Jason Cairns

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Jason Cairns
Personal information
Place of birth United States
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1994–1997 The College of New Jersey
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–1999 Cincinnati Riverhawks 45 (12)
2000–2001 New Jersey Stallions 32 (9)
Total75(21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jason Cairns is a retired American soccer forward who played professionally in the USISL A-League

Cairns grew up playing for Jersey Shore Boca youth teams. [1] In 1994, he entered Trenton State College where he was a 1995 NSCAA Division III Second Team All American soccer player. The College was renamed The College of New Jersey in 1996. That season, Cairns and his Team mates won the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship and Cairns was selected as an NSCAA Division III First Team All American. In 1997, he was again named to the Division III First Team and was the 1997 NSCAA Division III Player of the Year. [2]

In 1998, the Cincinnati Riverhawks selected Cairns in the second round (32nd overall) of the 1998 A-League Draft. [3] [4] In 1998, he was Second Team All League. In 2000, Cairns moved to the New Jersey Stallions of the USL D-3 Pro League where he spent two seasons.

In December 1997, the Philadelphia KiXX drafted Cairns in the first round of the National Professional Soccer League. [5] However, Cairns never played indoor soccer professionally.

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References

  1. ↑ Hall of Fame bound
  2. ↑ "NSCAA College Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  3. ↑ "1998 A-League Draft". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  4. ↑ Cairns helps Riverhawks
  5. ↑ 1997 National Professional Soccer League draft
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