Jared Watts

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Jared Watts
Jared Watts Portland Timbers vs Colorado Rapids 2016-10-16.jpg
Watts with Colorado Rapids in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-02-03) February 3, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Statesville, North Carolina, United States
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, defender
Youth career
2007–2009 IMG Soccer Academy
2009–2010 North Meck SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 73 (5)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2018 Colorado Rapids 71 (1)
2018 Houston Dynamo 7 (0)
2018 → Rio Grande Valley FC (loan) 1 (0)
International career
2007–2009 United States U17 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jared Watts (born February 3, 1992) is an American retired professional soccer player who played as a defensive midfielder or defender.

Contents

Club career

Youth career

Watts spent time with North Meck SC as well as with the IMG Soccer Academy. He would attend Wake Forest University and was named first team All-Conference on three occasions; 2011, 2012, and 2013. [1]

Colorado Rapids

Watts was drafted in the second round (33rd overall) of the 2014 MLS SuperDraft by the Colorado Rapids. [1] He made his professional debut on March 29, 2014, against Sporting Kansas City. [2] Watts scored his first professional goal on July 11, 2015, in a 3–1 win over Real Salt Lake. [1] In 2016, Watts was a part of the best defense in MLS and helped the Rapids finish second in the Western Conference. He would help the Rapids reach the Conference finals, where they fell to Seattle Sounders FC. [3]

On March 28, 2018, Watts was traded to Houston Dynamo in exchange for $100,000 of Targeted Allocation Money. [4]

Houston Dynamo

Watts made his Dynamo debut on May 30, 2018, in a 2–1 loss to Real Salt Lake. He suffered various injuries in 2018, forcing him to miss good chunks of the season. [1]

International career

Watts captained the US at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria. He also has had extensive international experience, seeing time with the U17 and U20 U.S. Youth National Teams. Played and was a captain with the U.S. U17 team.

Career statistics

As of November 18, 2018 [5] [6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague US Open Cup Playoffs Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colorado Rapids 2014 MLS 17000"|——170
2015 13110——141
2016 2101040—260
2017 20010——210
2018 0000——00
Total711304000780
Houston Dynamo 2018 MLS7000——70
RGVFC Toros (loan) 2018 USL 10———10
Career Total791304000861

Honors

Houston Dynamo

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jared Watts". houstondynamo.com. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Colorado Rapids vs. Sporting Kansas City". March 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ Editor, Matt Pollard, Managing (November 29, 2016). "Colorado Rapids 2016 Season Review - Last Word on Soccer". Last Word on Soccer. Retrieved November 19, 2018.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Houston Dynamo acquire defender Jared Watts from Colorado Rapids | Houston Dynamo".
  5. ↑ "Jared Watts". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ "J. Watts". Soccerway. Retrieved November 18, 2018.


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