charge of the Vancouver Whitecaps women’s team. [8]

After a three-year hiatus, he was re-appointed as the Jamaican Women's head coach [9] [10] after FIFA's Ethics Committee closed their preliminary investigation into allegations against Busby without reaching any judgment. FIFA stated that it may reopen its investigation if it receives more information about the original claims. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 "HUBERT BUSBY JR". Jacksonville University. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Wheels gain confidence as season moves along". Newspapers.com. The Windsor Star. 8 July 1993. p. 13. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Vancouver acquires former Toronto Lynx keeper who is currently with English club Crystal Palace and with Jamaica's national team roster vying for World Cup berth Archived 11 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine [ spam link? ]
  4. ↑ "CNSL comes to Oakville, home opener Saturday". Oakville Beaver. 12 June 1996. p. 35.
  5. ↑ Women solidify 2010 coaching staff [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Sounders Women Hire New Head Coach - Hubert Busby Jr. - Seattle Sounders Women". Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Jamaica Observer Limited".
  8. ↑ "More abuse claims hit North American soccer". TheGuardian.com . 28 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Busby Jr. reappointed as Reggae Girlz head coach; eighteen members of historic World Cup squad return for Brazil friendlies". www.sportsmax.tv. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "JFF general secretary bats for Busby". jamaica-gleaner.com. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Jamaica FA falsely claims women's team coach was cleared of alleged sexual misconduct". theguardian.com/. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
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