Jason Garey

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Jason Garey
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Personal information
Full name Jason Garey
Date of birth (1984-07-19) July 19, 1984 (age 38)
Place of birth Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2005 Maryland Terrapins 98 (60)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2010 Columbus Crew 83 (15)
2011 Houston Dynamo 10 (0)
2012 Carolina RailHawks 17 (3)
Total110(18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 26, 2012

Jason Garey (born July 19, 1984) is an American soccer player.

Contents

Career

Youth and College

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Garey, who grew up in Gonzales, Louisiana, [1] attended St. Amant High School and played for the Baton Rouge Soccer Club. He continues to hold Louisiana high school records for most goals in a season (73) and in a career (170). Garey played college soccer at the University of Maryland. In his senior season, he scored 22 goals in 25 games, was named a first-team All-American, won the Hermann Trophy as the best college player, and led the Terrapins to the College Cup.

Professional

Garey was drafted by Columbus Crew in the first round (third overall) at the 2006 MLS SuperDraft and was with the club when they won the 2008 MLS Cup.

After five seasons with Columbus Crew, Garey's rights were traded to Houston Dynamo in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft. [2] At the end of the 2011 season, Houston declined his 2012 contract option and he entered the 2011 MLS Re-Entry Draft. Garey was not selected in the draft and became a free agent.

Garey signed with Carolina RailHawks of the North American Soccer League on January 20, 2012. [3]

Honors

Columbus Crew

Beyond the pitch

Garey is a spokesman for Vanishing Paradise, a joint campaign by Ducks Unlimited and the National Wildlife Federation to raise awareness for wetlands preservation in his home state of Louisiana. [1]

Garey serves as color commentator for North Carolina FC television broadcasts. [4] He also serves on the board of directors for NCFC Youth. [5]

In 2012, Garey self published Geauxing Galt, a libertarian novel inspired by Atlas Shrugged. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Witz, Billy. "Playing for Columbus, but Fighting for the Lands Back Home," The New York Times, Sunday, August 15, 2010.
  2. "Gulf Coast native excited for return". 3 December 2010.
  3. "| NASL". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  4. "North Carolina Football Club Announces Broadcast Schedule for Remainder of Season". North Carolina Courage. June 6, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  5. "NCFC Youth Board of Directors". NCFC Youth. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  6. "Book Club: Geauxing Galt by Jason Garey".